Matthew Sparks

@sparksm

BS Behavioral Neuroscience: addiction and addiction treatment armchair-expert with a past toxic relationship with opioids. Aspiring terminal degree holder. Lifelong musician, metalhead, tech nerd and PC gamer, and open-mic night standup comic. Accidentally blew up on YouTube for screaming in my car.

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One thing I'd argue as a starting point is there is no "theory" or a "model" of addiction as a disease. The arguments associated with that claim are actually not that cohesive. A common position associated with addiction as a disease is that it is an essential category, which is an idea we can get our arms around a bit better and which I discuss... See more

Toward a Unified Field Theory of Human Flourishing

Addiction

“Hillbilly Elegy looks like a lifetime movie that's trying to win an Oscar.” - Indira Aziz

Awesome Quotes

Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice: Behavioral Consequences of Anendophasia

Anendophasia, or a lack of inner speech, is investigated through behavioral tasks, finding that individuals with lower inner speech levels struggle with certain tasks but use compensatory strategies.

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Academic Papers and

This is a fascinating paper about people who experience no inner dialogue and the kind of effects traversing through life without one can or might have on someone, as well as how people adapt to this unusual difference between them and the rest of the population

There is no more intoxicating fantasy than to feel extraordinary

I make a mentor out of every man that I meet
A lover out of every person I pass in the street

Impactful Writing, Lyrics, etc.

Fleshgod Apocalypse Attain Eternal Life with New Track "I Can Never Die"

Hesher Keenan metalsucks.net

Music and

New Fleshgod, baby!

Colin Richardson

Colin Richardson en.wikipedia.org

Apparently mixed All Hope Is Gone.

Regulation of the L-type calcium channel

Regulation of the L-type calcium channel by phosphorylation and G proteins in various tissues and eukaryotes, affecting calcium influx and signal transduction in excitable and non-excitable cells.

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Addiction

A new approach for evaluating the behavioral effects of antipsychotic drugs (Heyman, Beer) 1987

Knowing is not enough. Knowing too much can encourage us to procrastinate. There's a certain point when continuing to know at the expense of doing allows the mess to grow further

Abby Covert • How to Make Sense of Any Mess

Thought provoking

This is a mess I have both birthed and been consumed by, and now I am watching it consume others from the other side of the fence. They’re too defensive to be heard, but I keep the Faith that they will figure it out. Unfortunately, it’s just a matter of waiting.