Understanding Addiction

…by Matt Robert… “If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.” Shunryu Suzuki A friend of mine has a son who had to present at Show-and-Tell. He came up to his dad […] (Read the rest.)

I had read about a third of Johann Hari’s powerful book, Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, in quick snatches during my weeks of travel. I’d seen his TED talk and read reviews in the press. He’s the guy who traveled the world uncovering the damage done by […] (Read the rest.)

It’s good to be back. I took my kids to school this morning. The air was fresh and the bushes were sparkling with dew. The Rhine (which they call the Rijn) was placidly flowing by, the odd boat tootling along. And Isabel and I had a few hours to reconnect last night. Which was especially […] (Read the rest.)

Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong.  Do you remember that song from the late sixties? By Buffalo Springfield? Anyone else that old? Here, have a listen. I’ve been in Australia for about three days. I say “about” because I truly can’t keep track anymore, though I could look it up. I dreamed that I was in […] (Read the rest.)

The sign on the door of the Insite supervised injection site was gone again. Russ wasn’t surprised. He said it happened all the time, so we continued our tour outside. We walked down a couple of blocks inhabited by the most dessicated, fragile, and helpless humans I’d ever seen except maybe in India. They looked […] (Read the rest.)