Addiction

#55: I Love Trish.

What Are the Odds? #8.In late September, I speculated on the "odds" of four of my friends making a major life change in the next 24 hours. Sofar, all…

Dec 23, 2024

#52: "What Else Did She Tell You?"

What Are the Odds? #5. ("Melissa" Continued.)

Nov 14, 2024

#34: It's Rock Bottom All the Way Down.

Note: I’m starting to read these posts for those who prefer to listen.

Apr 11, 2024

#22: Christmas at the Clinic.

On any given day, 300-350 people show up at the addiction treatment clinic about a mile from downtown to get their daily dose of either Methadone or…

Dec 29, 2023

I want to acknowledge that this essay could inadvertently reinforce stereotypes about mental illness and addiction; and that, in addition, my way of…

Dec 8, 2023

#13: The (Street) Gospel According to Kenneth #1.

I always thought getting off drugs was a binary situation...you were doing heroin/fentanyl or you were doing Suboxone (or methadone). It's not that…

Oct 18, 2023

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