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SHE’D NEVER DRAG HIM DOWN –  

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. “From helping me with my sobriety journey to showing up for me at big moments in my life and career,” he continued. “You are the best sister anyone could ask for and I’m eternally proud of you and all the sunshine you continue to spread in this world.”

Grande, whose Billboard 200-topping album Eternal Sunshine arrived last month, commented on the post, “my sweetest! i love you so so much.”

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WHAT GOES AROUND… –  

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.” While Foster remembered telling Downey, 59, that he was “incredibly good at balancing on the barstool” at the time, she also told him, “But it’s really precarious, and I’m not sure how that’s going to end.’ ”

The Oscar-winning actor made headlines in the late ‘90s and early aughts for being arrested and jailed multiple times over drug-related charges. He has spoken openly about struggling with addiction before he got sober in 2002.

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VIDEO – ONE MARRIAGE AT A TIME –  

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 told the outlet. “It ended up with me drinking a fifth of tequila every night, seven days a week, and a handful of narcos [prescription meds] by myself with a beautiful family in the other room.” 

Spelling filed for divorce from McDermott in March 2024 after nearly 18 years of marriage and five children together.

McDermott added that Spelling was a pillar of support and encouraged him to seek treatment. “It ended up with drinking a fifth of tequila every night, seven days a week, and handfuls of narcos by myself with a beautiful family in the other room.” 

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HAS HE MADE HIS AMENDS? –  

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. So that’s gonna be amazing,”  “He’s also sober and clean, so we’re always going to support that, obviously,” the guitarist enthused. Bathory discussed Five Finger Death Punch’s upcoming tour with Manson during a new interview on the Jesea Lee Show, the namesake podcast by the SiriusXM DJ.

“He’s also sober and clean, so we’re always going to support that, obviously.”

Five Finger Death Punch’s Ivan Moody Has a History of Addiction.

Bathory mentioned Five Finger Death Punch frontman Ivan Moody, who had his own issues with addiction in the past that nearly cost him his life. The vocalist has been sober for six years now, though, and Bathory praised Moody and called him “a different man.”

“Manson is sober, and he’s staying clean and doing the work, so we obviously support that. It’s gonna be an amazing tour,” he concluded.

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VIDEO – IN ALL OUR ENDEAVORS –  

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 … who have tried unsuccessfully to address the pain of living through Substance Use Disorder and want to start a new chapter. Established as a 501 (c) (3), Door To Serenity is open to the support, financial or in-kind, from those who share the vision of unfettered access to the help we offer. We encourage all who visit us here to spread the word that there is a ray of hope for the disenfranchised and the possibility of living in recovery may be only a phone call away. Our calling is to love without limit and to serve without judgment.

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A GOOD MAN IS GOOD TO FIND –  

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, “Four years ago when I got into Oxford there were 13 houses,” said Guest. “There are now 34 houses.”

Now he wants to help others suffering from addiction like he did.

“I decided one day after hitting rock bottom that I was going to use the rest of my time on this planet to give,” said Guest.

He knows recovery is not simple. He understands letting go of one’s addictions is easier said than done especially when you feel like those things are keeping you alive.

“Some of us have been surviving on our own since we were 13 years old. Some of us have never [written] a check before. Some of us have never paid our own bills.”

But, Marlin says the Oxford House is not just a bunch of men and women who live in a house. He says it is a family; a group of friends who can help.

“We just rally around each other, encourage each other, and hold each other up when the other one’s weak,” said Guest. “We come together and we learn how to do these things together. The goal is that when a person leaves Oxford they’re comfortable and fit to live on their own, and do those day-to-day tasks that we all take for granted.”

Marlin is doing exactly that while enjoying every single second of this life.

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DOES HE HAVE A POINT? –  

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.”

 ‘Congratulations on your rehab, come down to the park, I got a free sample for you.’ With that comes all kinds of other things I don’t want to wish upon that community.”

Critics of Jones’ bill say that using land use regulations to forestall treatment sites will harm Philadelphia’s most vulnerable residents and potentially drive these kinds of facilities to less accessible locations.

“Substance use treatment is critical for improving community health and is key to preventing overdose,” said Alexis Roth, associate professor of community health at Drexel University. “While the use of zoning laws to prohibit establishing treatment services in a particular jurisdiction may appear to be class and race neutral, the effects are not.”

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iPHONES OR TIKTOK –  

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 for students to go to talk to if needed. Some will have counselors only once a week. POLITICO’s survey received 1,400 responses from clinicians, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, school psychologists, pediatric nurse practitioners, pediatricians and nurses.

A majority of respondents reported a decline in mental well-being among kids since the start of the pandemic.

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LIFE ON THE LINE –  

April 10, 2024 – After losing the “adrenaline” of playing the sport at the highest level, he told the Ben Heath Podcast that problems became “huge” and he turned to drugs for “escapism”. “How do I deal with problems when I haven’t got football? 

“You’ve got the joy and adrenaline to keep you forward-thinking and energetic,” he said.

The ex-pro added: “When you’ve got issues, without football these issues become huge, they’re like mountains.

“When you were playing they were fine, because you had finances coming in, you also had support from everyone and anyone.”

He said that while he did not become an alcoholic, he had a bad year with drugs. I had a spell on cocaine and smoking some weed, and the drink … I could live without it,” he said.

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WORDS MATTER –  

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. Despite that name, it was not Cheech and Chong who served up the opportunity. An older cousin and my big brother were the ones who turned the matching keys that armed the aforesaid nuclear bong.

In this situation, both “older” and “big” are relative terms. My cousin was in high school and my brother was only two-and-a-half years older than myself. While some months shy of his thirteenth birthday, my brother was already an experienced stoner, and our cousin was working on his teenage Master degree in all things pot related. Indeed, we were parked near his secret weed patch off a twisting country road when I joined their club.

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