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A drug addiction memoir breaks stereotypes and proves that addiction can happen to anyone There is no easy way to write about drug addiction, just as there is no easy way to read about it. Lost in Ghost Town, author Carder Stout’s new memoir, somehow grabs the problem of addiction head-on while shattering common stereotypes…
Continue ReadingFear is protective. It’s our mind’s way of understanding a threat, processing exactly how threatening it is, and coordinating some kind of response. But we tend to have it in excess and hold onto it for too long, as if a moment or two of letting our guard down might give the boogeyman the opportunity…
Continue ReadingOn today’s episode of The Addicted Mind Podcast, Duane speaks with author Carder Stout about his book, Lost in Ghost Town, the story of his addiction and recovery. Duane also addresses the difficulty of the ongoing COVID-19 situation by starting a campaign of stories trying to spread hope in a time of darkness.
Continue ReadingAddition trumps privilege in Carder Stout’s vivid memoir “Lost in Ghost Town: A Memoir of Addition, Redemption, and Hope in Unlikely Places.” Written with excruciating truth and visceral fear, desperation and despair, Stout takes us into the incapacitating strangle-hold of additional and the battle to overcome it. Continue reading >
Continue ReadingPsychologist and author of “Lost in Ghost Town”, Dr. Carder Stout, discusses how social distancing impacts those with addiction.
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