Category Archives: Addiction

Analyzing Neil Strauss

From The Rawness: When I was doing Part 4 to this series, I did a lot of research on the internet and in the book The Game to try to make a psychological profile. One thing I found interesting though … Continue reading

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‘His book The Game made him a fortune, but left Neil Strauss in treatment for sex addiction. Ten years later, he’s a changed man, he tells Tom Lamont’

The Guardian: Around 2010, he met and fell in love with a Mexican-born model named Ingrid De La O. She was perfect, Strauss thought, their relationship together “the best I’d ever had”. Yet he found he couldn’t stop pursuing other … Continue reading

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NPR: Measuring The Use Of Force May Help New York Police To Limit It

NPR: “The New York Police Department is rolling out a new policy to record officers’ use of force. The strategy has already been implemented in L.A. and Seattle. Advocates say it’s an effective way to limit force; but cops say … Continue reading

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The Underearning Mentality

Over the past couple of months, I have been listening to about a hundred free Underearners Anonymous lectures on this unofficial website and Dropbox account. In lecture 68, Jeff in LA says he’s been in the program for two years. … Continue reading

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The Fear Inventory

Here are some of my notes from HerbK’s Tuesday night 12-step workshop: * When we wrote out our fourth column (where were we to blame in our conflicts with others) in the Fourth Step, we had the experience of feeling … Continue reading

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