An Ordinary Disaster

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Against Recovery
Recovery still carries a lot of cultural weight, but to me it's a ghost river, pouring dust.
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Learning to ride
The three-mile circuit around the docks where my floating home is tied up takes about an hour. I make my way up to the end of each one and wheel around…
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Psychic Heartburn
An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 24 — There is No Escape
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The amateur athlete’s speedball
An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 18 — Running the gauntlet
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Sex is Better Sober ...and 23 other reasons why Alcohol is Obsolete
From depression and alcohol to spontaneous sobriety
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Chapter 10 — North Beach in the 90's, Yesterday Boy, and AOL chat.
An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 10 — Thursday Night Whiskey Night
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E18 / Unhooked and Connected with Dr. Adi Jaffe
Getting to the underlying causes of addictive behavior, the abstinence myth—and the myth of normal, gaining perspective on chronic stress, and why…
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E17 / Addiction and Obsession with Charlie Engle
Running, long distance, integration, getting bored, body management, the natural elasticity of our conscious experience, transcendental moments, and why…
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Five Years Sober*
The reciprocal triangle of anger, addiction and depression—and anger as creative energy.
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Chapter 1 — Learning to love Mickey's Malt Liquor—and waking up with a concussion
An Ordinary Disaster — chapter 01 — Up In The Cave
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E13 / Coming Out and Letting Go with Chris Ryan
Stopping drinking alcohol, suffering from a lack of trauma, facing the fire of coming out, choosing not to have children, the constancy of grief, and…
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Chris Ryan
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A Five-Minute Love Affair With Natural Wine
I still love wine... I just don't drink it any longer.
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