3 Reasons the Democrats Cannot Back Down On SCOTUS

There are rumors that the Democratic leadership is considering allowing POTUS to get his SCOTUS nomination through confirmation rather than risk the GOP changing Senate rules and getting rid of the supermajority cloture requirement (60 votes on Supreme Court nominees and Senate legislation). Fox even presented a play-by-play of what would happen if the Democrats fought…

The Black Box Problem

In the world of Science, a “Black Box” is a system, device, or object in which you can observe inputs and outputs but cannot see what is happening inside. For me, as an addict, my addiction feels like a “Black Box” too (I can see what is going in and see what is coming out…

5 Problems With the Muslim Ban (Huge)

It is a Muslim Ban (everyone who is “for it” is thrilled about it). The vast majority of terrorists who have attacked us were either home grown or from countries that are not on the list (the odds of getting hit by lightning are higher than being attacked by a foreign terrorist in the United States…

A Note Of Solidarity From a Christian Saddened By Current Events

I am a practicing Christian who is very disturbed by what happened yesterday. I only share this so that people know that not all Christians (or I hope even most Christians) agree with what happened yesterday (the irony is not lost on me that many of Jesus teachings occurred in Syria). I do not claim…

The Gentle Path To Recovery

Many of my recovery friends have called my idea of recovery “The Gentle Path” but what does that mean? It means: Relapse is often a part of recovery Recovery is about making progress not about attaining perfection “Harm Reduction” is always better than “Tough Love” or “Punishment” Every day in recovery is better than a day…

Recovery: Will I Choose “Clown College” or Continuing Ed?

When I talk about my “program of recovery” I am talking about the tools that I use on a regular basis to remind me that I am in recovery and to make sobriety possible for me. My program of recovery includes (but is not limited to): Keeping my 24-hour token in my wallet so that…

Take Off Your Emotional Boxing Gloves

I spent most of my younger life falling in and out of “love.” I would chase someone for months, charm them, date them, start a relationship, and then…right when everything should have been perfect, I would start to distance myself emotionally from them. Basically, the exact moment they started to search for the “real me”…

Don’t Feed The Beast

So often, as an addict, I fall into a pit of despair and tell myself that: I am not good enough nobody loves me the people who say that they love me don’t really love me anyone could do my job better than I do it I will never get better. At other times I…

Speaker Ryan + POTUS Have Strange Response to The Drug Problem (Again)

About a week ago Speaker Ryan talked about the importance of the border in preventing Heroin from entering the United States and today the President spoke, in his inaugural address, about inner-cities infected with the scourge of drugs. Both statements misunderstand the Drug Problem in out country at a fundamental level. Speaker Ryan, with due…