Surviving Hell

Forewarning this involves serious topics including suicide and mental illness, and should only be viewed by adults with a strong willpower.

On Tuesday, May 19th I began a journey through a living hell no person should experience. Some would call it a suicide attempt, some…

My Doctor the Murderer

“Truth.” That’s a very relative term when drugs are involved.

Obituary for a broken man

My first love, my husband and father of my first child died last Friday 8th May 2015

He died of liver and bone cancer and I was not there and had not seen him for 17 years. I know it was 17 years because I left him when our daughter was nine months old.

One man’s journey through disordered eating and recovery

For a few different reasons, men are often not comfortable sharing their anxieties surrounding disordered eating, body image issues, etc. and are far less likely to recognize, and, if they do, seek help or even discuss their issues…

Excerpt from my speech to Community Recovery Resources, a recovery home in Grass Valley, California, at their community open-house ceremony. True to form, I managed to piss some people off:

“I also want to commend Community Recovery Resources (CoRR) for your work in the community. This year, CoRR has led the effort for…

The Human Cost of the War on Drugs: The Horrible Patrick Dorismond Incident

President Barack Obama has wielded his executive authority to reduce the amount of military equipment flowing to local cops. His action comes in response to demonstrations of force by policy during…

Bottoms

About Recovery — 5/27/15

I was at a meeting recently where the subject was “bottoms.” The person who brought up the topic was fairly explicit about what he meant when he used the word, but it was clear from the discussion that some of the folks there had rather different…

The UK’s Failing Drug Laws

In 1972, the Netherlands decriminalised the possession of small amounts of marijuana as the country liberalized…