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5 days ago9 min read
Carl Jung, the Red Book, and Shadow Work
Intro to Jungian psychology, including shadow work and its implications for recovery from addiction.
Feb 164 min read
Social Prisoner Theory
Is modern society becoming an open-air prison?
Jan 510 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 14 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.
Dec 22, 20248 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 8, 202418 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 2, 20241 min read
Made Me Smile
A mom with an 80's name leaves a review for an unusual wedding gift on Etsy...
Nov 17, 20246 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.
Oct 27, 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 16, 202411 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.
Sep 11, 20241 min read
Community Update - New Article Coming Sunday (9/15)
Community update for the week of September 9, 2024.
Aug 9, 20246 min read
Snapshot: Does Anything Ever Really Change?
"In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends"
John Churton Collins
Jul 25, 202418 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 23, 202411 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 15, 202411 min read
July 2024 Life Updates: A Sick, Sad Summer
My Summer 2024 life updates, including progress on my methadone taper; my fiancé's immigration visa; and my stepfather's terminal cancer.
Jul 7, 202415 min read
Red, White, and Bummed-Out Blues: Uneasy Independence Day Reflections on American Politics in 2024 and American Decline in General
Four months from the 2024 presidential elections, as Americans describe themselves as unprecedentedly burnt out on our own politics, why...
Jun 30, 202410 min read
Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence: What If You Had to Live Your Life Over and Over Again?
A poetic reflection on Nietzsche's concept of eternal recurrence - living your life over and over again, exactly as it is and has been.
Jun 1, 20246 min read
Drug Dealer's Sonnet: People Helping People
A Shakespearean sonnet for all of the drug dealers through all of the years. Sorry for blowing you up, homeboys.
May 12, 20247 min read
Happy Mother's Day (From an Addict Son to his Long-Suffering Mom)
To the woman who taught me about the Golden Rule and the Rules of Evidence; how to walk the narrow path of righteousness and how to avoid...
Apr 4, 20244 min read
International Love in the Time of COVID: Are "Long-Distance Relationships" Oxymoronic?
Some reflections on what a year and a half of involuntary separation due to the COVID pandemic has taught me about my relationship with...
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