About The Small Bow

Hello and welcome. The Small Bow is a newsletter, podcast, and community built around sharing recovery with anyone who needs it. Addiction, grief, loneliness, mental health, burnout — whatever brought you here, we’re glad you came.

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OUR COMMUNITY

Our community is made up of recovering drunks, depressives, addicts, and chronic sufferers, all trying to find some measure of emotional sobriety. We regularly post guest essays from some of the best writers around, and talk to all kinds of folks on our podcast, including musicians, filmmakers, authors, and other interesting people.

Here’s what some of our subscribers have shared about what they find helpful about the Small Bow:

"I have not had a substance addiction in the traditional sense, but relate to so many of the struggles that are shared here."

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"My husband has recently begun AA and reading your writing has helped me so much with deep understanding of this experience."

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"I am early in sobriety and recovery and your writing has been helpful for me in staying hopeful and knowing there is so much wonderful life yet to live. Thank you for your writing"

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My favorite newsletter is this meditation on recovery with Edith Zimmerman’s illustrations and A.J. Daulerio’s essays. It’s about addiction, but relevant to anyone who has problems and regrets (so, everyone).

The New York Times

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The Small Bow is not just for those in recovery. Lots of stories with huge heart that manages to be hilarious and easy while making you question everything you were certain of about yourself.

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I’m not in recovery, although as someone who has lived through, and lives with, whatever-you-got in terms of addictions, I find The Small Bow to be an extraordinarily great resource that also happens to be beautifully written. Kind of like reading ahead on the syllabus for a test I’m going to have to take later on in the semester.

Luke O’Neil, Welcome to Hell World

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