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Social Prisoner Theory

Is modern society becoming an open-air prison?

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Smooth Seas, Seasoned Sailors: Lessons From Relapse

Tough truths garnered from relapse, including a series of recent slip-ups during my methadone taper.

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Last of the Laowai Part III: Holes in the Wall, Holes in the Brain

Funny and frightening stories from an American expat who weathered the COVID pandemic in Mainland China.

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Social Prisoner Theory

Is modern society becoming an open-air prison?

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D.A.R.E. Nation: What I Would Say to My Younger Self About Doing Drugs

Feb 910 min read

Addiction and Recovery

D.A.R.E. Nation: What I Would Say to My Younger Self About Doing Drugs

My thoughts on the D.A.R.E. anti-drug curriculum that I grew up with & what I would say to my younger self about drugs.

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Addiction and Recovery

Snapshot: An Addict Remembers 9/11

A story from a New Yorker who was addicted to heroin at the time of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

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Jan 2510 min read

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Taking a Break

My thoughts on the "two arrow" model of pain vs. suffering from DBT.

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Scientific Frontiers: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) as Addiction Treatment

Jan 189 min read

Addiction and Recovery

Scientific Frontiers: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) as Addiction Treatment

Exploring deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the nucleus accumbens as a treatment for refractory addiction to opioids and other substances.

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Chemical Blitzkrieg: Four Elements of the Modern War on Drugs That Originated in Nazi Germany

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Mad Mutterings

Chemical Blitzkrieg: Four Elements of the Modern War on Drugs That Originated in Nazi Germany

The intriguing history of the Third Reich and mind-altering drugs, including amphetamines and opioids. Based on Norman Ohler's "Blitzed."

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Four Scenes, Five Bathrooms, Twenty Years: Heroin Addiction Revealed

Jan 14 min read

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Four Scenes, Five Bathrooms, Twenty Years: Heroin Addiction Revealed

Four short scenes depicting the surreal highs and lows of heroin addiction, all of which are based on experiences that I lived through.

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See "Enough, Cat Marnell" for my thoughts on her memoir How to Murder Your Life.

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Social Prisoner Theory

Smooth Seas, Seasoned Sailors: Lessons From Relapse

Last of the Laowai Part III: Holes in the Wall, Holes in the Brain

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Social Prisoner Theory

D.A.R.E. Nation: What I Would Say to My Younger Self About Doing Drugs

Snapshot: An Addict Remembers 9/11

Taking a Break

Scientific Frontiers: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) as Addiction Treatment

Chemical Blitzkrieg: Four Elements of the Modern War on Drugs That Originated in Nazi Germany

Four Scenes, Five Bathrooms, Twenty Years: Heroin Addiction Revealed

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