The Loss of Substance: Stories and Notes on Addiction (BK-47)

This series of blogs was first published on my Facebook Wall in November of 2010. It addresses some of the more common substance addictions that I have experienced, hopefully in a candid and helpful manner. In my own life, many of these topics only became problems as I grew older. What I could easily shake off at twenty-five years of age is not so easily dismissed later on, like in my fifties and sixties.

I don’t have all the answers, but I do seem to have most of the questions and problems, so I thought it might be better to share my thoughts with you than to not talk about them. I hope you agree.

That being said, please accept these notes, comments, and stories in the spirit in which they are offered, one of friendship and shared concern.