Two Georgia brothers plea guilty to brutally attacking their parents. The parents survived, forgave their sons and asked the judge for leniency.

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Attorney William Mauzy confirmed that Dr. Howard Kornfeld, a California-based specialist and a national authority on opioid addiction treatment, was contacted by representatives for the entertainer who said Prince "was dealing with a grave medical emergency." Mauzy works with the Kornfeld family.

  Dr. Tamara Warren Chinyani is a mental health advocate, educator, scholar, and former public health employee, with over 15 years of experience working with…

Have you ever felt like you were addicted to Oreos? Researchers gave lab rats Oreos (a high-fat, high sugar food) and the response in the rats’ brains was similar to the response rats received when they were given cocaine. The details of the study haven’t been released yet, but the indication is that there is […]

I had the pleasure of meeting Jada at a bowling party in Palm Spring, CA several years ago. On the surface she appeared to have some normalcy in her life, however, Pinkett who recently turned 42 reveals she had many addictions of several kinds and opens up about her addiction. More on Jada Pinkett’s addiction

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“It is easier to raise strong children than repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglass Douglass said those words years ago, but their wisdom is timeless.…

Mary J. Blige’s  admission of being the victim of childhood molestation on her “Behind The Music” has triggered discussion of the connection between molestation and addiction. She survived. Many victims never come out of the downward spiral of addiction. Amy Winehouse’s Death Makes Us Think About Helping The Addicts In Our Lives Victims of rape […]