In praise of my Negativity Rennaissance; my version of Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous definition of success.

Reflection on the documentary Emma Wants to Live, which follows 18-year-old Dutch anorexic Emma during her final days.

Community update for the week of September 9, 2024.

"In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends" John Churton Collins

Meditations on what I consider to be the three primary models of addiction: The spiritual, the moral, and the medical.

U.S. physicians are in dire need of specialized training in withdrawing patients from physically and psychologically addictive drugs.

My Summer 2024 life updates, including progress on my methadone taper; my fiancé's immigration visa; and my stepfather's terminal cancer.

Four months from the 2024 presidential elections, as Americans describe themselves as unprecedentedly burnt out on our own politics, why...

A poetic reflection on Nietzsche's concept of eternal recurrence - living your life over and over again, exactly as it is and has been.

A Shakespearean sonnet for all of the drug dealers through all of the years. Sorry for blowing you up, homeboys.

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...

Some reflections on what a year and a half of involuntary separation due to the COVID pandemic has taught me about my relationship with...

Thoughts on Japanese horror comic book writer Junji Ito's story The Enigma of Amigara Fault. A panel from the story. Check out the full...

Ready to call your ex-whatever borderline, a narcissist, or a sociopath? Think twice. Put simply, the person calling someone a sociopath...

Do we deserve the epidemic of addiction that's swallowing the U.S.? Dark thoughts for a dreary day. Beijing hood. I lived around the...

Why religion might be worthwhile even if God doesn't exist... Dome of St. Sophia Cathedral, Harbin, China – one of a handful of Christian...

Is it a fiery pit, eternal separation from God's love, or perhaps just insight into the true nature of things? I have spoke with the...