James Brown

For those interested, "Intervene," the blog for Partnership for a Drug-Free America, has run an excerpt from L.A. Diaries about my sister. It's at http://intervene.drugfree.org/

The blog, "Intervene," sponsored by Partnership for a Drug Free America, will be running an excerpt from The Los Angeles Diaries the last week of July, in memory of my beautiful sister, Marilyn Lynn-Brown, who took her life July 28th about a decade ago. Partnership for a Drug Free America solicited the contribution, it's (more…)

Twice a month I go to a local prison in San Bernardino County with several other recovering alcoholics/addicts and talk to the inmates interested in getting clean and sober. Usually we get a group of anywhere between 5-20. Most of them are young, I'd say between 20-25, and not long ago I asked (more…)

This is to thank the kind soul that put together a Facebook profile for the Los Angeles Diaries. Very thoughtful. Very much appreciated.

Jim

Diana Raab has just come out with a collection of essays on writers and journaling, and how some of us use the journaling process as a way into writing stories and poems. She's assembled an excellent line-up of writers, with a great foreword from Philip Lopate. Check it out if you have time.

As a recovering alcoholic-slash-addict, I've read 89 books on the subject of alcoholism and addiction, and I can say without reservation that Dirk Hanson's THE CHEMICAL CAROUSEL is one of my top five favorites. It is well researched. It is exceedingly well written. It is unbiased, yet empathetic to the plight of the addict/alcoholic, (more…)