Addiction

Rapper Macklemore’s Relapse and Return to Recovery Author: Justin Mckibben The well-known hip-hop artist Macklemore, born Ben Haggerty, earned himself quite a following a few years ago when he broke out on the scene with his breakout album, The Heist, which won him the 2014 Grammy for Best... Learn More

All the Feels: Emotions after Addiction [caption id="attachment_17256" align="aligncenter" width="410"] Photo of Author[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben Today I got a case of the feels... From my experience having emotions ain't easy, and can cause a lot of self-inflicted suffering... especially when we try so hard to... Learn More

How Music Moves Us in Recovery [caption id="attachment_17240" align="aligncenter" width="457"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben I like to think of music as the true voice of humanity. It is the... Learn More

Pro-Gamers Now Face Drug Testing [caption id="attachment_17234" align="aligncenter" width="343"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben High Score or scoring a high? Drug testing has found its way into a variety... Learn More

Jealousy and the Alcoholic [caption id="attachment_17227" align="aligncenter" width="445"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben Jealousy is an ugly thing, but we all have a habit of harvesting it in... Learn More

Ohio Next to Act on Emergency Overdose Antidote Author: Justin Mckibben As always, I am happy to share good news from back home in the Buckeye State, and this is a piece of news I can’t help but be excited about considering my home-state of Ohio has been... Learn More

Siri the Psychiatrist: Smartphones Know When You’re Depressed Author: Justin Mckibben It doesn’t matter how many smiley-faces you send, or how many selfies you share in effort to convince others you are happy, because your smartphone can actually tell if you’re depressed without you even knowing it. You... Learn More

New Police Program Goes Door to Door to Help Drug Addicts [caption id="attachment_17192" align="aligncenter" width="424"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Justin Mckibben Drug addiction, and specifically heroin addiction, has plagued the country on a massive scale... Learn More

Fatal Flakka Being Hidden in Children’s Candy Author: Justin Mckibben Flakka, the streets infamous ‘$5 Insanity’, has transformed the face of fear in drug abuse recently by corrupting minds and demoralizing communities all over the nation. Infecting people with intense hallucinations and hypertension often described as a... Learn More

Singer and Actor Tom Waits Talks Giving Up Drinking Author: Justin Mckibben Thomas Alan “Tom” Waits is a celebrated American singer-songwriter with a distinctive voice so growly with grit it’s strangely smooth and somehow conceptually classic. He is also a composer who has worked on several movies and musicals,... Learn More

The Day I Knew I Couldn’t Stop Drinking Author: Justin Mckibben Hi. I’m an alcoholic named Justin. When I drink I am infamously inconsiderate, infuriated, inconsolable and an incoherent a**. My life is by every extensive meaning of the word ‘unmanageable’ in active addiction, and I habitually seek... Learn More

Free and Legal Marijuana Making it to the Streets Author: Justin Mckibben The state of Oregon last night was ignited, and it was a little more than enthusiasm in the air at midnight as crowds gathered and counted down minutes before lighting up joints in the streets to celebrate... Learn More

Rapper Macklemore’s Relapse and Return to Recovery

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