Psychedelics are having a moment. However, they need to be taken seriously and not as a joyride as they become more available. Now there is an app and hotline called The Fireside Project that will help people have a safer experience while undergoing a therapeutic psychedelic session.
Ten years ago I was drunk and doing drugs on the streets of Chicago. Today I am sober. I’m skydiving to commerate my journey to freedom from drugs and alcohol. I continue to live strongly with bipolar disorder, and I embrace the spirit of aloha, hanging on for dear life.
It’s the sun’s fault. I curse the sun setting early starting in the fall! As days get darker and temps cool, I start feeling depressed and my energy is drained. It’s a phenomenon known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and it can be brutal.
Magic mushrooms might not only be consumed by crunchy followers of jam bands like Phish and Widespread Panic anymore. Turns out there’s more to “shrooms” than swirling kaleidoscope auras and Willy Wonka-like hallucinations. Researchers at Imperial College London have discovered that psychedelic mushrooms have properties that can significantly reduce depression.
I think I got my Catholic card revoked when I realized I was gay. I am a recovering alcoholic — nine years sober — and I feel the same way about Alcoholics Anonymous: that I’m a misfit, swimming in a snail-paced bureaucracy.
Humans are a complicated species. Everyone at some point must deal with hardship. We are all very vulnerable. And it’s OK to show our emotions. To cry when it hurts. To reflect. To change. Everyone can use a little help along the way. There is no shame whatsoever. And there absolutely should be no stigma.
The new Netflix animated feature “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” — which came out just four days ago – is an amazingly clever and totally hilarious romp of a film that is scorching hot right now, already the most-watched movie of the moment on the streaming service. The film is wholeheartedly unique, daring to sing the praises of us folks who are different.
t wasn’t a State of the Union speech because President Biden has only been in office since Jan. 20, but it sure did feel like one. Last week, on day 99 of his administration, Biden noted that he had exceeded the goal of 100 million vaccines in arms in his first 100 days, surpassing it with more than 200,000. He also celebrated the passage of the American Rescue Plan that made those shots in arms possible, and also put money in Americans’ pockets in order to rebuild following a pandemic that still rages on.
The Biden administration announced last month $2.5 billion in funding for states to combat the urgent opioid and mental health crisis that has only exacerbated during COVID. proponents of what’s called “harm reduction” — think there is no one-size-fits-all approach to recovery.
