As more people turn to pain pills, addiction to them has also been on the rise.
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Interview: Dr. Suzana E. Flores, Author of ‘Facehooked’
The Internet and social media have made our lives easier, but they were never meant to replace life.
Read More »The Book and the Film: The 70th Anniversary of Charles R. Jackson’s ‘The Lost Weekend’
The seminal addiction study in American literature and "the Uncle Tom’s Cabin of alcoholism" turns 70.
Read More »Dear Lindsay Lohan (Failure to Beat Addiction is Not Your Fault)
To all the Lindsay Lohans out there: Don’t take “failure” as yours. AA is a “one size fits all” recovery program that helps only a small minority.
Read More »Book Review: This Is How: Surviving What You Think You Can’t by Augusten Burroughs
Like having a conversation with a friend who always tells you the truth with love in their heart.
Read More »Book Review: Bleeding Out by Jes Battis
I nearly passed this "Occult Scene Investigator" tale up... what a shame that would have been!
Read More »Book Review: Isadora DayStar by Loni Emmert & P.I. Barrington
Can hope survive in the world of the future?
Read More »Movie Review: Hell and Back Again
A documentary about war which respects your intellect and judgment
Read More »Book Review: My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up by Russell Brand
With a very different Russell Brand everywhere these days, My Booky Wook provides a glimpse of his original anarchy in the UK.
Read More »TV Review: House, M.D. – “Bombshells”
Cuddy's health crisis is a clarifying event for her and an emotional test for House in the aptly-titled "Bombshells."
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