https://www.thefunctionaladdict.com/blog daily 1.0 2026-03-19 https://www.thefunctionaladdict.com/blog/window-of-tolerance monthly 0.5 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/463b268d-8ece-4cbe-bd5f-42850714cb3d/The+Window+of+Tolerance.png Publications - Window of Tolerance - Make it stand out When your Window of Tolerance shrinks, even small emotional waves can throw you out of balance. This is what dysregulation looks like - when the wave doesn’t fit inside the frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/755227bd-3c33-4a4f-baf1-5deafcc9fc73/The+Average+Range+of+Tolerance.png Publications - Window of Tolerance - Make it stand out And this is what we’re working toward: an average, flexible range where your emotions can rise and fall without knocking you sideways. Bigger window. Softer landings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/d3bfecee-c95f-41c9-8344-8252d62f4464/IMG_7387.JPG Publications - Window of Tolerance - Make it stand out This is part of my support team: my mum and my brother, Brian. When my Window of Tolerance shrinks to a pixel, these two somehow keep the lights on, the coffee hot, and the existential spirals contained. Mostly. https://www.thefunctionaladdict.com/blog/the-emotional-backlog monthly 0.5 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/5454420b-214a-4c79-a2c4-85c737ac5a34/IMG_7060.JPG Publications - The Emotional Backlog - Make it stand out Some days recovery looks like rebuilding your life. Other days it looks like circling a quiet park, one lap at a time. https://www.thefunctionaladdict.com/blog/the-recovery-timeline monthly 0.5 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/4c6d60fb-68b4-4576-a8ae-82b5abcadf19/Functional+Addict+In+Rehab.jpeg Publications - The Recovery Timeline - Make it stand out This was the start of something brutal and necessary. Just after detox, in my first weeks of rehab, I landed here — at a quiet cottage in the bush, where silence hit harder than noise ever did. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/0346c9c8-b68d-42cd-ae1e-66de3b201599/IMG_0954.jpeg Publications - The Recovery Timeline - Make it stand out A wide shot of The Dooralong Transformation Centre under a clear blue sky, the place where I spent my early recovery days, surrounded by grace, structure, and strangers who saved me without knowing it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/f7260fa5-191c-4734-aa12-8f3c98d559e8/Recovery_Timeline.png Publications - The Recovery Timeline - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.thefunctionaladdict.com/blog/my-time-in-detox monthly 0.5 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/143f65ce-8882-4e9f-a7ef-cf85c79d5e04/My+Time+In+Detox.jpg Publications - My Time In Detox - Make it stand out A tough farewell to Mum as I entered detox—she left for Argentina after making sure I was on the path to recovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/bcfc891d-139d-4126-b7a3-af66b6e7484c/My+Time+In+Detox.jpg Publications - My Time In Detox - Make it stand out Captured this from my bed, moments before handing over my phone in Detox — May 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/3f862ce6-61ba-4606-b1fe-9d41fe9b7140/My+Time+In+Detox.png Publications - My Time In Detox - Make it stand out Unlike other substances, withdrawing from methamphetamine is emotionally draining, whereas substances like heroin typically result in more physically intense withdrawal symptoms. https://www.thefunctionaladdict.com/blog/social-dynamics monthly 0.5 2025-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/33fb0e95-5d8e-4fe2-90a6-d302dc53a00d/Flor%26Richard_Wedding-0375+%281%29_Original.JPG Publications - Social Dynamics - Make it stand out Weddings were manageable for me; they were easier than intimate dinners or those exhausting, endless lunches at someone’s home. Still, the last wedding I went to with my partner triggered some concerns. That’s me on the right—blending in pretty well for someone who used to be a crackhead, don’t you think? https://www.thefunctionaladdict.com/blog/the-myth-of-the-functional-addict monthly 0.5 2024-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/e7fc5d82-07a9-406e-8ec2-7825e0aee194/The+Myth+of+the+Functional+Addict.jpg Publications - The Myth of the Functional Addict - Make it stand out That’s me, during the fleeting ‘beneficial’ stage—fully consumed by my work, feeling invincible, and riding high on the illusion that I had finally found the solution to all my problems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/27eb5323-d526-4d3b-bc13-25e203b48eb4/The+Myth+of+the+Functional+Addict.png Publications - The Myth of the Functional Addict - Make it stand out Same driver, different destinations. Five years of 'success,' and all I got was this before-and-after—on the left, enjoying the pink cloud. On the right, driving a stolen rental after pawning my car to buy more meth after 4 days of no sleep. Guess I really nailed the 'functional' part. https://www.thefunctionaladdict.com/blog/cognitive-dissonance monthly 0.5 2026-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/9db64743-662a-4f65-904d-f2995dc5f570/Cognitive+Dissonance.png Publications - Cognitive Dissonance - Make it stand out That’s my surprise birthday cake from —August 2021, made entirely of ice cream, my favorite treat at the time. A meaningful display of true affection. https://www.thefunctionaladdict.com/blog/pre-and-post-rock-bottom monthly 0.5 2024-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/f663b7b9-a432-4201-a2d6-c720bd1d2f55/Pre+%26+Post+Rock+Bottom.jpg Publications - Pre And Post Rock Bottom - Make it stand out Lots of accolades feeding my denial. Here is one for a show I edited —2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/82edb6d4-239f-4626-a3a2-40bd79081ff1/Pre+%26+Post+Rock+Bottom.jpg Publications - Pre And Post Rock Bottom - Make it stand out Appearances can be deceiving —that’s me on the left, in a checked shirt, with half a ball in my pocket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/a7553fe2-0b45-4657-8d22-f6347d2df998/Pre+%26+Post+Rock+Bottom.jpg Publications - Pre And Post Rock Bottom - Make it stand out There I am in rehab—August 2023—a chapter in my life I’ll never forget, which marked the very start of my transformation. https://www.thefunctionaladdict.com/blog/rethinking-rock-bottom monthly 0.5 2024-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/67c005b4-dfc7-4d29-9ebd-cb78a9db15c9/Rethinking+Rock+Bottom.jpg Publications - Rethinking Rock Bottom - Make it stand out There I was, in our Darling Point home, 2021 —maintaining the facade, blind to the storm ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66690d2845a46b1da2440c81/db09a395-5aef-4274-9e3b-1d8e2c2b7385/Before+and+after+drugs.png Publications - Rethinking Rock Bottom - Make it stand out From producing Olympic broadcasts for the world to watch, to hoarding bikes on the streets with a trolley. If this isn’t a striking example of how drugs can distort one’s priorities, I don’t know what is. All this, accomplished in just a year. 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