Every day I wake up and it is my mission to do everything possible to make sure that I make a difference when it comes to addiction and recovery. If you asked me five years ago if this would be my life, I would’ve laughed at you.
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TV personality Jason Wahler goes one-on-one with PRISM Award winning actor and “Walking Dead” and “Southland” star Michael Cudlitz to discuss the impact of authentic storytelling. Michael earned his PRISM Award for his portrayal of John Cooper, a police officer who struggled with an addiction to pain killers after an injury.
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Jason Wahler returns along with Dr. Mandy Neeble and Hallie Metzler for an extensive conversation on sobriety and addiction citing examples of addicts they’ve known personally and worked with in a recovery capacity.
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As Hollywood mourns the loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died Sunday of an apparent drug overdose, more actors are coming forward to discuss their own addiction issues in hopes that it will help others.
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For months, I knew that I was going to be interviewed for an E! True Hollywood Story, and I was beyond psyched! Just a few weeks ago, I sat down with the crew and told my story from start to finish. Needless to say, I was exhausted after only one day of filming.
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Jason Wahler is going back, back to the beginning. The former star of Laguna Beach and its spin-off series The Hills, 27, has been open about his struggles with alcoholism and addiction since appearing on Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew in 2010.
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What you put into your life is what you will get out of it.
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You were a part of ‘Laguna Beach,’ so Orange County is probably a special place for you. Is that where you originally grew up?
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Just two weeks ago, Orange County was making headlines for filing a lawsuit that blamed major pharmaceutical companies for unethically pushing sales of painkillers and other dangerous prescription drugs. Now, Chicago is filing an almost identical lawsuit against some of the same companies.
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The FDA is taking a unique approach to raising awareness for prescription drug abuse.
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For a few years now, some states have armed their local police officers and EMT’s with Narcan, a drug that has the potential to reverse the effects of a heroin (and other opioid) overdose. According to reports, Narcan has been a lifesaver in states such as Massachusetts, where it has worked on 211 of the 221 people it has been used on since 2010. Other states that are using Narcan include New Jersey and Connecticut, and now New York will follow.
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I consider myself lucky to have grown up in Laguna Beach. Not only is it absolutely gorgeous there, but I had great friends and family, and can say that I had a good life all around (despite my challenges). From an outsider’s point of view, it might be hard to imagine that somewhere like Laguna Beach is struggling with a drug epidemic, but I am here to tell you that without a doubt, this nationwide problem has impacted the place that I call home.
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