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.
Another day dragged on into sleepless nights
I wish I knew no stars when the sky grows dark
Each one a reminder of all that we are (All that we are)
And how it fell apart
Monument to every meaningless goodbye
And a purpose I have yet to find
A pale light lingers no matter where I hide
Are you ready for truth and pain to be the same?
The difference between
Lyrics and
This is one of the foundational papers that established the more medicalized brain disease model of addiction (which AA and treatment facilities would borrow from, if I were to put it lightly. Hijack is a more appropriate term)
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
Music and
New Fleshgod, baby!
A new approach for evaluating the behavioral effects of antipsychotic drugs (Heyman, Beer) 1987
Motivation and Humor
1000 IQ crippling self-doubt ENGAGED.
