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There’s a saying that we are our parents, and we can inherit a lot of good and bad from our mothers and fathers. Chemical dependency can run in a family, and anxiety may be inherited as well.   Newsweek reports that there’s a new study which has examined the areas of the brain that produce […]

A tool is only as good as whoever uses it. The net and social media can be used for good, or it can be a forum for millions of trolls to spew garbage. What people do with social media is up to them, but has social media become too toxic? It’s a question that was […]

Robin Williams, the brilliant comedian and dramatic actor, is the subject of a new documentary, Come Inside My Mind. In addition to his tremendous talent, Williams was also deeply troubled throughout his life. He struggled with addiction and depression, and sadly died by his own hand in 2014. Not only is Come Inside My Mind […]

Sharp Objects is a brand new show on HBO starring Amy Adams. Sharp Objects has already earned strong reviews not just for being a compelling drama, but for how it deals with the main character, Camille Preaker, and her mental health and addiction issues. Television Shines a New Spotlight on Self-Harm, Addiction, and Mental Health […]

Rolling Stone has written a new article on the scourge of fentanyl, which they call “the drug that killed Prince and Tom Petty.” In the article, a number of older musicians talked about how they’ve had to rely on painkillers to get through tours, and how the danger of addiction is always just around the […]

Many who are suffering from addiction are aware of the dark web, the underground, nearly undetectable and untraceable area of the internet where you can purchase practically anything, especially illegal narcotics, which are usually purchased with bitcoin. Now a report tells us that with a crackdown on prescription opioids, some are going to the dark […]

Once we get used to driving our cars instead of using public transportation or Uber and other similar services it becomes difficult for some of us to refrain from driving even when we know we might end up drinking some alcohol on that evening. Usually, we think we’ll only have a drink or two, and […]

Backstage at Coachella, Eminem was photographed holding up his ten-year sobriety medallion, which he proudly shared with the world on Instagram. His announcement got over 1.6 million likes, and the famed rapper has indeed come a long way.     *As the Fix reports, Eminem was taking Vicodin, Valium, Ambien, and Methadone. “I used to get […]

It’s a tremendous shock that renowned fashion designer Kate Spade has died at the age of 55 from suicide, and the same afternoon a big outpouring of sympathy and mental health awareness hit the web.    As the L.A. Times reports, “Though no official reports said that Spade suffered from mental illness, Twitter users quickly jumped in the fray […]