Monster House Press
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On Matthew Walker’s ‘Why We Sleep.’
We’re asking addicts to learn whole new ways of living … and expect them to do it while utterly sleep deprived in jail.
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On changing a life.
We can’t be *forced* to change … & sometimes it takes a jolt to realize that we want to.
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