Excerpt: Myths of Addiction

From HBO’s deeply insightful series Addiction comes this list on myths of addiction (adapted from Myths of Addiction by Carlton K. Erickson, Ph.D.):

Addicts are bad, crazy, or stupid.
Addiction is a willpower problem. (Addiction occurs in an area of the brain called the mesolimbic dopamine system, which is not under conscious control.)
Addicts should be punished, not [...]

Yeah Rockies

I’m not huge on baseball.   However, I’ve been so impressed by the Rockies.  Congratulations on their 5-1 win tonight!  The Rockies have taken a tough beating from fans in recent years.  They’re not exactly known for regaling their fans with captivating seasons.  Their attendance was hurting, because who wants to deal with parking and concessions price gouging [...]

And the Season Commences!

 
Snowboarding season has oficially begun in Colorado with the opening of A-Basin today.  Woohoo!  They have an 18-inch base (fake snow, yuck).  Although I will not be anywhere near the slopes to celebrate (some people camped out overnight, how cute!), it certainly calls for celebration.
Cheers to a snow-filled season!

Sunday Funnies

“Oh, you hate your job?  Why didn’t you say so?  There’s a support group for that.  It’s called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the water cooler.”     -Drew Carey
 ”Relationships are hard.  It’s like a full time job, and we should treat it like one.  If your boyfriend or girlfriend wants to leave you, they should give [...]

Hunter S. Thompson: True American Literary Hero

“We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and a whoe galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers….Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls….But the only [...]