10: Addiction

Introduction: Altering Consciousness

Catherine Hollis, Annalee Newitz
Drugs are merely one kind of object people can become addicted to -- there are a range of other addictive substances available to us in consumer culture.

Girl Clothes in a Box

Leslie Minot
One night toward the end of September I folded up all my 'girl clothes' and put them in a box in the bottom of my closet.

Hallucinating in Paradise

S.W. Hendee
I remember being unable to tell what temperature it was, feeling completely exposed, and a sense of weariness at thinking about everything.

Nymphomania

Annalee Newitz
Ultimately the use value of the sex act is no longer procreation. A loving, or family, relationship is not that it can be sexualized.

Tuning In To Apathy

Ann Marie Caffrey
I can manage social responsibility by contributing to my world without controlling it.

Wired?

Charlie Bertsch
That we're physically addicted to electricity is obvious; the extent to which we're psychologically addicted is not.

Working the Program

Jillian Sandell
Twelve Step meetings seems to have reached a point where they are viewed at best as a harmless but self-indulgent part of middle-class lifestyles.

Voices from the Collective

Gregory Stephens
Letters from readers about past articles.