Addiction’s Curse: Not Being Present
Woody Allen once said that whenever he was somewhere, he always wanted to be somewhere else. We are never satisfied, it seems, to be where we are. There is always some other goal to attain, some other...
View ArticleAddiction, Another World
(This is another blog post on addiction and may help non-addicts understand the many-layered world of addiction, a world I once inhabited and continue to recover from. Because addiction is an...
View ArticleOur Descents into Hell
During my active alcoholic/addiction days, I vividly remember believing that if I descended into the booze enough, I would somehow come out car-wash clean. My repressions would be lifted. I could be my...
View ArticleOwning Up, Part II
This is the second part of a two part series on “Owning Up, Emotional Honesty.” In the first part, I discussed the confessional-box tradition I grew up in and my many years of therapy. In this part, I...
View ArticleAlcohol Recovery, a Personal Overview
I used to believe there was only one kind of alcoholic, with several variations: The guy sleeping in a small entrance cove of a store, at two in the morning, with a near-empty wine bottle tucked inside...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Welcome
This Website will be devoted to essays and insights related to diversity, addiction/recovery, psychological growth issues, global perspectives, the disenfranchised, aesthetics, and cultural values....
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