“I felt utterly stripped of safety and love. And so, what tormented me most as I shook through August of 1988 wasnt the nausea and chills but the recurring fear that Id never have lasting comfort or...”

“Our brains are embodied—much of the problem with the debate over addiction and psychiatry more generally is a refusal to accept this and our ongoing need to see “physical,” “neurological,” and “psy...”

“I bought salvation from a man on the street. He said, "Go down to the beach and let the waves wash your feet.”

“We all have those things that help us carry on through life. It is important that these things upon which we depend for daily strength are healthy for our character rather than harmful. We must ask...”

“God made you for His pleasure. And He made you intrinsically needy and dependent on His unspeakable joy. If you are struggling with sin our addiction, dont try to kill your appetite for pleasure. I...”

“Love, like madness, can only fill the models that society makes available.”

“PTSD in its rawest form is a death sentence which causes many veterans and others to execute themselves in hope to be free.”

“That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane.”

“You tell them one real thing and then the doctor thinks he knows you. He starts getting arrogant and overfamiliar, making insulting suggestions left and right. You have to protest constantly just t...”

“Leave him with his God. Im sure Hes as hard and unforgiving as Cain is. I dont want to know about Cains God. If he is anything to be guided by, Id rather be an atheist, thank you.”

“What do you think of Cains affirmations?He never told a lie. If he says that God talks to him, he is convinced that God is talking to him.Do you believe he is a saint?God only knows, and never bett...”