Understanding Addiction

Actually quite a few words. At times I seem to be in the throes of some seriously run-on sentences. I was a tad nervous. George seems like a really nice guy. Somehow he finds a way to connect with his guests and ask questions that are both challenging and friendly. That friendliness — what seemed […] (Read the rest.)

Many readers responded to my request for different perspectives and insights on the question: Is addiction a disease? I said I’d like to know what others thought before stating my own view. The strange thing is that my own view has changed considerably in light of your comments. Perspective is funny that way: it looks […] (Read the rest.)

Here’s some more “filler” while I prepare my next post. But I hope it’s worth the read. The Fix, which seems to be the most popular addiction/recovery magazine out there, published a Q&A interview about my book – how I wrote it, what I was trying to say, and how it changed my life. Walter […] (Read the rest.)

Hi all. I’m finally back in the Netherlands. This is the first time I’ve ever travelled ar0und the world, and I have two things to report. 1. It is indeed round, or else a lot of people have gone to a lot of trouble creating a first-rate illusion. 2. The jet-lag seems to average out […] (Read the rest.)

Hello people. This is not a post but a request. I just got the go-ahead from my agent to begin work on a new book. Here’s the plan — Three or four intimate biographies, of people who have had serious struggles with drugs and/or alcohol, who have become addicted, by one definition or another, and […] (Read the rest.)