My enthusiasm for alcohol began on my First Communion Day. To celebrate this first encounter with the tiny free bread handed out by priests, my…
I used to be so eager to pathologize my life. My troubled teenage years were viewed through the lens of “disease” and maladaptive coping mechanisms.…
One of the founding myths of western culture is the idea of the fall. Adam ate the apple from the tree of knowledge that was…
One of my cherished childhood memories is going to Mosney Butlins ( a holiday camp) in Ireland with my grandmother and cousins when I was…
We are always making assumptions about reality that are not based on any kind of honest investigation of our experience. Take craving for example, we…