Reflection on the documentary Emma Wants to Live, which follows 18-year-old Dutch anorexic Emma during her final days.

Key facts about xylazine. a veterinary sedative being added to "tranq" dope throughout the United States.

Dedicated to my friend Zack B., who passed away in 2020.

Tips on managing the physical and psychological effects of tapering off of opioids and other physically addictive drugs.

Using threatening messages from a drug dealer as a case study of how to assess when you're legitimately in danger vs. when you're dealing wi

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

Why I believe that the mythical state of "pure" opioid dependence is really just a prelude to or a less severe form of opioid addiction.

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

"In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends" John Churton Collins

Novel, rapid transfer protocols for switching from a full maintenance dose of methadone to buprenorphine in 5 days. With literature cited.

It's a subtle, gradual, insidious process, and if you find yourself identifying with any of the warning signs that I identify here, beware.

Meditations on what I consider to be the three primary models of addiction: The spiritual, the moral, and the medical.

U.S. physicians are in dire need of specialized training in withdrawing patients from physically and psychologically addictive drugs.

A compilation of 75 writing prompts related to addiction / recovery, spirituality, and creative writing / fun.

An explanation of what dissociation is, what triggers it, and a list of 18 highly specific examples of dissociative symptoms.

An overview of mu opioid receptor dynamics that explains affinity, full agonism, partial agonism, antagonism, tolerance, and withdrawal

Curated screenshots of a textbook example of stimulant-induced psychosis.

A run-down of the direct financial costs of my opioid addiction during the past 15 years of full-blown active addiction. I've also estimated

I was never "normal." Indeed, from my middle school memories onward, I recall an omnipresent Edge™. My body didn't seem quite the...

Part 2 of my series on the downfall of Jessica Kent, a prison reform and addiction / recovery YouTuber with over one million followers....