All posts tagged personal story

Originally published on The Fix. When my father died, I hadn’t been to a meeting in over a year. I had no active knowledge of how to apply healthy coping mechanisms to a devastating situation so I just went back to what I knew: opioids and numbness. No need to bother snorting or smoking whatever…

Originally published on The Fix. When abstinence is prioritized as the truest form of recovery, we lose sight of the fact that recovery is a diverse, personalized and evolving process. In March, I took psychedelics for the first time in over five years. While that may not be the most shocking revelation to admit, a…

Originally published on Reset.me. “There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance –– that principle is contempt prior to investigation.” Alcoholics Anonymous Basic Text I am an AA apostate. 12 and a half years ago,…