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Overnight Success, Overnight Stress Tim Allen is one of America’s most beloved TV stars. He influenced a generation with his role of Tim “The Tool-Man” Taylor on the show Home Improvement. A passionate Christian and Republican, he is somewhat of an oddity around Hollywood. His early years were...
Drew Barrymore - Childhood Abuse to Addiction All too often beloved child stars simply vanish into a heartbreaking reality of childhood alcohol and drug addiction. Drew Barrymore’s story with childhood addiction began with all the makings for a sordid tragedy. However, unlike many, she was able...
Heroin AM Sketch Causes Controversy On Monday, April 18, Saturday Night Live (SNL) thrust the Heroin epidemic from America's backyard into its living rooms with a sketch called “Heroin AM.” This sketch has been met with severe controversy on all sides from comments that it dignifies...
Daredevil “Jackass” star and professional skater credits a doctor he met on Reality TV for really helping him achieve recovery. Today, in sobriety, Bam Margera, an alcoholic found recovery and continues to live a life of sobriety. Margera rose to stardom with the success of the mindlessly...
New Study on LSD A new study has been conducted illuminating the impact of LSD on the brain, and the results are amazing. The drug has long been understood to create spiritual experiences and an altered state of consciousness often marked by sensations of universal belonging....
Addiction From a Sheltered Home As is often the case for sheltered children, Michelle's super strict upbringing caused her to act out and sometimes this acting out can lead to addiction. Her mother was an educator and Michelle was often forbidden from doing many of the...
Addiction Fought the Law and...
Do the Trends in the Addiction Field Need to Change? The greatest focus in the treatment of addiction is on 12-Step models, which have been proven to work for thousands upon thousands of people. 12-Step programs, however, are not treatment. As John Grab says, "treatment is...
Early Access Leads to Early Addiction Lydia's experience with mind-altering substances started very early in her life. When she was a child, her parents would throw parties. In her own words, they weren't alcoholics, but they liked to have a few drinks every now and then. At...
If you haven't seen it, watch The War On Drugs, Part 1 - The Beginning Marijuana Laws. In this installment of this six-part series on The War on Drugs, Professor Joshua Kane, Ph.D. head of research at A Better Today Recovery Services and lecturer at Arizona State...