Self-Medication, Self-Destruction

The other night as the WarriorPoets gathered, one man — fairly new to the group — used the phrase all addicts know well: “Self-Medication.” In telling…

That Painful Silence

There is a painful silence i know all too well. It was the silence that hovered so heavily over the conversation when my wife asked me…

Chaos

When there is a large amount of time between my blog posts, it’s usually because one of three things is happening. First, there are the normal…

Big Vision. Big Request.

If you were going to climb Mt. Everest, either literally or figuratively, you would have to think Big. The scale of the pursuit from a literal,…

Enablers Do Us No Favors

One of the complicating factors when it comes to addicts and recovery is the role played by enablers. In the context of any addiction, enablers can…

Virtuality v. Reality

A friend of mine posted on Facebook a short video on ideas of feminine beauty in advertising. i didn’t link to it because if i had…

Tiger Tamed

Tiger Woods has slouched to his worst performance ever. Strange as it sounds, this is actually a good thing. The professional and public humiliation brought on…

Jesse James: Throwing His Life Away

Sandra Bullock’s soon-to-be-former husband, Jesse James, told ABC’s Nightline that he threw away an amazing life by having extramarital affairs. It usually takes getting caught before…

Tiger Woods: Good First Steps

At his press conference today we saw Tiger Woods as we have rarely, if ever, seen him: he was embarrassed. In obvious emotional discomfort, Tiger showed…