Aug 8 2009

Three Rs for Recovery

Here’s cool little ditty: My Three Rs for Recovery. Here’s an excerpt:
R is for Remembering
The strongest antidote to fantasies about “how nice it would be if I could x or y or z” (plug in your addictive behaviors), is to remember the destruction those behaviors caused. That means remembering the bad parts (there are plenty) [...]

Jul 10 2009

Michael Jackson: Prescription Drug Addict?

I wasn’t going to do it, yet here it is: a blog post about Michael Jackson. I grew up watching him dance. He was a better dancer than musician, a very good dancer: the best. Given my professional music training, it isn’t often that a pop entertainer deserves such a complement. Michael Jackson was a [...]

Jul 1 2009

Signs of Addiction: David Carradine

Jun 30 2009

News: Faces of Substance Abuse: ‘It’s A Waste of A life’

Read the story here.
This is a sad story. Addictions do waste life. They steal it away, take our hope, our why and our reasons to live.
Read the story here.
Be well,
Damon

May 5 2009

Black Men and Suicide “My Day of Infamy”

Black Men and Suicide “My Day of Infamy”
Addictions lead to death. This is a sad story of a man whose father committed suicide as the result of an addiction. The most compelling part:
“The 16+ yrs since his transition, I am still learning and understanding life lessons he attempted to explain to me.”
My father passed on [...]

May 1 2009

Stories Sexual Addiction: One Man’s Journey Through Sex Addiction, Part I

One Man’s Journey Through Sex Addiction, Part I
It’s amazing how a man can have a wife — a woman who loves you so much that she’s willing to give herself to you — yet you’d rather jerk off to a rough, calloused hand and a fake, plastic images on a computer screen.
Not to be [...]

Apr 2 2009

News: Increased Cost of Cigarettes Not Enough Reason to Quit

Increased Cost of Cigarettes Not Enough Reason to Quit
Really? Newsflash: that’s why they call it an addiction. Cost doesn’t matter, an addict will do whatever is necessary to get that next high. “Hello, McFly!”
Let us Grow
The real sticking point is that the government wants to solve our problems for us. The point is that they [...]