Playing Addiction Like a Piano, Part 2
Do you find that you’ve put down one addiction only to pick up another?
Living in the Precious Present (If You Can Find It)
One of the basic traits of someone with OCD is an inability to live in the moment. Learning to do so is one of my big projects at the moment. I’m better at living in the precious present than I used to be. I can remember being a kid, always daydreaming about the future: …
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The Star Trek Lie
Back when I was a binge-eating, 280-pound pile of waste, I’d hide in my room for hours, sometimes days, watching Star Trek. Since my life was such a mess, hiding in the world of science fiction was only natural. Now, when I’m in the same space as someone wearing the plastic pointy ears and Klingon …
Wherein I Run Afoul Of The U.S. Secret Service
My resolve against the inner demons is tested regularly. Some are little tests, like being put in a room with all the food and alcohol I once binged on daily to see if I can resist the temptation. Some are bigger tests, like getting lost en route to Washington D.C a few years ago with my wife …
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The Real Problem With Bloomberg’s Soda Ban
A state judge has struck down New York City’s large-soda ban, which was set to take effect today. Judge Milton Tingling of the New York Supreme Court called Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s public health measure “arbitrary and capricious.” I agree, though not necessarily for the same reasons. Here’s what I jotted down last year, when Bloomberg first …
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Older But More Alive
Sunday is my 42nd birthday, which happens near a bunch of other birthdays in the family and at work. Inevitably, when discussing this, someone admits they’re depressed about being a year older. Mood music: [spotify:track:2qZu6ByfZFFb56CwZRfwTo] I have a different outlook, which is that when you reach another year without having dropped dead, that’s cause to …
A Few Degrees South Of A Relapse
My recovery program for compulsive binge eating hasn’t been right lately. This is where I come clean about something many go through after extended periods of abstinance and sobriety. Mood music: http://youtu.be/qHal84S_XkI I haven’t been to many OA meetings lately. I haven’t called my sponsor in awhile. I was getting to a point a couple weeks ago where …
Crude But True
This pic, making the Facebook rounds, is crude. I’ve always hated the “T” word. But the overall message is the truth. McDonald’s is where I binged again and again when my compulsive overeating was at its zenith. But I’ve never blamed the fast-food chain. Buying their food — my heroin — was my choice and …
Was ‘Hunger Games’ Star Too Fat For The Role?
There’s a controversy swirling around online regarding “Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence. With one critic suggesting she was too curvy to play the role of emaciated heroine Katness Everdeen, the anger is on. What is making some people bristle is that this smacks of the bullshit talk that sends girls into the hell of eating disorders. Mood …
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RIP: Whitney Houston
As a rocker kid in the 1980s and 90s, I never really liked Whitney Houston. I always respected her talent and she seemed like a decent person, but that was it. Mood music: Whitney at her best… http://youtu.be/5jeUINzHK9o But I had kept track of reports in recent years about the drug use, the family dysfunction …