Today’s meeting in West Hollywood was composed of about 10 old men (myself included), one old woman, and one young woman. The Big Book reading was about a middle age fighting man who kept fighting and drinking despite repeated injuries, who even drank on his hospital bed, and who finally one day fell on his knees and begged for help from his ‘disease’. And then the next day he went to AA and for whatever reason that time out of all the other times finally understood how it works. Something about god. And he never drank and fought again. Will wonders never cease. Continue reading Freedom Prayer
Pepperdine U Sues AddictionMyth’s Ass Off!
Pepperdine University today filed papers to “sue the ass off” AddictionMyth for “all he’s worth” for impersonating and plagiarizing Public Policy Assistant Professor Angela Hawken. Said Pepperdine President Andrew K. Benton, “That despicable troll committed the crimes of Impersonating a Revered University Official and then Plagiarizing Sacred Academic Texts when he copied her research wholesale and passed it off as her own. I mean, I believe in academic freedom. But crediting ideas to their rightful owner? That’s just outrageous!” Continue reading Pepperdine U Sues AddictionMyth’s Ass Off!
A Conversation with Drug Policy Expert Angela Hawken
Angela Hawken is a professor at Pepperdine U and a drug policy expert. She is author of the book Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know. AddictionMyth recently sat down with the raging loon for an intimate conversation by email:
Angela Hawken: You have a blog post “written” by me. Except that I did not write it. I want it removed from your site or attributed to the correct author. Continue reading A Conversation with Drug Policy Expert Angela Hawken
Angela Hawken Explains Addiction
My book Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know was actually written by three people: me and Mark Kleiman (UCLA) and Jonathan Caulkins (CMU). Inevitably there were some discrepancies and inconsistencies in our positions, and this caught the attention of some our more pedantic readers. So I would like to take some time to clarify them. I hope to get us all on the ‘same page’ so to speak. Better late than never, right? Continue reading Angela Hawken Explains Addiction
A Conversation with UCLA Drug Policy Expert Mark Kleiman
Mark Kleiman is a professor at UCLA and an expert on Public Policy specializing in drugs. AddictionMyth recently sat down with the retarded asshead for an intimate interview conducted by email.
AddictionMyth:
Hi I saw you said that Volkow will win a Nobel Prize for curing addiction. I’m sure you don’t believe that. Continue reading A Conversation with UCLA Drug Policy Expert Mark Kleiman
A Conversation with UCLA Free Speech Defender Eugene Volokh
Eugene Volokh is a Professor of Law at UCLA and a vigorous defender of Free Speech. AddictionMyth recently sat down with the slimy hypocrite for an intimate conversation.
AddictionMyth:
Hi I received this letter from HHS. It concerns the following 2 satirical posts on my web site:
Continue reading A Conversation with UCLA Free Speech Defender Eugene Volokh
Oh My Gods
There is no cure for addiction, but we have a program that will help you manage it: first you must turn your will to God as you understand him. Don’t worry it’s not a religious program. If you are Christian then your god can be Jesus, and if you are another religion then you may choose the god(s) of that religion. If you are not religious at all, then you may choose Science, or “Good Orderly Direction”, or even AA itself: “Group of Drunks”! Continue reading Oh My Gods
Lie Like the Wind
So you want to attend AA but not sure if you’re really an alcoholic? That’s ok. You don’t have to know for sure. All you have to do is lie. That’s what everyone else does. Confess your powerlessness. Say that you want to stop drinking but can’t. No matter how hard you tried. Who knows what that even means? Maybe it’s really true. Embrace your alcoholism. Wear it like a badge. Re-evaluate your entire life in this new context.
AddictionMyth Acquitted on All Charges!
After a massive legal battle costing millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours, the government has dropped all charges against AddictionMyth for his wickedly funny parodies of government science and scientists: Cease and Desist and A Conversation with Aaron White, PhD.
Undiagnosed Alcoholic?
Age 19
I wasn’t an alcoholic, but drinking alcohol always helped me with being more confident and sociable.
Age 20
The envy, rage, and feeling of inferiority I felt almost made me explode with rage right there at the party, but instead I went to the bathroom and vented to myself in the mirror of how much I hate Vincent and wanted to kill him. I drank a lot more wine that night, pouring myself glass after glass. By the time Vincent arrived after his party at Leo’s, I greeted him with drunken contempt, and drank even more wine. I drank too much. When I got home, I began to cry because of all the emotions I experienced that night. Continue reading Undiagnosed Alcoholic?
Making Amends
From: Dale Berkley, Attorney at Law, NIH
Subject: Cease and Desist (retraction)
Dear AddictionMyth,
This whole satire thing has become tiresome. So I would like to be completely serious for a moment. I hereby retract my “Cease and Desist” letter regarding your satirical posts on our NIH Scientists. It was blatantly unconstitutional and a chilling infringement on your First Amendment rights. I blush just to think about it. You would think I’d know better, as a Senior Attorney at a prestigious government institution. But here’s the problem. You see, I am an alcoholic. Continue reading Making Amends
Red Face Club
AddictionMyth is excited to announce the inauguration of the Red Face Club1. This is the club that you join when you feel your cheeks reddening and burning because one day you let your mouth get ahead of your brain and then just when your brain catches up you suddenly realize that google has already indexed and archived your words for all eternity, and curse the fact that you live in America which really should be more like Europe. Continue reading Red Face Club