In August 1996, the San Jose Mercury News published an article on their burgeoning website called “Dark Alliance”. The three-part story, written by Gary Webb, alleged that Contra rebels in Nicaragua had been shipping cocaine to Southern California — and that the CIA knew it. Although it was still the early days of the internet, […]
Is there a link between success and addiction? It seems like a strange proposition, and yet there are countless stories of successful people who have become addicted and even gone through addiction treatment programs several times, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism estimates that 20% of alcoholics are educated and high-functioning. Several […]