I shared my addiction and recovery story on the “Recover the Valley” podcast.
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Dreams, Dead Horses, and Swarms of Insects
I dream a lot, as I believe I’ve mentioned before on this blog. Nearly every night, all night, I have lengthy, vivid dreams typically of places that don’t exist full of people I generally don’t …
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Cleaning Up After the Elephant in the Room
On this night, eight years ago, I was wearing a three-piece suit while shoveling elephant, kangaroo, and horse poop. I was living in the Phoenix Dream Center at the time, early in my recovery (12 …
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My Guest Spot on the “Drop The Needle” Podcast (Record Collecting as a Form of Recovery Self-Care)
This is probably my favorite podcast guest spot ever. I’ve greatly enjoyed every single podcast, recovery website, or recovery-related Facebook group on which I’ve been featured. However, this one was particularly fun, and tied in …
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My Guest Spot on the SHAIR Podcast
Here it is, my episode of the SHAIR Podcast. This is my whole story of addiction and recovery: the good, the bad, and the ugly. I hope that hearing this helps someone who might presently …
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Teaching ASIST, Saving Lives
Two days/14 hours later, another amazing ASIST workshop is in the books, and 22 more local individuals are ready, willing, and able to perform suicide interventions and save lives. This was the fifth workshop I’ve …
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Glad I Could Help
I just had a dad of two 18-year-old twin sons leave my office telling me, “Speaking with you was far more productive than any of the prior conversations I’ve had with anyone while trying to …
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How Not to Get an “A” in a College Speech Course
Yes, that’s really me. The backstory: In 1994 I was taking “Fundamentals of Speech” at GCU during my freshman year of college. One of the speeches we were required to do was a demonstration speech, …
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Don’t Drink That Gatorade!
Not to be outdone by the parents who once dropped a bag of cocaine on my desk and asked me to identify what it was, I just had a dad come to the office with …
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Damien Jurado – “Cloudy Shoes” (Thanks to “Wild Wild Country”)
I finished “Wild Wild Country.” It was excellent. Among other things, the creators’ use of music was really effective. This song in particular was very powerful in being used to close the series.
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