Trump Offers Archaic ‘Just Say No’ Approach to Heroin Addiction
Donald Trump remains an outlier when it comes to the issue of addiction. His stance is antiquated and obsolete. It’s pure hogwash, rhetoric of a bygone era.
Hugs Not Heroin: Bernie and Hillary Recognize Mental Health Component of Addiction
Addicts are negligent and neglectful derelicts who are to be castigated and marginalized in society. That’s 20th Century thinking. Bernie and Hillary — on the other hand — understand the mental health aspects of the disease of addiction as they voiced their opinions in Sunday’s Democratic debate.
SoberHeroes: Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey, Jr. is at the top of his game. He’s the highest-paid actor not just in Hollywood but the world — he made $80 million last year, according to Forbes. And he’s sober, having kicked alcohol, cocaine, and heroin.
Mood Music: Nirvana — In Utero
Fits of rage. Depression. Mania. Addiction. Angst. These are the essential ingredients of In Utero, an album that foreshadows bipolar genius Kurt Cobain’s suicide.
The Top 10 Songs About Addiction
There are songs that paint a vivid picture of drug and alcohol abuse and there are songs that glorify it. For this list, I focused on the former. These are songs that describe addiction to a T. Most of these artists know what it’s like to be stuck in the spider hole of addiction. They’ve lived to tell these cautionary tales.
Eccentric of the Month: Jason
Jason is a bipolar businessman who’s been to rehab or detox a whopping 17 times. From corrupt cons to crack cocaine, read part of this amazing story, which appears in the upcoming book The Eccentrics – out in 2016.
Eccentric of the Month: Ethan
Ethan is a thirtysomething Harvard-educated heroin junkie. While he is sober and stable now, he wasn’t always. Here is an excerpt from the forthcoming book The Eccentrics in which he relays one of his grandiose rock-bottoms. From Chapter 7, The Jetsetter: California. 2005. SFO airport. High on ketamine. Manic. He was wearing sunglasses and a crimson…
Did Bipolar Disorder Kill Kurt Cobain?
What if Kurt Cobain had taken lithium instead of heroin? Would he still be alive today? Would it have stifled his creativity? Or maybe enhanced it?
In Defense of Philip Seymour Hoffman
Addiction is a disease. The brain of the addict is different than the “normal” human brain. It craves escape. Numbness. A reprieve from reality.
