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

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

In which one of the most spiritually defunct individuals of all time, suffering from an unbecoming existential and addictive panic, goes...

The vibe of positive personal change, spiritual growth, and accountability-taking that permeates 12-Step meetings is itself an...

"The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection." A hundred years into drug prohibition,...

Any crusty old-timer in AA or NA will insist that geographical change is useless or even counterproductive. Are they wrong? Kapalua,...

First Step of NA / AA: We admitted that we were powerless over drugs / alcohol; that our lives had become unmanageable. I am the first...

First Step of NA / AA: We admitted that we were powerless over drugs / alcohol; that our lives had become unmanageable. Doctor please,...