Over a span of ten years, I experienced drug addiction, drug overdose, marriage, divorce, financial hardship, ruined relationships, and failed … [Read more...]
Your circumstances don’t care how you feel about them
In the fall of 2016, I was on a steep decline towards being homeless, or worse, dead. With the help of the only people still willing to even speak … [Read more...]
Before recovering from my drug addiction, I first had to accept it
A few years before finally finding real sobriety and recovery, I made several attempts to stop using drugs and alcohol. During one struggle, mostly … [Read more...]
How I used Stoicism to battle my addiction to drugs and alcohol
There I found myself, withdrawing from heroin, unemployed, divorced, and laying restlessly in a twin-size bed in the small room I shared … [Read more...]