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Nine questions to help you determine whether you should stay in a relationship with a partner who is struggling with addiction.

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Video Intro to My Opioid / Benzo Addiction Story + Update on 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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Video Intro to My Opioid / Benzo Addiction Story + Update on Methadone Taper

Twenty years of opioid / benzo addiction in the U.S. and abroad during the apex of the failed War on Drugs. Update on my speedrun of methadone detox.

Addiction and Recovery

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FDA Approved: Dreams Do Come True With Dice (Ladicetrole)

Dice (ladicetrole) is part of a novel group of combined pharmacologic / virtual reality treatments known as Positive Visualization Actualizers (PVAs).

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Beautiful Boy: Not Quite It (Movie Review)

A conflicted review of the 2018 movie Beautiful Boy, which is about a father who is losing his talented, beloved son to crystal meth.

Addiction and Recovery

Apr 617 min read

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Jesus in a flowing white robe in the center of the dance floor at a gay club - with a young man bowed down in front of him seeking his blessing.

Jesus at the Gay Bar

He's here in the midst of it — right at the centre of the dance floor, robes hitched up to His knees to make it easy to spin...

Mad Mutterings

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The Butternutters are a renegade Syracuse AA group who deny the reality of mental illness and advocate detox without medical supervision.

Addiction and Recovery

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Cotard's Delusion Among Addicts With Near-Death Experiences: Are We Already Dead?

Am I dead already? Incidence of the strange belief system called Cotard's delusion among addicts with Near-Death Experiences (NDE).

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Dating / Engaged to / Married to an Addict? Nine Questions to Help Determine the Future of Your Relationship

Video Intro to My Opioid / Benzo Addiction Story + Update on Methadone Taper

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

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TRAIN OF THOUGHT

Dating / Engaged to / Married to an Addict? Nine Questions to Help Determine the Future of Your Relationship

Video Intro to My Opioid / Benzo Addiction Story + Update on Methadone Taper

FDA Approved: Dreams Do Come True With Dice (Ladicetrole)

Beautiful Boy: Not Quite It (Movie Review)

Jesus at the Gay Bar

Butternutters Still at It: Syracuse's Renegade AA Group With a Body Count

Cotard's Delusion Among Addicts With Near-Death Experiences: Are We Already Dead?

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