Ozempic and Wegovy are quickly becoming known as wonder drugs for their ability to treat an ever-growing range of conditions. Heart failure? Check. Type 2 diabetes? Check. Obesity, heart attack and stroke? Check, check and check. On top of all that, a growing number of anecdotal reports and medical studies indicate that semaglutide — the … Read more
Action star Danny Trejo celebrated 55 years of sobriety in a motivational post — reassuring others suffering from addiction that they can overcome their “struggles.” “I’m 55 years clean and sober today by the grace of God!” the 79-year-old actor wrote in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter on Wednesday. “I’ve done this … Read more
Bradley Cooper revealed he once felt his struggle with drug and alcohol use would cost him his life. “The Hangover” star, 48, had an open and honest conversation about the lowest points in his life in a recent episode of the hit National Geographic series “Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge.” “You definitely had … Read more
DEAR ABBY: Our daughter (age 21) has made a series of bad choices and failed relationships since she was 16. She went to college and quit (twice), joined the Air Force and hated it, but managed to get a “general discharge.” At age 19, she had a baby with a high school dropout and violent … Read more
What was hiding in this Southern California woman’s crawl space is enough to make anyone’s skin crawl. When Ashly Guardino was woken up by unusual noises at her Lake Elsinore home last Saturday, she assumed it was her landlord, making needed repairs to the roof. But much to her chagrin, rather than finding the property … Read more
The average American spends nearly 2½ hours per day on social media, and that number more than doubles for teens, studies have shown. For many people, the reliance on social media can feel much like an addiction — and many experts believe that’s exactly what it is. “Social media addiction is not yet recognized in … Read more
A Sydney woman has revealed how she turned her life around from being addicted to drugs and living on the streets. Shani Taylor, 39, was 16 when she was thrown out of her family home and began to use drugs to cope with her “unstable and chaotic” home life, The Sun reported. She would either sleep on … Read more
Logan Visser arrived at Brigham Young University’s Rexburg, Idaho, campus as a healthy, happy competitive wrestler planning to study business. But, within months, a pastime spiraled into an all-out addiction: Video games sent his life off the rails. The then-18-year-old told The Post he would play League of Legends through the night, glued to the … Read more
This seafood lover has gone way overboard. A Kansas man went viral after appearing on TLC’s “My Strange Addiction” and revealed that he loves canned tuna so much that he eats and drinks nearly 15 cans a week on average and even wears its juices as cologne. In a clip uploaded to YouTube, tuna-loving Tyler, … Read more
Krystal Talavera thought she was drinking a healthy supplement to her morning coffee. But the supplement she was taking, kratom, killed the registered nurse, a mother of four, from respiratory failure brought on by opioid-like effects. Her death is the latest involving the herbal substance, which is widely sold at gas stations and online despite … Read more
A man from Scotland woke up from his two-week coma convinced that he lived in California, had won thousands of dollars in the lottery and was going to meet singer Rihanna. Mark Gibbs, 42, felt “gutted” when he came back down to Earth after five weeks — and is sharing his scary experience to warn … Read more
You may know Bobby Lee as Carrie Bradshaw’s podcast friend Jackie Nee on “And Just Like That.” But on the real-life podcast “Broad Ideas,” he discussed his experience with the “Sex and the City” reboot — and how it pushed him to get sober. Though he may make it look easy to walk down the … Read more
A Philadelphia woman is speaking out about the horrors of the “flesh-rotting” animal tranquilizer xylazine, saying she suffered blood clots, sepsis and sores so painful that she tried to cut off her own skin. The medication — known on the street as “tranq,” “tranq dope” and “zombie drug” — is approved by the Food and … Read more
Former fitness model Loni Willison continues to live a less-than-glamorous life on the streets of West Hollywood. The unhoused 40-year-old was spotted digging through dumpsters on June 14 in new photos obtained by The Post. The pictures seem to confirm the dire straits of the blond, who was spotted smoking from a crack pipe in … Read more
Childless women aged 35 are at the highest risk of binge drinking and Alchohol Use Disorder (AUD), a new study published in the journal Addiction. The study also found that today’s generation of middle-aged women and those without children are also more likely to consume alcohol excessively. Compared to men, the consequences among reproductive-age women who … Read more
Prince Harry hails from jolly ol’ England, and now lives in posh Montecito. But they say home is where the heart is — and, for Harry, that’s wallowing in his personal trauma. The Duke of Sussex has made that clear in his unsparingly insufferable memoir, “Spare,” and a streamed session with trauma rock-star Dr. Gabor … Read more
Miracle drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy — which have recently exploded in popularity for their incredible weight loss side effects — may also quell the addictive nature of a person’s mind as well, experts say. Patients who have taken these semaglutide Type 2 diabetes treatments have self-confessed to controlling their impulses more — especially when … Read more
Wendy Williams has reportedly pulled out of a speaking engagement scheduled for this weekend as those close to her allegedly continue to worry about her well-being. The 58-year-old media personality — who spent two months in rehab last year after relapsing on alcohol amid other health issues — will no longer speak at the Atlanta … Read more
“There’s nothing that anybody can offer me. There is no helping,” Willison said. Fitness-model-turned-homeless-addict Loni Willison is blaming her ex-husband, “Baywatch” star Jeremy Jackson, for her downward spiral. In an interview published Friday by X17 Online, the 39-year-old Willison — who has been spotted digging through California dumpsters over the years — was asked where her life went wrong. … Read more
“Mama June” Shannon regrets her big boo-boo. The reality TV celebrity is getting real about her drug addiction, claiming the “stupidest thing” she’s ever done was spend more than $1 million on drugs. “I don’t remember, like, a lot of that time frame. Just bits and pieces and stuff,” the now three years sober “Here … Read more