Beauty in the Breakdown
Before embarking on dangerous rock climbs, Matt Samet would use whiskey to wash down powerful prescription tranquilizers. A first-person account of extreme addiction.
Before embarking on dangerous rock climbs, Matt Samet would use whiskey to wash down powerful prescription tranquilizers. A first-person account of extreme addiction.
Matt Samet Outside Jun 2010 20min Permalink
April Savino, a teenage homeless runaway, lived in Grand Central Terminal from 1984 until 1987 when she committed suicide on the steps of a nearby church.
Dennis Hevesi New York Times Oct 1988 20min Permalink
How an alcoholic doctor simultaneously saved his own life and made what could be the medical breakthrough of the century.
James Medd The Guardian May 2010 15min Permalink