VIDEO – NOT ENOUGH YEARS – Oct. 29, 2025 – Jurors deliberated 2 1/2 days before finding David Brian Pearce guilty of the two murder charges stemming from the deaths of 24-year-old model and aspiring actress Christy Giles and her 26-year-old friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, who were taken to separate hospitals about two hours apart on Nov. 13, 2021. Giles was already dead when she was taken to Southern California Hospital in Culver City, while Cabrales-Arzola, an architect, was alive outside Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Hospital but in critical condition. Her family took her off life support later that…
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F**K HIM – Oct. 30, 2025 – “He regrets — he would always tell us to stay away from drugs, because he said when you’re under the influence, you will make very poor decisions, and your mind will be clouded,” the former inmate revealed. “You’ll think you’re making the right choices, but you’re not, because you’re not 100% of yourself at that moment.” While incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, Sean “Diddy” Combs launched a six‑week educational program entitled “Free Game with Diddy.” According to court filings, he scripted a 15‑page curriculum focused on business management, entrepreneurship, and personal development for his…
DEAF NO MORE – Oct. 27, 2025 – The vocalist has been sober for three years. “I started taking these classes and one of the classes was teaching you that it’s the most natural thing to have spikes and emotions in all directions. It’s all about learning how to deal with them and then being empowered by that as opposed to just being a victim of that.” Deftones frontman Chino Moreno has addressed how his sobriety has affected his approach to songwriting for the band’s new album Private Music. In a new interview with Revolver, the singer explained the song…
UNLESS THEY QUIT – Oct. 29, 2025 – Teens are also more likely to develop mental and physical health problems in young adulthood compared to their peers who did not use the drug in adolescence. Early, frequent cannabis users had a 51% higher chance of seeking care for mental health problems in young adulthood compared to those who didn’t use the drug. And that risk was calculated after controlling for a range of confounding factors that are known to influence health, like bullying or lack of parental involvement. Similarly, early and frequent users of cannabis had an 86% higher chance…
“Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music – the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself.” – Henry Miller from Brooklyn, b. 1891–d. 1980
FASCINATING – Oct. 20, 2025 – In the late seventies, heroin began ravaging Dublin’s inner-city projects. A man named Larry Dunne was the city’s first godfather of heroin importers, but he was jailed in 1985. Kinahan, Sr., seeing a business opportunity, filled the gap. A sharp young detective, Michael O’Sullivan, noticed him. “There was somebody new in the market, and it just didn’t fit,” O’Sullivan told me. “Often, people in the heroin business get messy. They know the heroin trade because they use heroin.” But, in O’Sullivan’s opinion, Kinahan, Sr., wasn’t a dope fiend, and he ran an efficient business.…
NO MORE BLACKOUTS – Oct. 24, 2025 – The Puerto Rican Princess is keeping it real about staying fit, sober, and loving herself through the process. After years of battling alcohol and substance abuse, Joseline says she’s proud of how far she’s come — but admits it’s still a daily process. In a recent video, she shared how going sober brought major changes, not just mentally but physically too. “Once you go sober after so many years of drugs, you gotta find your way,” she said. “You never knew your real weight — it’s been, like, altered.” Joseline said she’s…
WATCH – NOT WORTH IT! – Oct. 24, 2025 – Warning: This article contains discussion of alcoholism which some readers may find distressing. A doctor has revealed the type of drinker who is more susceptible to developing a ‘terrifying’ side effect of alcohol when going through withdrawal. Enjoying a pint of beer or a glass of wine remains a popular way for Brits to spend their spare time, with Alcohol Change UK estimating that 10.7 litres of pure alcohol are consumed per person, per year, on average. However, research does suggest that attitudes towards alcohol are changing nationally, with 82…
HE’S COMMITTED – Oct. 16, 2025 – They installed his first pacemaker when he was 30, opened his chest three times for heart surgeries, and amputated all but one of his toes. Friends and health care providers have helped him secure permanent subsidized housing, prescribed medications to treat his addiction and sought to channel his energy into interests outside of drugs, including sewing and cooking. In hopes of avoiding another bout of endocarditis, Austin regularly picks up fresh supplies of clean needles and carefully disinfects his skin before injecting. But efforts to encourage him to quit injecting fentanyl and ketamine…
SOFTBALL TRAGEDY – October 22, 2025 – Four members of the same softball team were found dead from apparent drug overdoses inside a Fullerton apartment. The Fullerton Police Department’s Communication Center received a 9-1-1 call from a male reporting that four of his friends had overdosed and were not breathing. Upon arrival, police and paramedics found four adults dead inside. While officials did not immediately state what caused the deaths, they indicated there was no threat to the public. Preliminary information suggests all four may have died due to a drug overdose. A friend of the decedents told KTLA’s Mary…
AUDIO/VIDEO – OH CANADA – Oct. 24, 2025 – Quebec and Alberta are only provinces that provide some regulation for all private facilities. After past struggles with alcohol, she was battling prescription drug addiction and neurological symptoms from Lyme disease. The LA resident knew she needed a treatment centre with specialized care to help her situation. Bogen’s mother searched online and came across a privately owned residential treatment centre operated by Nomina Wellness on Vancouver Island. But what seemed like an answer to their problems turned into an ordeal. They say they were promised a tailored treatment plan, one-on-one care…
WATCH – VIDEO ONLY – Oct. 15, 2025 – Local treatment center the Haven feels impact of state crackdown on sober living fraud. See Website
AUDIO – GUILTY AS SIN – Oct. 22, 2025 – One of Kentucky’s largest for-profit residential addiction care treatment providers, which has been the subject of an FBI investigation for more than a year, is being sold. Addiction Recovery Care told staff this week that Ethema Health has signed a letter of intent to “acquire the assets and operations” of ARC as part of a “strategic consolidation.” “Following necessary organizational changes, ARC’s ownership has determined that partnering with Ethema Health Corporation is the most responsible and forward-looking step towards a stronger future,” ARC said in an Oct. 22 press release.…
ACCEPTANCE IS THE KEY – Oct. 20, 2025 – As political rhetoric in the last couple of years has boiled over on issues such as teaching about LGBTQ+ identity in schools, transgender students playing on sports teams and whether to allow gender-affirming care, the share of youth who said they’d experienced symptoms of depression rose from 48% to 54%. Those reporting having suicidal thoughts went from 41% to 47%. Transgender and nonbinary youth were nearly twice as likely to say they’d struggled with anxiety and suicidal thoughts than their cisgender peers — a pattern that held steady throughout the first…
THANK GOD – Oct. 16, 2025 – Dr. Christopher Schenewerk’s personal battle with alcoholism transformed both his life and medical practice. After voluntarily entering rehab on Nov. 8, 2018, he has remained sober for over 2,500 days. “I became better at my job —better than even before alcoholism.” Initially hesitant to share his story, Schenewerk soon realized his experience could help others. “Patients have someone who’s been on the battlefield with addiction,” he said. Just a month after rehab, he hosted his first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at his Columbia office. The group quickly grew, prompting a move to a larger…
WATCH – IT AIN’T GOOD! – Oct. 24, 2025 – Missing sleep impacts your heart, metabolism, and mental health. It raises risks of heart disease and obesity. Lack of rest also triggers anxiety and emotional burnout. Experts urge seven to nine hours of sleep nightly. See Website
HAPPY HALLOWEEN – 15,058,060 views Since Jun 9, 2016 – For the 32 Anniversary of my number one favorite movie of all time. I re edited my Ghostbusters Music Video in HD. “Do you have any hobbies?” … “I collect spores,molds and fungus.” See Website
VIDEO – MUSICAL INTERLUDE – 2,911,324 views Since Nov 13, 2012 – Alumnos del taller de Danza del Instituto de Ciencias, junto a NBD presentan este flashmob. See Website
STICK WITH THE WINNERS! – Oct. 28, 2025 – Shireen Janti has been a force in the field of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency for over 36 years. Her credentials include becoming a (CPC) Certified Professional Coach, (LAADC) Licensed Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and a (CRPS) Certified Relapse Prevention Specialist. Q. If you are in recovery, what was your drug(s) of choice and when is your sobriety date?A. I am in recovery myself. As of June 3, 1989 I have 36 years sober and so very grateful!Q. Is there anything special in your sobriety toolkit that helps keep you sober?A.…
THE SILENCE OF THE DRINKS – Oct. 25, 2025 – In his new memoir, “We Did OK, Kid,” which will be published on Nov. 4, the 87-year-old shares the details…But I was drunk and driving my car here in California in a blackout, no clue where I was going, when I realized that I could have killed somebody — or myself, which I didn’t care about — and I realized that I was an alcoholic. I came to my senses and said to an ex-agent of mine at this party in Beverly Hills, “I need help.” It was 11 o’clock…
TECH DEATH – Oct. 24, 2025 – The mother of a 10-year-old girl who died by suicide earlier this year said she now regrets giving her daughter a smartphone at an early age, especially for use at night. “She deserved to live life, and I will never see her go to a homecoming or prom,” Summer Bushman told CBS News. Autumn, of Roanoke, Va., died on March 21, according to her obituary. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia determined the cause of death to be suicide, CBS affiliate WDBJ reported; Autumn’s family also confirmed her cause of…
WHICH SIDE? – OCT. 23, 2025 – Doctors have long known that antidepressants come with side effects for cardiovascular and metabolic health. The end result is something akin to a “sports league table” for 30 different antidepressants based on their side effect profile … “It’s never been done at this scale before and no one’s ever put specific numbers to the amount of weight you’ll put on, or to the amount that your cholesterol goes up,” he says. The findings are based on existing data, mostly from 8-week drug studies, that altogether represent more than 58,000 patients. The most frequently…
AUDIO – TOO EASY – Oct. 20, 2025 – …as her boyfriend drove while repeatedly inhaling nitrous oxide from a two-liter canister. At roughly 100 mph, Mr. Loudermilk lost consciousness, the effect of the anesthetic drug. He swerved across a 21-foot-wide median and into oncoming traffic slamming head-on into a sedan, killing himself at age 20 and two people in the other car. The September 2024 crash, described in a California Highway Patrol report and by Kalie’s family, left Kalie, then 21, with a severe traumatic brain injury, unable to walk or talk. And it prompted her family to call…
LONG STRANGE TRIP – Oct. 17, 2025 – Coming back from fentanyl addiction. Kayla first tried fentanyl as a troubled 18-year-old, growing up in the US state of North Carolina. ”I felt like literally amazing. The voices in my head just completely went silent. I got instantly addicted,” she remembers. The little blue pills Kayla became hooked on were probably made in Mexico…The little blue pills Kayla became hooked on were probably made in Mexico, and then smuggled across the border to the US – a deadly trade President Donald Trump is trying to crack down on. But drug cartels…
INDEPENDENT ADDICTS – Oct. 23, 2025 – The researchers found that 25.7 percent of participants had experienced at least one NFOD in the prior year. During the most recent NFOD, use of naloxone was reported by 82.1 percent of survivors, while calls to 911 were reported by 61.3 percent and visits to the emergency department were reported by 47.0 percent. A call to 911 was more likely at the most recent overdose event for non-Hispanic Black people versus non-Hispanic White people (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.79; P = 0.02) and by people who used drugs a few times a month at the time…
WHAT WILL? – Oct. 20, 2025 – The author G.K. Chesterton once said that “meaningless does not come from being weary of pain; meaningless comes from being weary of pleasure.” This truism seems particularly apt in the age of the smartphone: we have seemingly endless entertainment, distractions and information in our pocket…According to a new report in the Wall Street Journal, “happy pills” have been recast as a trendy lifestyle choice for young people. While antidepressant use has soared over the last decade, happiness has not. Last year, around 9 million adults and 500,000 children were prescribed antidepressants, and many…
TWO NATIONS MOURN – Oct. 24, 2025 – It’s with deep sadness that we share the unexpected passing of our daughter and sister, Emman,” her family wrote on Instagram. “She brought so much joy, laughter, and love into our lives and into the lives of everyone who knew her.” According to multiple media reports, including TMZ, People and Deadline, the L.A. County Medical Examiner confirmed Emman’s cause of death to be suicide. Emman was the daughter of Filipino television presenter Alejandro “Kim” Ilagan Atienza, also known as Kuya Kim, and his wife Felicia Hung Atienza, a celebrity entrepreneur and health…
THE HORROR – Oct. 15, 2025 – Many movies have successfully portrayed the reality of alcohol use disorders and other addictions. While many of these movies focus on the fact that these are illnesses that can be successfully treated and managed, there are some stories that emphasize the darker experiences that come with addiction. The darkest movies about alcohol use disorder and addiction strip away romanticized portrayals and instead offer unflinching, often disturbing insights into the lives of those caught in its grip.These movies don’t just show the physical toll of substance abuse, but instead expose how it infects relationships,…
KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL – Oct. 24, 2025 – At one time, Andrew Zimmern, an Emmy and four-time James Beard Award winner, TV/media personality, chef, writer and passionate global citizen, used people, was addicted to heroin and living in an abandoned building in lower Manhattan in New York. At night when he passed out from drug and alcohol abuse, Zimmern said he poured Ajax around the pile of dirty clothes he slept on to keep the rats and roaches from crawling all over him. “That was me right before I tried to kill myself,” he said. “That didn’t go as planned. And,…
NO MORE MELATONIN – Oct. 21, 2025 – Cannabis contains dozens of compounds such as cannabidiol (CBD), which does not cause the “high” typically associated with marijuana, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which does have mood- and mind-altering effects. Products that consist primarily of CBD, along with low doses of THC, may help some people fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer. Research on cannabis and sleep remains somewhat inconclusive, partly because strains, potency, frequency and length of use, as well as the underlying health of participants, have varied from study to study, making it difficult to draw clear conclusions. Some studies…