Lessons from NPR's/WBUR's podcast OnPoint, a great piece this week called "Is it time to abandon the "tough love" approach to addiction?"

A look at how stigma is inhibiting our response to the substance use crisis, generated based on reaction to Beth Macy’s Raising Lazarus, her follow-on to Dopesick.

A reader posits questions about the post “Killer Disease”, and why the growing prevalence of substance use disorder isn’t more of a crisis.

Substance use disorder is often not mentioned as one of the leading causes of death in our country. This reflects stigma and prevents resources from reaching a societal problem.

Popova and Kafka write eloquently about the impact of a narcissistic parent on a child, in a way that parallels my brother’s experience.

Daniel Levinson identified stages in a man’s life in his 1978 book, and I map those onto Pete’s life.

On Pete’s birthday, I reflect on the year since I've embarked on the project to commemorate Pete's life in a book.