Sept 30 2025

Influencer Celebrates 1 Year of Sober: ‘If I Can Do It – You Can Do It Too’

WE NEED MORE LIKE HER – Sept. 25, 2025 - Inluencer Tana Mongeau, who first rose to YouTube fame back in 2015, has shared a very important milestone with her fans: one year of sobriety. In a TikTok posted on Septem... Read More...

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Meta Exposé Author Faces Bankruptcy For Criticizing Company

SEE NO EVIL - HEAR NO EVIL - WRITE TRUTH – Sept. 21, 2025 - Mark Zuckerberg’s company was trying to “silence and punish” Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former director of global public policy at Facebook, after her decisio... Read More...

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Sober Curious? Tips for thriving in Early Sobriety

VIDEO – ON TELEVISION – Sept. 26, 2025 - California Live met up with Mary Alice Stephens author of “Uncorked: A Memoir of Letting Go and Starting Over.” She reveals how making the decision to get sober is a powerful ... Read More...

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Hillbilly Heroin Sweeping the Royal Kingdom

EXPORTING HORROR – Sept. 21, 2025 - The herbal extract from the evergreen tree called Mitragyna speciosa can be chewed in the form of its leaves, ground to powders and taken as a supplement. It can also be added to a... Read More...

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24-year-old Vape Addict’s Lung Suddenly Collapses Without Warning

HE HAS TWO – Sept. 26, 2025 - A 24-year-old man who’s been vaping for nearly a decade has a stark warning for other users after his lung sudden collapsed. It’s no secret that vaping has significantly increased in ... Read More...

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Former NBA Star Raises Recovery Awareness

AUDIO – NOTHING BUT NET – Sept. 25, 2025 - Chris Herren was introduced to cocaine for the first time in his Boston College dorm room after a Sports Illustrated photoshoot in 1994. The basketball phenom exploded on... Read More...

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Flavored Marijuana Vapes New Face of Teen Drug Use

POT HEADS HEADED NOWHERE – Sept. 25, 2025 - The overall percentage of marijuana users who chose to vape the drug also grew over the study period. Among eighth graders who had used marijuana in the past 12 months, the... Read More...

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Green Tea for a Younger Brain

Ya Think? – Sept. 24, 2025 - Aging isn’t just about birthdays. It’s also about how our organs age on the inside—brains included. Scientists can now estimate a person’s “brain age” from MRI scans and compare it to the... Read More...

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High-Intensity Exercise May Protect Against Cocaine Addiction

STAY ACTIVE – Sept. 21, 2025 - A new study shows that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is more effective than moderate exercise at protecting adolescent lab animals from cocaine use. Animals exposed to H... Read More...

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Fighting Addiction With Compassion and Hope

NOW AND ALWAYS – Sept. 25, 2025 - “We have medicines that can help people quit tobacco, alcohol and opioid use. For opioid addiction, treatments like Suboxone, methadone, and naltrexone can help patients stay in reco... Read More...

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Young People Gambling Have Increased Suicide Risk

TOO SOON TO DIE – Sept. 25, 2025 - These platforms, which promote micro-betting and rapid-fire bets on a wide range of games in real time, are fueling massive sports betting financial losses that leave young adults t... Read More...

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Scientists Find Brain Circuit That Locks Alcohol Users in Addiction Cycle

HOW TO UNLOCK? – Sept. 26, 2025 - “What makes addiction so hard to break is that people aren’t simply chasing a high,” says Friedbert Weiss, professor of neuroscience at Scripps Research and senior author of the stud... Read More...

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Opioid Addictions Often Untreated As Youth Overdose Rapidly Rise in U.S.

HORRIBLE – Sept. 26, 2025 - In 2023, 557 teens died of opioid overdose, nearly threefold as many as in 2018, while adult opioid deaths only went up by 65% during this time, according to the study. Drug overdoses are ... Read More...

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Kali Uchis – Never Be Yours

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – TODAY - 27,880,943 views - Kali Uchis performs “Never Be Yours” after a long conversation with Intuition on the Kinda Neat podcast. She sounds like she was plucked from a lowrider oldie... Read More...

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Kali Uchis – Never Be Yours (Visualizer)

VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – NOW - Hello Kitty, why the long face?You keep on standing, standing, standing in the same placeNew coupons riding in the Chevrolet with big bassYou’re deep on talking, talking, ‘bout how w... Read More...

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Recovery Is Real: Restoring Every Aspect Of Life

VIDEO – SOBRIETY IS A VICTORY – Sept. 25, 2025 - Mid-Michigan Recovery Services executive director Patrick Patterson says just like those smokes stacks are a beacon, the lighthouse on his organization’s logo is a sym... Read More...

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Euphoria’s Dominic Fike Talks Sobriety

SHARING – SEPT. 24, 2025 - Singer, songwriter, and actor Dominic Fike — known for playing Elliot on Euphoria — has opened up in a rare, wide-ranging interview covering everything from filming the HBO hit to sobriety,... Read More...

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Person of the Week: Denise Klein

STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Sept. 30, 2025 - I was born in North Dakota, in a farming community. I went to the same school for 12 years. I have such fond memories of my beautiful classmates and teachers and there are s... Read More...

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Pete Davidson Reveals Way His Mom Inspired Sobriety

FAMILY MATTERS – Sept. 25, 2025 - “My mom’s the most supportive person in the world,” he said. “And it got to a point where she called me when I was in rehab and she was like, ‘My biggest fear is that I will turn on... Read More...

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Doctor Warns: You Shouldn’t Scroll On the Toilet

VIDEO – OR AT THE URINAL – Sept. 21, 2025 - A doctor has issued a serious health warning to those who scroll on their phones while on the loo. You’re probably sitting on the porcelain throne right now reading this... Read More...

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I used medication to overcome alcohol addiction. I’ve built my business on it.

MANY PATHS TO GOD – Sept. 21, 2025. - I was addicted to alcohol for more than 15 years. What started as binge drinking in high school and college became a pattern of blackouts, emergency room visits, regret and shame... Read More...

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Colin Farrell on Addiction: ‘I’m Glad I Only Damaged My Body & Brain – Not My Bank Account’

ACTOR CHAMELEON – Sept. 25, 2025 - “It’s pretty well-chronicled now my history with addiction, but I don’t think you have to be an addict to play an addict,” he said frankly. I suppose I have some form of OCD t... Read More...

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How a Doctor Went from Treatment Pioneer to Window Washer in Prison

BECAUSE HE’S GUILTY – Sept. 24, 2025 - Doctors could prescribe methadone for pain but needed special permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe the medication for opioid use disorder. S... Read More...

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How I Drank My Way to Sobriety

DROVE MYSELF SANE – Sept. 23, 2025 - Katie Herzog understands this reality intimately. For nearly 20 years, alcoholism took over her life, her relationships, and her career. She tried repeatedly to stop drinking, but... Read More...

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Miley Cyrus Says Gardening Helps Her Maintain Her Sobriety

PLANTING THE SEEDS – September 23, 2025 - Miley Cyrus is opening up about her passion for gardening and how it helps her maintain an important practice in her life. Miley got candid about how the “very personal proce... Read More...

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McDonald’s Fries are Made with 19 Ingredients!

VIDEO – FOOD LIKE PRODUCT – Perpetual - Introduced in 1949, the French fries were cooked in a mixture of 93% beef tallow and 7% cottonseed oil. - Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean... Read More...

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Barbara Kingsolver on CBS

VIDEO – SHE’S AMAZING – Sept. 24, 2025 - Author Barbara Kingsolver opened the facility in January with royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “Demon Copperhead,” whose plot revolves around Appalachia’s opio... Read More...

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Flavor Flav Determined to Stay Sober Forever

FIGHT FOR SOBRIETY – September 24, 2025 - He told People magazine about his continuing sobriety journey: "Right now it's going very well. I'm back on point. I'm back on track, you know what I'm saying? "And this is ... Read More...

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Mary Cosby Sheds New Light on Husband Robert Sr.’s Role in Robert Jr.’s Sobriety

VIDEO – DRAMA ON COMMAND – Sept. 24, 2025 - The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’s Mary Cosby shared new details on how her husband, Robert Cosby Sr., has played a key role in their son’s sobriety journey. The subje... Read More...

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Quote of the Week – Marshall McLuhan

“Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.” – Marshall McLuhan, b. 1911–d. 1980 ... Read More...

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