This dude has issues, and his gross (in both senses of the word) oversharing of personal information illustrates some of those. He practically brags about promiscuity.
As for the pot use, I sympathize, I know a couple of folks who have used it to mitigate medical conditions. While I don't think that making pot legal for all is a good idea. There is a legitimate argument in such cases for limited medical use.
Sullivan however didn't make it. He instead describe how he is self medicating to treat a symptom of his problem, instead of trying to find out why he has insomnia. His 90 degree turn half way into the article to complain about his alma mater, doesn't help.
I get the feeling that while he was halfway through, someone yelled "SQUIRREL!" When he got back to the keyboard, he just decided to rant about something else. It's like reading Spicoli from Fast Times
“Sullivan however didn’t make it. He instead describe how he is self medicating to treat a symptom of his problem, instead of trying to find out why he has insomnia.”
Apparently it didn’t even do that since he claims to write round the clock.
“His 90 degree turn half way into the article to complain about his alma mater, doesn’t help.”
That must be an example of his newfound brilliant ability for nonlinear thinking.
And he then itemizes a litany of truly horrendous side effects including addiction, antisocial behavior, health problems, brain impairment on kids, etc., while still managing to rationalize these serious problems away - exactly like any addict would.