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Vinyl, Knives, and Eye Contact: A Love Story that isn’t.
Chemo at Dawn: Fighting Cancer When the System Fails You
Schedule I Is a Lie, and It’s Killing Us
Smoke and Saints. Sofia After Dark
How I’m Fighting Stage 4 Cancer Without Playing by the Rules
The Morning Shit That Lied to Me (poop talk)
When the Clown Car Flips. The Looming Danger of a Cornered Donald Trump
Stay lit, motherfucker
The Sunrise Goddess, Every God I Met Was High
Cannabliss
gods don’t sleep here anymore
Building the Future of Cancer Care and Why I’m Launching Vital Roots
we fucked like gods
Patient-Led “Press-Pulse” Metabolic Cancer Protocol
Rise.
Facing the Death Sentence with No Silver Lining
No Rides Left in Kolkata a Trip Through Chaos, Chai, and Sound
Good Things Happen When You Smile, or When You’re Naked (The Gods Are Still High)
Why Your Substack Posts Aren’t Showing Up in Google (and How to Fix It)
Naked, Tripping, and Hunting Stars in the Oregon Woods
Trestles and Ghosts
Every God I’ve Met Was High: The God of L’s and Broken Beats
Every God I’ve Met Was High: The God Who Loved Too Loud
Mirrors and Rituals
Pardons, Payoffs, and MAGA Betrayal
Midnight Thoughts from the Cancer Research Center
Let the Empire Choke: Mamdani, Socialism, and the Death Rattle of the Old Guard
Every God I’ve Met Was High: The God Who Left the Bong Burning
Every God I’ve Met Was High: The Gospel of Burnt Jukeboxes
The High-Stakes Reality of RSO in a Non-Legal State
The Cancer Diary: A Smart Journal System to Outmaneuver Disease
To the Last Fucking Breath
Kill Switch Juice: The Ultimate Cancer-Fighting Green Juice That Won’t Spike Your Blood Sugar
Kill Switch Protocol.
I’m Not Fighting Cancer. I’m Fighting a System
Metabolic Fight, Emotional Train Wreck
How I’m Fighting Stage 4 Cancer with Metabolic Therapy, Cannabis, and Chemo
The Floor, the Breakdown, and the Climb Back: My Recent Thoughts on Depression
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Good Things Happen When You Smile, or When You’re Naked (The Gods Are Still High)

A goddess once worshiped for wisdom shows up barefoot, high, and half-naked, here to remind you truth isn’t polite, it’s primal.
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Posted by Duane Cummins July 4, 2025
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Every God I’ve Met Was High: The God of L’s and Broken Beats

He’s not saving souls, just lighting blunts and keeping the rhythm alive in a godless world.
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Posted by Duane Cummins June 29, 2025
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Every God I’ve Met Was High: The God Who Loved Too Loud

He was the patron saint of broken hearts and bong rips, showing up stoned with a lighter, a limp prayer, and nothing left to lose.
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Posted by Duane Cummins June 29, 2025
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Mirrors and Rituals

A raw, defiant, dread. Stubborn pride collide.
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Posted by Duane Cummins June 29, 2025
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Every God I’ve Met Was High: The God Who Left the Bong Burning

A poem soaked in smoke, heartbreak, and divine indifference.
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Posted by Duane Cummins June 25, 2025
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Every God I’ve Met Was High: The Gospel of Burnt Jukeboxes

Where gods crawl through sand and stardust, and the universe runs on scrolls.
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Posted by Duane Cummins June 25, 2025
The Cancer Diary: A Smart Journal System to Outmaneuver Disease

The Cancer Diary: A Smart Journal System to Outmaneuver Disease

A GPT-powered tracker for chemo, ketosis, cannabis, and chaos. Designed for clarity in the fight against cancer and chronic illness.
Posted by Duane Cummins June 23, 2025
To the Last Fucking Breath

To the Last Fucking Breath

A poem had to come out, it did today. I feel fucking good.
Posted by Duane Cummins June 23, 2025
Kill Switch Juice: The Ultimate Cancer-Fighting Green Juice That Won’t Spike Your Blood Sugar

Kill Switch Juice: The Ultimate Cancer-Fighting Green Juice That Won’t Spike Your Blood Sugar

A savage green juice built for healing, not hype. Sugar-free, inflammation-smashing, and fully armed for metabolic war.
Posted by Duane Cummins June 23, 2025
Kill Switch Protocol.

Kill Switch Protocol.

Rewiring the Fight Against Cancer with Metabolic Warfare + Plant Medicine
Posted by Duane Cummins June 22, 2025
I’m Not Fighting Cancer. I’m Fighting a System

I’m Not Fighting Cancer. I’m Fighting a System

Why Stage 4 Patients Deserve Better Than Outdated Oncological Playbooks and 70-Year-Old Toxic Protocols
Posted by Duane Cummins June 22, 2025
Metabolic Fight, Emotional Train Wreck

Metabolic Fight, Emotional Train Wreck

Here’s the truth behind the pain and the plan to keep going.
Posted by Duane Cummins June 20, 2025
How I’m Fighting Stage 4 Cancer with Metabolic Therapy, Cannabis, and Chemo

How I’m Fighting Stage 4 Cancer with Metabolic Therapy, Cannabis, and Chemo

A two-week rotating plan that blends ketogenic cycles, RSO and CBD support, fasting, hydration, and chemo into one survivable blueprint
Posted by Duane Cummins June 19, 2025
The Floor, the Breakdown, and the Climb Back: My Recent Thoughts on Depression

The Floor, the Breakdown, and the Climb Back: My Recent Thoughts on Depression

What 2022 taught me about depression, what last week reminded me, and why facing the truth is the only way out.
Posted by Duane Cummins June 18, 2025

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