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Dating / Engaged to / Married to an Addict? Nine Questions to Help Determine the Future of Your Relationship
Nine questions to help you determine whether you should stay in a relationship with a partner who is struggling with addiction.
3 days ago31 min read


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.
Apr 204 min read


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).
Apr 133 min read


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.
Apr 617 min read


Butternutters Still at It: Syracuse's Renegade AA Group With a Body Count
The Butternutters are a renegade Syracuse AA group who deny the reality of mental illness and advocate detox without medical supervision.
Mar 236 min read


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).
Mar 168 min read


Carl Jung, the Red Book, and Shadow Work
Intro to Jungian psychology, including shadow work and its implications for recovery from addiction.
Mar 89 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.
Mar 113 min read


Social Prisoner Theory
Is modern society becoming an open-air prison?
Feb 164 min read


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.
Feb 910 min read


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.
Feb 23 min read


Taking a Break
My thoughts on the "two arrow" model of pain vs. suffering from DBT.
Jan 2610 min read


Scientific Frontiers: Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) as Addiction Treatment
Exploring deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the nucleus accumbens as a treatment for refractory addiction to opioids and other substances.
Jan 189 min read


Chemical Blitzkrieg: Four Elements of the Modern War on Drugs That Originated in Nazi Germany
The intriguing history of the Third Reich and mind-altering drugs, including amphetamines and opioids. Based on Norman Ohler's "Blitzed."
Jan 510 min read


Four Scenes, Five Bathrooms, Twenty Years: Heroin Addiction Revealed
Four short scenes depicting the surreal highs and lows of heroin addiction, all of which are based on experiences that I lived through.
Jan 14 min read


Smooth Seas, Seasoned Sailors: Lessons From Relapse
Tough truths garnered from relapse, including a series of recent slip-ups during my methadone taper.
Dec 29, 202413 min read


Amputations Increase as Tranq (Xylazine) Crisis Intensifies in U.S.; Users Denied Detox
As the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine (tranq) infiltrates the U.S. drug supply, a public health crisis builds.
Dec 15, 202425 min read


What Heroin Feels Like: Three Addicts Describe the Feeling That They Were Willing to Die For
Three addicts describe what it feels like to inject heroin.
Dec 1, 20248 min read


The Tao Te Ching (道德经): Eastern Spirituality and Recovery from Addiction
Thoughts on the Tao Te Ching (道德经; "Book of the Way"), a Chinese spiritual treatise on flow, balance, and right action.
Nov 23, 20248 min read


Big W: U.S. Methadone Regulations Changed!
Details on big changes that SAMHSA has made to the U.S. methadone maintenance regulations in 2024.
Nov 9, 202410 min read
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