Zeke Talks Ankle Bracelets, Sobriety, and Surfing video

Jan. 11, 2024 - He’s also been to jail and to rehab, and won a national title wearing a court mandated ankle bracelet after not surfing for almost two years. Today, Zeke’s still sober and surfing–a lot. WATCH@Surfer

Four Things To Do Everyday To Be Happier

Jan. 6, 2024 - There is Another Way to Happiness: The Four Step CAST Process that Will Transform Your Life. 1. Consciousness 2. Awareness 3. Surrender 4. Trust ... all explained in full. READ@Newsweek

Charlie Sheen’s Rollercoaster Year of Sobriety, Single Fatherhood and Return to TV video

Jan. 10, 2024 - He’s completely transformed his personal life by getting sober, putting a bigger focus on parenting, and keeping a strong bond with his father and brother, Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez. While many areas of his life are on the mend, Sheen faced an alarmed attacker in his Malibu home shortly before Christmas. WATCH@Fox

Investigation Could Provide Information on Treatment Centers video Jan. 12, 2024 - The newspaper followed a couple lost in the cycle of failed treatment that has come to be known nationally as “The Florida Shuffle.” On Jan. 9, state Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, introduced a bill covering a range of substance use treatment reforms ... WATCH@PalmBeachPost

‘Designer Xanax’ Behind 1 in 7 Overdoses in US

Jan. 9, 2024 - Bromazolam is a benzodiazepine - a class of drugs used to treat anxiety - Benzodiazepines, or benzos, are depressants that cause sedation, slowing the body and brain down. However, high potency benzos like Bromazolam can cause loss of coordination, drowsiness, dizziness, respiratory depression & death. READ@DailyMail

Double BIG MAC is Insane video

Jan. 10, 2024 - Celebrity chef Curtis Stone says foodies should be wary of McDonald’s’ new Double Big Mac ... and he thinks the mega burger should come with its own freakin’ warning. Curtis joined us Wednesday on “TMZ Live” to talk about the Golden Arches’ super-sized creation... WATCH@TMZ

Zippy’s Manager Saves Man From Fatal Overdose video

Jan. 11, 2024 - For Leialoha Arcangel, her Sunday morning shift at Zippy’s Vineyard started out anything but normal. “The words were, someone was dead in the back and they needed help.” “I checked his pulse automatic, I checked if he was breathing, he wasn’t. I noticed a needle next to him ... WATCH@KHON2

See final moments of ODing patient discharged by doctor who thought he was ‘playing possum’ video

Jan, 11, 2024 - Disturbing bodycam footage shows a man’s final moments suffering from an overdose at a hospital before a doctor handed him off to police and suggested they bring him to a bus stop before he later died. WATCH@NYPost

Prescriptions of Singulair Continue Despite Delayed FDA Warning and Horrific Side Effects

Jan. 9, 2024 - Ashley and Chris Bracken, Genevieve’s parents, in Genevieve’s bedroom. Ms. Bracken said she and her husband learned more about their daughter’s mental state after her death. Nicole Sims, whose son experienced nightmares and hallucinations while on the drug, Learned about dangers online, NOT from their doctors. READ@NYTimes

KENTUCKY Ranks 7th Best State for Addition Treatment video Jan. 12, 2024 - Robert Downing, 32, has tattoos embodying his life’s journey. Despite having a great family and parents, Downing said he felt like he never fit in, no matter where he went. He recalled a particular childhood memory ... “When I was about 10, I can remember stealing my dad’s pot... WATCH@SpectrumNews1

New Book Talks About Addiction, Forgiveness video

Jan. 11, 2024 - Local author and pastor, Anthony Torres, joined us on our morning show, and talked about his new book that breaks the silence of alcoholism. Torres says his new book, “Sober” is more about breaking a generational pattern regarding alcoholism.

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“You don’t have to be tortured to make interesting art”

Jan. 12, 2023 - Katie Crutchfield, 35, credits the shift to maturity, sobriety and success – although, she makes clear, they are all linked ... When she quit drinking and moved to Kansas City. A friend warned her that she wouldn’t recognise herself for a while. “Now it’s like: ‘OK, I fully know myself sober.’” READ@TheGuardian

A Music Critic’s Picks - Great Songs About Not Drinking videos Jan. 11, 2024 - Even as someone actively working a 12 step program, Frere-Jones says his first instinct was to reject the idea of good songs about not drinking.”Music sort of makes me drunk, and I don’t want to think about sobriety when I listen to music,” he says. WATCH@NPR

Why America Hates Its Own Children

Jan. 7, 2024 - America’s rampant child neglect doesn’t stop with its lack of day care. Infants are more likely to die in childbirth in America than in any other rich nation … Among 38 leading Western nations, American kids account for 97% of child gun deaths.

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Psychologist Reveals the Most Disturbing Symptoms of Vape Addiction Jan. 9, 2024 - The American Lung Association says vapes and pure liquid nicotine contain higher amounts of nicotine than cigarettes. With nicotine poisoning a host of grim symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, dizziness, headaches, confusion, diarrhea, shallow breathing, extreme fatigue - and death. READ@LADBible

Cultivating Inner Strength When Times Get Tough

by Dr. Louise Stanger

Jan. 12, 2024 - Life inevitably brings periods of difficulty, stress, and hardship. From personal tragedies to collective crises, adversity can shake us to the core. Yet the capacity to endure, adapt and recover from such hardship-known as resilience-allows us to emerge stronger. READ@FabworldToday

A Metaphysical Memoir of Heroin

Jan. 8, 2024 - Michael Clune’s White Out is among the most intense and intellectually thrilling books on opiate addiction. Clune was a promising postdoc in English literature, but just a few years earlier his life had been touch and go, as he juggled the competing demands of grad school and heroin addiction. READ@TheNation

No Longer ‘just say no’. New Approach to Addiction Offers nuance. Jan. 11, 2024 - Americans may not say it aloud, but drug addiction has long been considered a moral failing. “Just say no,” as Nancy Reagan famously declared during the crack-cocaine epidemic of the 80s. That thinking has been slow to evolve. READ@USAToday

Chris Kirk: “My PGA Tour Career Would Be Over Without My Sobriety.” Jan. 8, 2024 - Nine months on from his victory at the Honda Classic, the 38-year-old has had to wait far less time for a win this time around. Last year’s triumph in Florida had marked Kirk’s first PGA Tour success in almost eight years, and his first since committing to sobriety four years prior... READ@CNN

Mike McDaniel: “I Was Drinking Too Often” During Atlanta Falcons Time

Jan. 12, 2024 - For McDaniel, the peak moment was confessing to his wife, Katie about the alcohol addiction. “Telling [my wife] really undercut all of her investment into me, and was leaving our family vulnerable,” shared McDaniel, expressing the profound impact of his admission on his family. READ@OvertimeHeroics

Choosing Sobriety Transformed My Life In Dentistry

Jan. 9, 2024 - ‘I believe every problem is an opportunity’ – this Dry January, Eszter Janusek explains why last year she chose to stop drinking alcohol and how it has transformed her life. Accordingly she couldn’t afford to be delusional, delirious, drunk, having a hangover, tired or depressed while working in someone's mouth. @Dentistry

What Is ‘California sober?’

Jan. 12, 2024 - Journalist and author Michelle Lhooq described getting “California sober” by quitting every substance except marijuana and psychedelics in a 2019 Vice article. Telling myself I can never have a drink or smoke marijuana is setting myself up for failure because I am such a black-and-white thinker,” Demi Lovato. READ@LiveNow

America’s Three Biggest Addictions

Jan. 12, 2024 - Romania and Latvia saw excessive alcohol intake and Australia was deemed the most “sex-addicted country,” the US was notably the top country for coffee intake. Experts say the US has a nationwide struggle when it comes to vices. America has the biggest problem with illicit drugs, video games and work.READ@Newsweek

The 3 Pillars of Addiction Psychotherapy

Jan. 11, 2024 - It seems clear that people are hungry for alternatives to traditional treatment for addiction—aka “rehab”—and that many could be well-served by individual psychotherapy. Unfortunately, many therapists are hesitant to work with active substance abusers... READ@PsychologyToday

Memoir: A Cautionary Tale Of Attraction And Addiction

Jan. 12, 2024 - So what is the attraction? Of course, Richard is “gorgeous.” He has “dark brown hair and brown eyes [that] perfectly matched his medium complexion.” He has “strong arms that I imagined could wrap you up forever.” READ@CapeCodChronicle

More Teens Suffering From Psychosis Who Love Marijuana Jan. 10, 2024 - When Braxton Clark was in high school, he used marijuana to control his emotions. At 17, he used it every day. When he was 18, he had a psychotic episode after using cannabis and was admitted to a hospital. READ@WSJ

Man Who Wants to Stop Drinking Can't Get Into Rehab Without a Fixed Address

Jan. 11, 2024 - Davy Short is afraid he’s going to die, either from the alcohol or the elements, or some combination of both. Homeless since September, says alcoholism is ruining his life and his lack of housing has made it difficult to get treatment! READ@CBC

Psychedelics May Help Break Addiction to Gambling

Jan. 11, 2024 - Professor David Nutt oversees an early brain scanning study involving gambling stimuli. The results of this work, which have yet to be published, were positive. “We found what we were looking for, in that the gamblers brains lit up in core reward processing regions in response to gambling-related videos ...  READ@Imperial