University of Hard Knocks

READ THE SIGNS.

FACE THE STORY.

CHANGE THE OUTCOME.

ADDICT: Signs, Stories & Sayings by A. Mustafa Tut Brown Jr. displayed on a table.

ADDICT: SIGNS, STORIES & SAYINGS

A man wakes up one morning, and his legs say, No.

A New Kind of Calling

Philosophy, Mental Health, and the Work of Repair

After his body forced him to stop, Mustafa began a different kind of study. He spent three years in university studying philosophy, then trained in mental health and addictions. Those disciplines gave him language for what he had lived: the pull of addiction, the weight of depression, the cost of unresolved grief.

A. Mustafa Tut Brown Jr. seated and reading his book ADDICT: Signs, Stories & Sayings.
A. Mustafa Tut Brown Jr. seated and reading his book ADDICT: Signs, Stories & Sayings.
A. Mustafa Tut Brown Jr. holding a copy of ADDICT: Signs, Stories & Sayings.

Addict

Mustafa Tut Brown Jr.Presents

A Life Told Through Signs, Struggles, and Survival.

“I don’t throw stones because I’ve been living in a glass house, and I’ve got skeletons in all my closets.”

– A. Mustafa Tut Brown Jr.

Being Depressed is Depressing.

A. Mustafa Tut Brown Jr. reading ADDICT: Signs, Stories & Sayings.
ADDICT: Signs, Stories & Sayings by A. Mustafa Tut Brown Jr. displayed in a modern setting.
ADDICT: Signs, Stories & Sayings by A. Mustafa Tut Brown Jr. displayed beside a cup of coffee.
Author A. Mustafa Tut Brown Jr. seated with his book ADDICT.
ADDICT: Signs, Stories & Sayings by A. Mustafa Tut Brown Jr. displayed beside a cup of coffee.