We often hear people say “It’s not about you,” and I truly understand what is intended by this statement. Yes, it’s not all about you, but it certainly will always involve you. If it concerns ...
I use the term “pharmacotherapy” to describe the use of medications to assist people with substance use disorders to achieve remission—that is, no longer meeting the diagnostic criteria for an active addiction—or even better, to ...
“Christ-consciousness” may be a new term for some, but it has been known by many names: enlightenment, satori, kensho, samadi, moksha. It is intrinsic; it is the awareness of the spiritual consciousness that resides within ...
As summer came to a close, and within a seventy-two-hour span, we lost three brilliant individuals who made extraordinary contributions to our understanding of the human condition. All of us interested in enlightenment and personal ...
When we talk about the disease of alcoholism or drug addiction, we know that it is different from talking about cancer or ebola. It is not a virus that affects the organs; it cannot be ...
This is the first installment in a two-column series dealing with aging and wellness in recovery. This column focuses predominantly on threats to sobriety that we encounter as we grow older, together with suggestions for ...
This article explores in greater detail one of the philosophical cores of my work in the substance use disorders (SUDs) and addiction field; specifically, the desire for enjoyment and relief through alcohol and drugs is ...
James Douglas Morrison was The Doors’ lead singer, sex symbol, and poet. Idolized by teenyboppers on one extreme and by intellectual rock critics on the other, he was also a contradiction, wrapped in fantastic delusions ...
With the holidays in mind, which tends to cause people to say “Happy Thanksgiving,” “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Holidays” or “Happy New Year,” the question I am proposing is this: What happened to the rest of ...
It can happen to any of us, men or women. We reach a certain age and all of a sudden we wake up to the fact that not only are we older, we feel older. ...
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