Eminem Celebrates 16 Years! Jodie Foster & Robt. Downey Jr., Marilyn Manson’s Sobriety PLUS MORE ...

Remarkable Articles and Images [View Full eBulletin Here]( Apr. 23, 2024 | Vol. 11 | No. 36 | Since 2013 [Home]( [Fan Mail](   Reports of Depression and Suicide After Taking Weight Loss Drugs [video]( April 16, 2024 - “I have zero doubt that this drug caused me to be suicidal and I almost lost my life from it,” Etheridge said, “I know without a doubt it made me violently depressed, wanted to remain on it, and thought I might stay on it for life, but it got progressively worse and it led to a suicide attempt. [CONTINUE@WSFA12]( The Drug That Kills Most Americans is at the Grocery Store [audio]( April 9, 2024 - While overdose deaths from fentanyl and its sinister cousins have seized the spotlight for years — some 112,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2023 — alcohol-related diseases kill many, many more people — 178,000 Americans every year, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. [CONTINUE@OCRegister]( ‘Gig Economy’ Jobs May Lead to Problem Drinking  April 10, 2024 - People who take poorly paid temp jobs as freelancers or independent contractors are 43% more likely to develop an alcohol-related illness than those with full-time permanent employment. [CONTINUE@HealthDay]( Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death April 16, 2024 - Overtreatment with drugs kills many people, and the death rate is increasing. It is therefore strange that we have allowed this long-lasting drug pandemic to continue, and even more so because most of the drug deaths are easily preventable. [CONTINUE@MadinAmerica]( Residents Concerned Over 5G Towers [video]( April 10, 2024 - She quickly learned that the concrete slab was a 5G tower. It has a health warning that reads it “can cause cancer and/or birth defects or other reproductive harm.”“I’m a mother that home-schools my children,” she said. “I have a garden directly under the area that it’s looming over, and our heads ... [CONTINUE@NBCMiami]( GOP Leader Apologizes for Trashing & Vomiting in Hotel April 10, 2024 - George Riley, a leader of the Republican Party of Florida has apologized for being excessively drunk and urinating and vomiting all over his room at a hotel last week, saying he has been dealing with alcoholism and mental health issues ... following an investigation into a rape accusation. [CONTINUE@Fox]( Eminem Celebrates 16 Years of Sobriety April 20, 2024 - On Saturday, April 20, the “Lose Yourself” rapper, 51, marked 16 years sober, sharing the milestone on Instagram with fans. The Grammy winner — who was born Marshall Mathers — posted a photo of his hand holding a new chip commemorating the achievement. [CONTINUE@People]( Tiffany Haddish: Sobriety Helped Her Realize She’s Been ‘TOO NICE’ April 8, 2024 - The comedian/actress said drinking activated her filter since she would think and want to say hurtful things but restrained herself. “Now I say it. If I think it, I say it. That filter is gone,” she added. “Now I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m sober, and this is what I really feel, so I’m going to say it.” [CONTINUE@Yahoo]( Cure for Addiction and Traumatic Brain Injury April 9, 2024 - New treatments for addiction are urgently needed. 107,941 people died from drug overdoses in 2022, The rate has nearly quadrupled since 2002. Researchers have made it important to consider the treatment of ibogaine and its derivatives. (photo: Nolan Williams, M.D.. [CONTINUE@PsychologyToday]( “I would drink three bottles of wine before running a 100 mile race” April 10, 2024 - Rock bottom came in 2021 when I was at my friend Julius’ house drinking bottles of wine like they were water, crying hysterically. I had lost everything. Everybody knew I had messed it up. (Warning: This feature includes references to suicide ideation, self-harm and alcoholism) [CONTINUE@WomensHealth]( Johnny Knoxville Embraces ‘Sweet Dreams’ Sobriety Story [video]( April 11, 2024 - “My father was an alcoholic and I get to play softball half the movie,” Knoxville said “Baseball was the only thing I was ever good at.” Writer-director Lije Sarki, 46, has been sober for 10 years. [CONTINUE@UPI]( Fans Recall How Indigo Girls Helped Them Through Sexuality and Sobriety [video]( April 10, 2024 - There’s another layer to the duo’s impact. “I’ve been clean and sober 29 years now,” one fan shared. “They were almost like this unspoken permission that it was OK to let all that go. [CONTINUE@RollingStone]( Frankie Grande Thanks Sis for Supporting His ‘Sobriety' April 10, 2024 - Ariana Grande is a gifted vocalist, songwriter and actress, but before she was any of those things, she was a great sister. To prove it, Frankie Grande posted a sweet tribute to his superstar little sis in honor of National Siblings Day on April 10. [CONTINUE@Billboard]( Jodie Foster Recalls Telling Downey Jr. How Scared She Was For Him April 9, 2024 - In a cover profile of RDJ for Esquire’s April/May issue, the 61-year-old actress recalled, “I took him aside at one point during filming and said, ‘Look, I couldn’t be more grateful for what you’ve given in this film,’ but I’m scared of what happens to you next.” [CONTINUE@People]( Dean McDermott’s Inspiring Message About Celebrity Sobriety Divorce [video]( April 10, 2024 - “Alcohol made me feel good enough. I started feeling good enough until it got to a point where it didn’t - I ended up in isolation,” he said. He continued, “That’s what it led to and that’s what led to the brokenness and to what happened between me and Tori. I couldn’t do it anymore. I couldn’t live that life anymore.” [CONTINUE@ETonline]( Zoltan Bathory Praised Marilyn Manson’s Sobriety April, 2024 - “Manson hasn’t been out on the road for a while ... A lot of people want to see him, at one point he was one of the most iconic artists on planet Earth, so he’s back onstage, back in the saddle,” “He’s also sober and clean, so we’re always going to support that, obviously,” the guitarist enthused. [CONTINUE@Loudwire]( Doing Good: Door to Serenity video April 9, 2024 - Within the structure of the Twelve Steps, Door To Serenity is being created to address the needs of those who seek our help on their road to recovery. Without respect to race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity, Door To Serenity welcomes the under-served...  [CONTINUE@Fox]( Salute Our Heroes April 8, 2024 - “I tried everything from treatment, church, community; I did everything that I could to try to battle the nature of that disease; that monster,” said Guest. But, he was finally able to overcome “that monster” — decades of addiction — to turn his life around with help from the Oxford House. [CONTINUE@WIBW]( Council-member Is Working to Block Rehab Center April 8, 2024 - Mr. Jones said a rehab facility would attract drug dealers to the nearby park in hopes of luring inhabitants of the proposed facility. “I’m not an assessor, but I would imagine if you were to go with that use, you would have every drug dealer from here to Kensington waiting for the rehabbed person to graduate.” [CONTINUE@Inquirer]( 1,400 Clinicians on What’s Driving Youth Mental Health Crisis April 10, 2024 - Many clinicians who work with young patients with mental health issues agree they lack enough resources to treat kids and that patients are worse off now than before the pandemic — but they don’t exactly agree on why that is. Many schools don’t even have guidance counselors .... [CONTINUE@Politico]( Danny Murphy On His Cocaine Habit April 10, 2024 - After losing the “adrenaline” of playing the sport at the highest level, he said his problems became “huge” and he turned to drugs for “escapism”. “I had a spell on cocaine and smoking some weed, and the drink … I could live without it,”... [CONTINUE@SkyNews]( Charlie Huston On Writing His Way To Sobriety  April 9, 2024 - On August 10th, 2023 I was given a small metal chip to celebrate a year of sobriety. It was the first full year of sobriety I’d experienced since 1977. I’d gotten high for the first when I was ten, courtesy of a lung-busting hit off a device called The Neutron Bong. [CONTINUE@CrimeReads]( Stronger Marijuana Leads to Psychosis in Teens [VIDEO ONLY]( April 4, 2024 - As legal cannabis becomes more available, doctors have noticed that more teens are suffering from psychotic events that they attribute to the increased potency of the drug. NBC News’ Kate Snow reports. [CONTINUE@NBCNews]( Man Who Fell Sick After Visiting Pub Died Due to Chronic Alcoholism’ [video]( April 11, 2024 - One of the three people who were poisoned, Connor Owen Sebastian, 31, of Winston-Salem, died on Nov. 30, 2023, according to the medical examiner’s office, which later ruled his probable cause of death as “chronic alcoholism” with “hepatitis C” as a contributing condition. [CONTINUE@Fox]( How Sober Housing Project Became Amy Winehouse’s Legacy April 14, 2024 - There is so much tragedy in the story that Katya, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, finds it too painful. In her own journey to recovery from addiction, she has found hope and friendship in the sanctuary set up in Amy Winehouse’s. Katya lives in Amy’s Place. [CONTINUE@BigIssue]( Anne Lamott Reflects on Life, Death, and Enduring the Beams of Love’ [VIDEO TED TALK]( April 5, 2024 - Anne Lamott has always been honest about the messiest parts of her life, from addiction to parenthood. Now she reflects on the beautiful—and complicated—realities of love. Anne Lamott is the author of twenty books, including the bestsellers Bird by Bird and Operating Instructions. [CONTINUE@NPR]( Art Exhibit Remembers Those Lost to Addiction [video]( April 11, 2024 - When Theresa Clower lost her son, Devin, she turned to an old hobby she hadn’t picked up in nearly five decades. With a degree in fine arts, she picked up a pencil and paper and began sketching her precious boy. Devin died of a fentanyl overdose in Baltimore in 2018. [CONTINUE@KJRH]( Gift Cards Can Be a Tool to Stop Meth Addiction April 16, 2024 - Clyde Davis battled a methamphetamine and heroin addiction for over nine years. Contingency management! The program changed the game for Davis. He said that the rewards and counseling gave him hope and made him more willing to accept help. 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