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A Stab at Truth

I was a little late to the party. It was 2011. My wife and I went to see the film “Your Sister’s Sister” at The Belcourt here in Nashville. 

To this day I haven’t seen “Humpday.”

Probably gonna have to add that to the list now.”

I remember seeing “Your Sister’s Sister” thinking, how do you do that?

“Several 24 hours ago…”

We’ll get there. but first you have to have the context.

On a not so chilly December night I walked into my first meeting for people who feel powerless when it comes to the adult beverage.

The first person to speak to me was the wife of one of the “old-timers” in the meeting. She took one look at me and said, “... right in there,” as she pointed to a room to my right.

In Development

In fact, the contractor or the tech start up is more in line with what we actually do than any of the above mentioned assumptions. It is true that there is a level of creativity and artistry we shoot for in our work but at the end of the day we are making a product to sell, plain and simple. That said, the deconstruction of what the product is and who the buyer is proves to be the most difficult part for people willing to chat with us longer than five minutes to understand. 

How Deeply Stigma Trumps Substance Use Disorder

“I want to thank the Justice Department for seeing this, this horrible thing... And I didn’t speak them by the way, just so you understand. They saw the horribleness of a nine year sentence for doing nothing... You have murderers and drug addicts- they don’t get nine years. Nine years for doing something that no one can even define what he did.” -President Trump