At some point, I needed to stop day drinking. Think maybe I’ve hit that moment…
Hernia surgeries and taco recommendations somehow come together here. Continue Reading
Addiction
The problem is, your “moral objection” is making your community a worse place
There are some new addiction treatments that work well, esp. for meth and cocaine. But we can’t use them because of “morality?” Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 25: Self-reflection on a relationship to drinking
The evolution of one’s relationship to drinking and what it looks like in past, present, and future. Continue Reading
Lent 2020: Quit drinking, go to AA meetings more
An effort to consistently be the best person I can, well, consistently be — in a couple of parts. Continue Reading
The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety. It’s connection.
I just watched that TED Talk — it’s titled “Everything we think about addiction is wrong” — this morning. I had seen a few people share it on social since TED released it about a week ago (it’s from a… Continue Reading
1992-2006, mortality rates for women rose in 42.8% of U.S. counties. For men? 3.4% of counties.
Think about this: for the most part, people are living longer — except, perhaps, African-American men in Mississippi — but yet, U.S. women aged 15 to 54 are dying at a very high rate. This Washington Post article, where I first came… Continue Reading