A quick trip to celebrate a family graduation turned into an unexpected rescue mission when two wastelanders discovered a lonely Yorkshire Terrier abandoned at a remote Utah rest area. Sometimes doing the right thing is as simple as refusing to leave someone behind.
Society only condemns self-medication selectively. Some addictions are labeled destructive, while others are praised as ambition, discipline, or devotion. A sardonic reflection on coping mechanisms, trauma, and the addictions that “photograph well.”
A visit to a newly opened emergency department forces reflections on grief, regret, lost careers, unhealthy coping, and the painful realization that some versions of home can never truly be returned to.
A sardonic companion piece examining the strange political rediscovery of “holistic care,” internet wellness culture, and the increasingly bizarre idea that psychiatrists have somehow never heard of therapy, exercise, or vegetables.
