I know I’m not the only one who’s heart was breaking for Bam Margera. The normally upbeat and goofy former skater and star of the “Jackass” and “Viva La Bam” prank series has been reclusive for the past few years, especially following the tragic death of his best friend and...

You haven’t seen it all until your furry friends bring you gargantuan bags of illicit substances, but maybe the homeowners in Mississippi have. After returning home from an afternoon of doggie play, Fido brought home what no one’s allowed to chew (forgive me): a pound of marijuana. Initially thinking the...

Oh, Lamar. My heart aches for you and your family. I wish your struggle to overcome substance abuse wasn’t playing out so publicly, but in a way I suppose it is helping to show people how difficult the recovery process can be. There are ups and downs in every recovery...

Drinking: the great American pastime. Despite the fact that we all know the dangers involved with alcohol consumption, as of 2014 64 percent of adults in the U.S. (meaning 18 or older, thus including adult, under-aged drinkers) stated they had “occasion to use alcoholic beverages). The drinking rate among people...

Ladies, we all know we suffer for our beauty, especially when it comes to wearing high heels. It’s not uncommon after a long night out to see a few women clutching their pumps in one hand while trying to carefully navigate the streets to avoid stepping on anything sharp or...

Remember El Chapo, the infamous Mexican drug kingpin who broke out of prison and successfully avoided recapture for seven months, even making time to interview with Sean Penn? Remember the insider investigation that took us through the tunnel he used to escape, showing an intricate and well-planned operation which apparently...

Street drugs have variety nicknames, usually in an attempt to bypass suspicion and legal consequences for the illegal drug trade for parties on both ends. There’s a few we all probably recognize: Molly Angel Dust Acid Blow X Ganja Ice Oxies Bars Knowing these names and attempting to be “in”...

For the last seven seasons, Theresa Caputo has brought the phenomenon of psychic mediums and communication with those “on the other side” into the homes of millions of people with her reality show “Long Island Medium.” With her giant, blonde signature hairstyle and upfront, boisterous personality, Theresa rakes in millions...

If you’ve been following along with this this blog, you know that back in January, we published two eBooks: ‘It Takes a Village: Finding the Right Support System in Addiction Recovery’ and ‘Holistic Healing for Addiction: Enlivening Body, Mind and Spirit to Remedy Depression, Anxiety, and Self-Hate’. Thank you to...

“We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.” William Butler Yeats Ah poetry, everyone’s taken a stab at verse at some point in their lives. Some of us fell in love with what we considered to be horrendously embarrassing expressions of the...