You know what’s worse than having to accept change? Hearing platitudes about the necessity of accepting change. There are few things more tiresome than a…
You go to an AA meeting and you hear everyone around you introduce themselves as addicts. “Hi, I’m Danny and I’m an alcoholic.” As you’re…
There are over 320 million people living in the United States alone. 320 million living, thinking, moving people in our country. That’s an overwhelming number.…
No matter what your political views may be, we can all agree that money (or a lack thereof) shouldn’t be the reason someone loses their…
One year in jail and a $5,000 fine. That’s the typical federal punishment for the possession of heroin in the U.S. And that’s only for…
My body has been viscerally seized by the news of a suicide twice in my life. The first was a Thursday almost twenty years ago…
Many people still have a hard time accepting that marijuana has some medical benefits. And those debates and studies have been going on for decades.…
When someone says the word “addict,” what do you picture? Men on dirty street corners? The woman you saw at the gas station this morning…
It’s shockingly easy to forget that our own little life in our own little community isn’t the only one in the world. It’s not hard…
In your sobriety, your #1 goal should always be to work on yourself. Part of working on yourself is going to therapy, meetings, exercising and your…