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CBS News is reporting a very startling fact, that opioid drug overdoses killed more American men and women last year than the Vietnam War. With the Opioid and Fentanyl epidemics considered one of the worst health crises to hit our country in recent memory, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 64,070 people died from overdoses last year,...

Miss Mykie is a beloved hip-hop star and BET host who is now back on tour after going into rehab for alcoholism and depression. Recently she talked about coming back out of the dark tunnel of addiction, and her new Project Rehab Tour.  As Mykie told Rolling Out, “Every day of my sobriety is a blessing for myself, household, family,...

Mental health, like addiction, carries a stigma that makes it difficult for many to discuss openly. Thankfully a lot of celebrities have been talking openly about their struggles with mental health, especially anxiety and depression, and two of the latest are Lili Reinhart and Emma Stone. Emma Stone has struggled with major anxiety throughout her life and turned to her...

Corey Taylor of Slipknot is one of many rock/metal musicians who has embraced sobriety, and at an event called Rock to Recovery, he called sobriety “very empowering.” Taylor said, “Besides it being a great way for me to get together with my friends and have a good time, it’s really cool that [this event] is promoting the positivity of being...

Getting through life when suffering through addiction is no easy feat, so try to imagine how hard it can be when a natural disaster like Hurricane Harvey or Hurricane Irma hits. As one researcher told ABC News, during a natural disaster, the problems of addiction can become more public. “It becomes harder to hide and cope with one’s addiction in...

Virtual reality could become a major new tool in men and women rehab centers, and it’s already being used to treat PTSD and other disorders.  As iMedicalApps, a team of researchers in Australia, there’s a virtual reality program that does the AA version of thinking things through, taking you through a house party where you can make choices about engaging...

In addition to her best-known role, Princess Leia, the late, great Carrie Fisher was also very open about her mental health struggles with bipolar disorder. One tool you can keep in your arsenal against mental health issues and addiction is a good sense of wit, which Fisher had in spades. The site bphope, which is dedicated to bipolar disorder, listed...

Many in recovery have found practicing Buddhism a useful tool in staying sober. Jazz giant Herbie Hancock, who has had his struggles with crack cocaine, recently talked to Phoenix Times about the benefits Buddhism has had on his life and sobriety. *Hancock has been following Buddhist beliefs for over forty years, and he says, “It helped me to see that’s...

Living with an addict can be difficult, and codependency is a big factor that can fuel an addiction. The women’s site, Your Tango listed important factors to remember when you’re in a relationship with an addict: "Addiction is not about you," Dr. David Sack writes. "Guilt isn’t productive for anyone’s healing, but your involvement in their treatment and recovery can give [your...

In the last decade or so, drugs have been on cable a lot, whether it’s the A&E show Intervention, Breaking Bad, or the new mini-series Snowfall, which deals with the rise of crack cocaine. Now Deadline reports that ITV is developing a two-hour docuseries, which is tentatively titled Gordon Ramsay’s Gordon on Cocaine. Yes, the infamously volatile chef is working...