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Stop and listen

The current cultural ethos asks us to “engage and to add your voice to the conversation.” Mostly, that seems to translate to shouting into the

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Push and Pull

One of the interesting things about taking care of patients with substance use disorders is that the lessons and implications of substance use apply to

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Process and Outcome

There are many useful mental models— ways of looking at the world. Looking at a problem or situation through different lenses tends to reveal different

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5 Words

Fair warning: the title is a misnomer— this is not really about 5 words, but rather 5 phrases. My wife and I recently had the

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Disappointed

Recently, I wasted a night. We had finished dinner, I had some time before bed, and there were several fun things I could have done.

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