The election is over. The signs are coming down, the texts have stopped, and for the first time in a year my phone is quiet. I've been sitting with that...Read More

What happens on November 3 will show up in your insurance premium, at the pharmacy counter, and in whether the people you love can get care when they need it.

September ends this week, and another Recovery Month ends with it. I have been around long enough to know how the last few days go. The proclamations get read into...Read More

Every September somebody asks me what National Recovery Month is actually for. Fair question. There's a month for everything now, and it's easy to write this one off as purple...Read More

More than a decade on the front lines of the addiction and mental health crisis has taught me to be skeptical of good news. But the latest numbers are hard...Read More

Today I turn 46, and I want to spend a few minutes saying thank you. There was a time in my life when I could not picture a birthday like...Read More

There are moments in a life that split time into a before and an after. For me, one of those happened this summer, on a beach in the Dominican Republic,...Read More

On May 1, 2026, the world watched as a new name was etched into the glass of the headquarters that once housed one of the most notorious perpetrators of the...Read More

For decades, those of us in the recovery community have been met with a labyrinth of red tape and a wall of shame every time we sought life-saving care. We...Read More