Mike Tyson Goes Psychedelic
Mike insists that everybody who knows him has commented on how much better he seems since he started up with the toad venom. Of course, I'm not sure how often people are willing to openly contradict Iron Mike.
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In the News: Polypharmacy and Tom Petty
It’s the result of a problem in medicine that’s been going on since before I ever started working in the field. The drugs have changed, but the results haven’t.
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In the News: Prince’s Pills
Shame always plays a role. Not just the shame of discovery, but the shame of having a problem in the first place.
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No, It Wasn’t the Pain
As tired or sleep-deprived or in pain as he might have been that night, if he hadn’t taken the drugs, would he still be alive?
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Josh Hamilton and Confidentiality Laws
Nobody should have known about this in the first place. Somebody broke Josh’s confidentiality, and sources within the team are a prime suspect.
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Risky Decision Case Study: Quarterback Derby
To a seasoned counselor, there’s another way to view it. For one thing, these aren’t isolated incidents.
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Anonymity versus Celebrity
Look what’s happened to the public image of rehab as a result of those awful high-profile celeb incidents.
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The Malibu Mindset
What does a place like that have in common with a big-city program filled with homeless addicts who have multiple social problems and co-occurring disorders and perhaps haven’t held a job in decades?
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Celebrity Addiction
Doesn’t seem to matter much whether fame is rooted in music, film, TV, sports, politics — there’s this sense of unreality to all of it.
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