Alcohol has become a staple at sporting events, and no sport is more associated with heavy drinking than football. It’s where the tradition of tailgating got its start, and getting hammered in the stands has almost become an American pastime.
Heather Locklear has one of those smiles that make a beautiful woman even more attractive. The actress, known for her role in the television series Melrose Place, looks far younger than her 50 years. Physical attractiveness and a winning smile have not kept the bumps and bruises of life from the Hollywood starlet. The public [...]
Just because a person seems to ‘have it all’ doesn’t mean their life is better than yours. Consider Carnie Wilson, daughter of Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson as an example. Born with name recognition and talent into the world of showbiz, Ms. Wilson shows us that people are made of the same stuff and struggle [...]
Last year musician Sarah Harding, from the band Girls Aloud, said publicly that she had sought treatment at a drug rehab treatment center for both depression and problems with alcohol addiction. Recently, she has also stated that her addictions included Zopiclone, a drug that is a controlled substance in the U.S. but prescribed in other [...]
Every recovery from addiction is worth celebrating. However, when a man who finally overcomes the shackles of chemical dependency is a Hollywood tough guy who publicly wept over his problem, those watching can’t help but cheer. And like the biblical Job who lost everything only to receive more at the end than he had at [...]
The son of famous actor Michael Douglas and grandson of Kirk Douglas, Cameron Douglas, recently received another nearly five-year prison sentence for carrying out a plan to acquire prescription drug pills and anti-anxiety medications by talking a defense lawyer into hiding them in her undergarments.
For persons lost in the haze of addiction, hitting rock bottom can happen repeatedly before the message penetrates the fog. Such appears to be the story of Clifford Harris, better known to his fans as the rapper T.I. The singer’s young life contains a long string of drug-related problems with the law. The latest meeting [...]
Drugs lie. They promise euphoria, but it doesn’t last. Instead, they rob many lives of their full potential. It happens over and over, most often to people you never hear about. But from time to time, the American public watches in wide-eyed sadness as a life self-destructs in front of them. Dwight Gooden knows all [...]
Once her beauty graced magazine covers, runways and calendars; she was the definitive super model. Today Paulina Porizkova has taken up her pen to reveal her struggle with anti-anxiety medication. Just how one of the loveliest women in the world ended up needing a pill to balance her mood and what taking it cost her [...]
Teenagers are the target of millions of advertisements, and strangely, some of the advertisements are not even for products they are allowed to use. While industry regulations curtail some of the problem, many companies are still advertising adult products in full view of kids, with advertisements aired when kids are likely to be watching television.
