STICK WITH THE WINNERS! –
June 9, 2026 – Mr. Buschel is Philadelphia native and now a happy Angeleno. He is a California Certified Substance Abuse Counselor with years of experience working with addicts struggling with life on the natch. He founded the REEL Recovery Film Festival which played in 7 cities around the country for 13 years. He is publisher/editor of the Addiction/Recovery eBulletin.
Q. If you are in recovery, what was your drug(s) of choice and when is your sobriety date?
A. Marijuana, MDMA, Percodans, Absolute Vodka…Clean & Sober since August 4, 1994
Q. Is there anything special in your sobriety toolkit that helps keep you sober?
A. There’s always a tomorrow.
Q. Do you think addiction is an illness, disease, a choice, or a wicked twist of fate?
A. I think ADDICTION is the state of being compulsively committed to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma. NOT a disease.
