by Anthony Myers | Jul 24, 2016 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction
We’ve been talking a lot about famous writers and substance use disorder lately. We’d be neglecting our duty if we didn’t mention one of the most famous writers ever, a writer who has also had a pretty famous drug addiction. That author is Stephen King. We probably...
by Anthony Myers | Jul 23, 2016 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction, Substance Abuse
“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.” –Hunter S. Thompson So said the late journalist Hunter S. Thompson. He was a journalist best known for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a novel first published...
by Anthony Myers | Jul 22, 2016 | Drug Addiction, Substance Abuse
Drugs were everywhere in the 1960s, right? At first, it certainly seems that way. Writer Ken Kesey took a psychedelically painted school bus to travel across the United States and use LSD with his friends in 1964. This journey forms the basis of Tom Wolfe’s 1968 book...
by Anthony Myers | Jul 17, 2016 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction
So many times, your relatives, friends, and overall social circle have a great impact on what you do and how you see the world. It can be the same way with substance use disorder. Friends, family, coworkers, and other people can shape our lives immensely. This is even...
by Anthony Myers | Jul 16, 2016 | Drug Addiction, Substance Abuse
Another day, another story about addiction and a popular figure in the music industry. Like some of the others, this story ends sadly. Whitney Houston had a big voice. Reared in the gospel world, she had performed in her mom’s church since she was a child. Her mother...
by Anthony Myers | Jul 15, 2016 | Alcohol Abuse, Drug Addiction
Yesterday, we discussed how drug addiction damaged the relationship between Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. Today, we’re going to talk about substance use disorder and another relationship between two famous people. Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash were singers,...
