Demi Lovato’s first performance in about a year and half since she was hospitalized offers a different vision of hope, one that strips away empty platitudes and embraces harsh realities. Lovato has been incredibly transparent and honest in her journey of sobriety. She’s subverted and complicated the typical ... Read More
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BFF Thrift Store Challenge
Young, Dumb, and Sober embarked on their first internet challenge: the BFF Thrift Store Challenge. ABOUT YOUNG, DUMB, AND SOBER Young, Dumb, & Sober is a YouTube channel created to share with others one fact: that sobriety is not a death sentence, but a life statement! FOLLOW YOUNG, DUMB, AND ... Read More
What is Gratitude?
Young, Dumb, and Sober share with us what they are thankful for this holiday season. ... Read More
Victims Can File Claims Against Purdue Pharma
Everyday Americans have now been given the opportunity to join prosecutors in fighting back and holding big pharmaceutical companies accountable for the opioid crisis. On Friday January 24th, the federal judge managing the bankruptcy case of Purdue Pharma set a deadline of June 30th, 2020, to file a claim ... Read More
Transforming with The Ones We Love: 5 ways to improve the quality of your relationships in 2020
The start of a new year is a well-known marker for setting goals, making plans, and adjusting our sails. Self-improvement Is often at the root of our New Year’s resolutions, as working on your self can improve the quality of your life. It is not common to look at our dynamics with others in motivation to ... Read More
Can’t Keep Your New Year’s Resolution? Here’s Why
Does this sound familiar? Every time January rolls around, you purchase new gym shoes, study vegetable-based recipes (and subsequently buy a bunch of spinach), and commit to a year of gratitude, generosity, and physical exercise. You promise this year will be different. At the stroke of midnight, you swear to ... Read More
New Year, New Eats: Healthy Eating for 2020
Yay! It’s a new decade! Which means, there are new things that people are trying to accomplish is this new period of life. Some people are going after new careers; others are trying to get back into school. As for me, I’m trying to continue this healthy living, which, of course, means healthy eating. In ... Read More
Holiday Shopping
I remember during the holidays I used to hide in the bathrooms of department stores to shoot up dope. Trying to look inconspicuous when I left, but all the clerks and customers knew I was the druggy kid tripping out in Macy’s. Now seven years later I’m looking for a Christmas gift. I don’t know what to get ... Read More
The Gifts of Light and Laughter
I don’t suppose that the poet William Wordsworth had the holiday season in mind when he wrote these famous words: The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; After all, he was writing in the nineteenth century, long before the commercialization of ... Read More
Audits reveal Sackler family withdrew 10.7 Billion from Purdue Pharma
Audits produced from Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy proceedings on Monday December 16th reveal that the Sackler family—the family who owns Purdue—have withdrawn $10.7 billion from the company since 2008. The start of these withdrawals correlates to when head executives of Purdue pleaded guilty for misleading ... Read More