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Matthew Perry says you can tell which season of Friends he’s on ‘lots of pills’

Actor has been candid about his behind-the-scenes struggle with addiction during his time on the sitcom

The Independent UK

UNC star Phil Ford on Dean Smith, overcoming addiction and the Four Corners

Phil Ford, one of the best players in UNC basketball history, is this week’s guest on “Sports Legends of the Carolinas.”

Tribune News Service

In close races, Republicans attack Democrats over fentanyl and the overdose crisis

Many Republicans have recast the debate over drugs and fentanyl as a crime and border security problem. Often their attacks are based on conspiracy theories and discredited ideas about addiction.

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John Wood Q&A: On watching wolves, his Olympic medallion, and rolling back the ball

John Wood is a lone wolf out on Tour in his main addiction these days — which is wolf watching.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Report: Fossil fuel "addiction" is killing millions and worsening climate change impacts

"The climate crisis is killing us," said UN chief António Guterres in response to the report, urging a switch to renewable energy.

Axios

A new paramedic policy may guide overdose patients into treatment

As the number of opioid overdose deaths continues to surge across the United States, some experts stress the urgency of providing the addiction treatment medication buprenorphine to drug users as soon as possible, on the scene of an overdose.

Tribune News Service

Doctors say 'fossil fuel addiction' kills, starves millions

A new report from doctors and other health experts says the world's fossil fuel addiction is making the world sicker and is killing people

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Global health at mercy of fossil fuel addiction, warn scientists

Reliance on oil and gas worsening climate impacts and compounding food, energy and cost of living crises

The Guardian - UK

Magic mushroom grower who 'sold to friends' spared prison

The 36-year-old, caught with nearly 300 grams of mushrooms, said they were to treat his addictions with some for sale

Liverpool Echo

Rice's drinking influenced "Interview"

Rice channeled her grief and struggles with alcohol into her work, as seen in AMC's adaptation of her debut novel

Salon

Irish social media star Trisha Lewis opens up on secret addiction battle - 'I wanted to jump into the river'

"I lost everything I had in the casino time and time again..."

Irish Mirror

Friends star Matthew Perry says he 'probably spent $9 million' getting sober

The actor has previously praised his Friends co-stars for being 'understanding and patient' as he battled addictions during his time on the show

Chronicle Live

Meditation literally changes how your brain's neurons move

Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) shows promise as a way to treat addiction, but also implies that meditating can be useful outside that context.

Inverse

Mental health and addiction issues in Ayrshire village to be addressed as bid launched to draft in experts

Netherthird Initiative for Community Partnership is one of the groups.

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Evening Standard

Matthew Perry ‘spent $9m trying to get sober’ during addiction to prescription drugs

The Friends actor told The New York Times that he had been in rehab 15 times during his career

Daily Mirror

Friends star Matthew Perry admits he spent whopping $9m on getting sober

Friends star Matthew Perry has admitted he has spent a fortune on facing his demons as he struggled to overcome his alcohol and drug addiction over the years since finding fame

Nottingham Post

RAF Veteran marks two years of sobriety with Ilkeston group in celebratory walk

"True recovery is only achieved when you do it for yourself"

Leeds Live

Ex-Leeds United forward opens up on his gambling addiction

Cibicki is currently serving a four-year ban for match fixing.

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Edinburgh Live

Scottish dad turns his life around after drug addiction led to begging on the streets

Leeh, 37, is now back in touch with his three sons and has rebuilt his relationship with his parents, who paid for a last-gasp drug detox.

Daily Record

'Fiercely intelligent' student found dead in university dorm after heroin overdose

Dylan Causero who had a lengthy history of drug misuse dating back to his mid teens had been trying hard to get himself clean just weeks before his tragic heroin over dose.

Wales Online

Faith lost all her teeth through drug addiction - now she's smiling again thanks to dentures

Faith became addicted to meth aged just 14

Daily Record

Recovering Scots drug addict turns life around to become skydiver after kicking heroin habit

Leeh Howell's life was in a desperate free fall with him begging on the streets of Stirling to feed hit addiction before he was entered into rehab.

ABC News

Ballarat gambling harm on the agenda as city loses $1 million to pokies each week

Dan Irwin was 16 when he started gambling. Over 25 years he lost everything that mattered and decided it was time to turn his life around.

Liverpool Echo

Delivery driver hits robber over head with plank of wood after raid on pharmacy

Rewards were handed to have-a-go hero and a chemist who tackled the armed offender

The Conversation

Can gaming 'addiction' lead to depression or aggression in young people? Here’s what the evidence says

A Victorian coroner has cited problematic gaming behaviour as the driver of a mood disorder which contributed to the 2019 death of regional school boy Oliver Cronin.

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