Mass murder? That doesn’t happen here

"WARNING: An active shooter is located in Lewiston. Avoid the area and shelter in place immediately." I knew the jarring sound my phone made only three weeks ago, during an emergency test. I figured I would only hear it again in a few years at the next test. Unannounced and piercing, it confirmed what I…

Dusting off the blog for the first time since July

Sometimes you look for a little place to write something that’s hidden away from all but a few in this world. This blog was my place in early recovery. I looked at my stats the other day for the first time in a while, and two things jumped out at me. First, 2023 is the…

Review: I Am Reading This Book About Porn Addiction for a Friend

NOTE FROM JOSH: I just wanted to share with you one of the first reviews of my book, this one from Ashley Peterson at MentalHealthatHome.Org. Please, follow her blog. It'll teach you 10 times more about mental health than you'll learn in any classroom. Thank you to Ashley for reviewing the book and making this…

When the Weekend Goes Sideways: Radical Acceptance

Today, you were going to get a short pitch for how proud I was of my newest book. I worked on it mainly in secret for about six weeks and between all of my social media, this blog, my website and general goodwill, this weekend was going to be glorious. Nope. The universe decided it…