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Patsy Crosses the Rainbow Bridge to Paradise
My friend Patsy, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who has been a part of our family for almost 13 years, took her final trip to the vet this week.
4 days ago5 min read
Perfect High
There once was a boy named Gimmesome Roy. He was nothing like me or you. / 'Cause laying back and getting high was all he cared to do. / As a kid, he sat in the cellar, sniffing airplane glue... /
Jun 14 min read
Four Hard-to-Swallow Truths About Blogging in 2025
Is blogging dead in 2025? The post-mortem.
May 1810 min read
The God of Wine (Poem)
The God of Wine is in my bed. I give him solace; he gives me dread. We leave silhouettes of acrid
sweat: Fallen snow angels; a holy mess...
May 41 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
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...
Mar 301 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
Social Prisoner Theory
Is modern society becoming an open-air prison?
Feb 164 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
Land of the Free, Home of the Incarcerated
TL; DR: I love my country, but we are not Number One. Western democracy's in trouble right now, but well get through this somehow.
Dec 22, 20248 min read
Three Treasured Poems, Hunter Biden's Pardon, & Sundry Life Updates, Thoughts, Memories
Three of my favorite poems about life and death and some updates on what's going on with me, my methadone taper, and the blog.
Dec 8, 202418 min read
Made Me Smile
A mom with an 80's name leaves a review for an unusual wedding gift on Etsy...
Dec 2, 20241 min read
Turning 36: Main Character Syndrome Officially Over
Help, I've fallen, and I can't get up! Thoughts on my 36th trip around the sun.
Nov 17, 20246 min read
Ralph Waldo Emerson Was a Little Unhinged
In praise of my Negativity Rennaissance; my version of Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous definition of success.
Oct 27, 20246 min read
Emma Wants to Live: Choice, Ritual, and Focal Anxiety in Addiction, EDs, and OCD
Reflection on the documentary Emma Wants to Live, which follows 18-year-old Dutch anorexic Emma during her final days.
Oct 16, 202411 min read
Community Update - New Article Coming Sunday (9/15)
Community update for the week of September 9, 2024.
Sep 11, 20241 min read
Snapshot: Does Anything Ever Really Change?
"In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends"
John Churton Collins
Aug 9, 20246 min read
The More I See, The Less I Know: Three Flawed Models of Addiction
Meditations on what I consider to be the three primary models of addiction: The spiritual, the moral, and the medical.
Jul 25, 202418 min read
We Need a Fellowship in Detox / Withdrawal Medicine
U.S. physicians are in dire need of specialized training in withdrawing patients from physically and psychologically addictive drugs.
Jul 23, 202411 min read
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