A page from Carl Jung's Red Book, which shows a prophet / wise old man with wings hovering above a temple-like building, with palm trees below him to the left and a Garden-of-Eden-like scene featuring a coiled snake below him on his right.

Mar 89 min read

Carl Jung, the Red Book, and Shadow Work

Intro to Jungian psychology, including shadow work and its implications for recovery from addiction.

A photo of a Dark Web drug market called Nightmare, which features listings of thousands of illegal and legal psychoactive chemicals, including methamphetamine, MDMA, and heroin.

Mar 113 min read

Nitazenes (Benzimidazole Opioids): The Next Battle of the War on Drugs?

Info on nitazenes, also called benzimidazole opioids, a group of potent, synthetic opioids that are increasing in prevalence in the U.S.

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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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Mar 89 min read

Addiction and Recovery

Carl Jung, the Red Book, and Shadow Work

Intro to Jungian psychology, including shadow work and its implications for recovery from addiction.

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Mar 113 min read

Addiction and Recovery

Nitazenes (Benzimidazole Opioids): The Next Battle of the War on Drugs?

Info on nitazenes, also called benzimidazole opioids, a group of potent, synthetic opioids that are increasing in prevalence in the U.S.

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Movie poster for Country Strong, which shows the four main characters in concert outfits.

Feb 226 min read

Media Reviews

Movie Review: Country Strong, a Film That Makes Convicts Cry

Review of Country Strong, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw, a 2010 film about a country music star whose alcoholism is killing her.

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A young man in a t-shirt standing in the front yard of a typical suburban house, with five iron prison bars in between him and the road that the house is on.

Feb 164 min read

Addiction and Recovery

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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Feb 23 min read

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 2610 min read

Addiction and Recovery

Taking a Break

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

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

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Carl Jung, the Red Book, and Shadow Work

Nitazenes (Benzimidazole Opioids): The Next Battle of the War on Drugs?

Movie Review: Country Strong, a Film That Makes Convicts Cry

Social Prisoner Theory

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

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