Two and a half years pass, and you have just gotten out of jail again. I know it won’t be your last time, but I wish it were.
Tag: Features
8 Steps for Starting (or Restarting) Discussions About Substance Use Disorder with Loved Ones
Intervention is never easy. But this step-by-step guide can help you navigate the difficult task of talking to a loved one about their alcoholism or addiction.
Designer Drugs: My Addiction to Research Chemicals
Chemists create new drugs faster than officials can schedule them, resulting in a drug supply tainted with chemicals that can’t be tested because they don’t really exist.
From War Correspondent to Workplace Mental Health Advocate: An Interview with Dean Yates
People often think of PTSD as being something that affects the nervous system, the brain, the body. I think it also affects the soul.
Facts & Fables: William Schaberg Explores the Big Book's True Origins
Both Big Book zealots and AA’s harshest critics will have a problem with this book—you’re either blasphemous for criticizing a saint or not going far enough to expose a fraud.
Upon Release from Prison, a New Kind of Nightmare
After staring at a wall for almost half of my life, being able to look out the windows of the halfway house at the world but not being able to go out and experience it was maddening.
How Diet Culture Harms Women in Recovery
Overlooking the physical impact that substance use disorder has had on our bodies will exacerbate disordered eating and poor mental health. As many as 72% of women with alcohol use disorder also have an eating disorder.
The Opioid Crisis Is Our Greatest Opportunity
Overdose survivors need more than a second (or third) chance: they need a parachute. When you’re in free fall, a little more time isn’t much help.
Shia LaBeouf and Alma Har'el's Almost-True "Honey Boy" Tackles Family Alcoholism and PTSD
In rehab, LaBeouf used a flashlight under the covers to write what he was learning about mental illness and alcoholism. These notes evolved into the screenplay for “Honey Boy.”
Truth or Consequences: How I'm Learning to Practice Rigorous Honesty in Recovery
Hard to overlook taking a can of black beans from a church pantry on the same day I spend $74 on hair care, when I bother writing out my nightly inventory.