‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’: Towering Film About the War Against the Sackler Family VIDEO – AMERICAN ROYALTY ABOVE THE LAW – Oct. 7, 2022 - Worse, the Sacklers are billionaires whose name adorns dozens of international art museums, including some that feature Goldin’s own work—a fact that moti... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 11 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
London Museum Drops Ties with Murderous Sackler Family BLOOD MONEY REJECTED – Oct. 1, 2022 - The Victoria and Albert Museum has bowed to growing pressure to rename key areas of its Kensington site, the Observer has learned, as it drops controversial ties with the S... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 11 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinPurdue PharmaTrauma
Overcoming Alcoholism To Live An Adventurous Life HEALTHY EXCITEMENT – Oct. 7, 2022 - “I share this kind of stuff to inspire people who are on the journey that I’ve been on. It’s to smash that myth, actually a life without alcohol is not worse - you’re not the... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 11 2022RecoveryRehab
New Documentary “The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief” Screens at the REEL Recovery Film Festival in North Hollywood YOUR HIGHER POWER WANTS YOU TO BUY TICKETS – Aug. 8, 2022 - That first meeting was tense, to say the least. Rossetto, now 84, remembered Borovitz as “a very large man who interrogated me.” She recalled hi... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionInterviewOct 11 2022RecoveryREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehab
Ripped Richard Branson Shares Workout To Keep You Kicking In Your 70s VIDEO – AFTER YOUR MEETING... – Oct. 4, 2022 - We’ve waxed lyrical here at DMARGE about staying ripped in your 50s, but Virgin Group founder Richard Branson just proved you can indeed stay ripped in your 70s to... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionInterviewlife expectancyMental HealthOct 11 2022
Overdose Prevention Scheme Gives Users Shopping Vouchers VIDEO – BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY – Oct. 5, 2022 - One of the voucher recipients is Kevin Whittaker, 44. He’s been using class-A drugs since his late 30s. He said: “I’ll see what shop I’m passing at the time an... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and Addictionharm reductioninterventionOct 11 2022OverdoseRecoveryRehab
Dr. Explains what happens when a person uses cocaine or heroin for the first time THEY GAMBLE BIG – Oct. 9, 2022 - Around 100 million people consume illicit drugs such as cocaine or heroin in India – this revelation was made by the Narcotics Control Bureau DDG (Operations) Sanja... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionMental HealthOct 11 2022RecoveryTrauma
LSD-based drugs help mice with anxiety and depression — without the trip STANLEY MOUSE? – Oct. 5, 2022 - The new drug comes from a large team of scientists who did not start out looking for an antidepressant. They had been building a virtual library of 75 million molecules... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediadepressioninterventionMental HealthOct 11 2022PsychedelicsRecovery
Ex-Yankees Ace CC Sabathia Celebrates 7 Years of Sobriety SORT OF LIKE A PERFECT GAME – Oct. 5, 2022 - Sabathia, 42, has been sober since the end of the 2015 season. He checked himself into rehab before the Yankees’ Wild Card game against the Houston Astros. He then r... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyOct 11 2022RecoveryRehab
High School Ball Player Dies After Suspected Fentanyl Overdose VIDEO – WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN – Oct. 7, 2022 - “It is with great sadness that I inform you that one of our 17-year-old students passed away last night,” David Hussey, the school’s executive director, said i... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionOct 11 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinteenagersTrauma
I was a drug, alcohol and gambling addict – I lost everything, now I’m a bestselling author GOOD FOR YOU – Oct. 6, 2022 - Obviously, I couldn’t go to the police about the threats from the dealer, and I didn’t have money to pay them so I ran away to Thailand. But then, of course, I ran out of ca... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionInterviewOct 11 2022RecoveryRehab
Was Jeffrey Dahmer an Alcoholic? RED OR WHITE? – Oct. 7, 2022 - Jeffrey was not only an alcoholic, but he was a lifelong alcoholic — he had reportedly started drinking quite heavily during his early teenage years itself as a way to cope... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaMental HealthOct 11 2022Trauma
Neanderthal DNA Linked to Smoking, Drinking Patterns in Modern Humans WHO DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? – Oct. 6, 2022 - An international team of scientists, led by researchers from the Estonian University of Tartu, analyzed Neanderthal DNA associations, tracing a wide range of human habi... Read More...Alcohol AddictionBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 11 2022smoking
‘My Name Is Bill W.’ Emmy-Nominated Screenwriter William G. Borchert, Passes at 89 LOIS WILSON’S SECRETARY – Oct. 3, 2022 - Born in Brooklyn on Sept. 9, 1933, William George Borchert began his career with the New York Journal-American newspaper and would write for newspapers, magazines... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaOct 11 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
Zed Kenzo: Inspiration, Sobriety and New Music CHECK HER OUT—SOBER – Oct. 7, 2022 - I sat down with Zed Kenzo for an open, honest, fun and brave conversation about her music, her health journey with substance abuse, why she left Milwaukee and t... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 11 2022RecoveryRehab
Dedee Pfeiffer Opens Up About Battling Addiction REBIRTHING HAS MERIT – October 3, 2022 - “When you’re active in your disease, you’re the identified problem. The minute you go into recovery … the day you say I want to change, you become the identified ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewOct 11 2022RecoveryRehab
How Ugly Will Life in the Metaverse Become? HUMANITY’S SWAN SONG? – Oct. 7, 2022 - I choose a world with a four-story comedy club under a starry sky. When I enter, a man in a gray hoodie comes up to me. “Hello,” I say. He stares at me in reply, so... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetlife expectancyMental HealthOct 11 2022Smartphone AddictionTraumavideo games
Hospitals and Insurance Companies Stole BILLION$ From Medicare OUR TAX DOLLARS TO THIEVES – Oct. 8, 2022 - Anthem, a large insurer now called Elevance Health, paid more to doctors who said their patients were sicker. And executives at UnitedHealth Group, the country’s larg... Read More...Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediainterventionOct 11 2022Recovery
Biden Pardons Thousands of Convicted Marijuana Users IT TOOK LONG ENOUGH – Oct. 8, 2022 - The pardons will clear about 6,500 people who were convicted on federal charges of simple possession of marijuana from 1992 to 2021 and thousands more who were convicted of ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionmarijuanaOct 11 2022potRecovery
6 Drugs That Are A Challenge To Overcome NOT TO MENTION DENIAL – Oct. 2022 - Prescription drugs can be very challenging to overcome. This is because they are legal and easy to obtain. They are also socially acceptable. This can make it difficult for p... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionOct 11 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryRehabTrauma
The Benefits of Quitting Alcohol VIDEO ONLY – MORE THAN YOU THINK – Oct. 4, 2022 - Sober October challenges people to give up booze for 31 days. But what are the benefits of cutting out booze for a month? more@BuffaloNews ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousOct 11 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
John Stamos opens up about why rehab was ‘the hardest thing ever’ VIDEO – AND MOST WORTHWHILE – Oct. 2, 2022 - Stamos admitted that he had “Peter Pan syndrome,” something he referred to as “dangerous.” Growing up was never his priority, and the youthfulness of his look... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCelebrity SobrietyDrug Abuse and AddictioninterventionInterviewOct 11 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateRehab
New Book Helps Us Heal our ‘screen-broken brains’ GET THE KINDLE – Oct. 7, 2022 - Kristian’s book is a call to resist the urge to play the amateur demagogue and to educate ourselves to defend against the industry of professional demagogues who populate politic... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and Mediacell phoneinternetOct 11 2022RecoverySmartphone Addiction
Family, Friends Advocate to End Drug-Induced Homicides VIDEO – MORE WILL BE REVEALED – Oct. 6, 2022 - Rumley was a recovering drug addict who went to treatment three times and didn’t have any luck. He went to Rosecrance for his fourth treatment and finally complete... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylinterventionOct 11 2022opioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontinRecoveryTrauma
A Story of Addiction and Recovery NPR AUDIO – INTELLIGENT CONVERSATIONS ARE RARE – Oct. 6, 2022 - Southern Illinois native Shane Hassler battled addiction to heroin for more than 20 years before seeking treatment. Now he helps others as ... Read More...Addiction RecoveryBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionHeroin AddictionOct 11 2022RecoveryRehab
Documentary ‘Our American Family,’ Addiction is in the Blood BEST DOC OF THE YEAR – Oct. 7, 2022 - “I believe that I was an addict from birth,” Nicole says in the opening of the film. “I’ve lost years. I have no idea who I am.” As we will soon find out, Nicole ... Read More...12 Step ProgramAddiction RecoveryAlcohol AddictionAlcoholics AnonymousBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionOct 11 2022RecoveryRecovery AdvocateREEL Recovery Film FestivalRehab
Quote of the Week – Robert Bly “It’s all right if you grow your wings on the way down.” – Robert Bly ... Read More...Books, Memoirs, Films, and MediaCompassionOct 11 2022quote of the week