Jul 1511 minJuly 2024 Life Updates: A Sick, Sad SummerMy Summer 2024 life updates, including progress on my methadone taper; my fiancé's immigration visa; and my stepfather's terminal cancer.
Apr 105 min10 Highlights From Johann Hari's "Everything You Think You Know About Addiction Is Wrong" (TED Talk Review)"The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection." A hundred years into drug prohibition,...
Mar 182 minWhat Shape Is Your Soul?Thoughts on Japanese horror comic book writer Junji Ito's story The Enigma of Amigara Fault. A panel from the story. Check out the full...
Dec 19, 20233 minSix Tough Truths That My Addiction Drove HomeA bar in Harbin, Northern China, a frigid and stunning city. 1. Anyone who says that money isn’t everything is revealing that they have...
Dec 11, 20235 minFirst Step Part II: A Gut Punch to the SoulFirst Step of NA / AA: We admitted that we were powerless over drugs / alcohol; that our lives had become unmanageable. I am the first...