Sobriety
+6
"I have come to realize that everybody on the planet is recovering from something. And deserves our compassion. It’s pretty much the human condition. All our secrets are the same."
Recovery Log
+5
On how to use the Sunday newsletter. A Jim Harrison feast. An A.Savage song you'll never forget.
Self-Loathing
+3
A reader writes in with a very specific form of body dysphoria and how they've used 12 Steps to help them suffer less.
More readers write in about their body dysmorphia and terrible self-image.
Progress v. Imperfection. Some dreamy Auden joints. New tunes for the damned.
A tribute to the lowest of low moments with Megan Koester.
Love
+9
Our readers write in about the current state of their recovery.
+4
God boxes for resentments! Stoics on wasting time! Format changes! Check-In reminder! Billy Collins. New tunes.
Sober parenting
The New Fatherhood. (In sobriety.)
+2
Our readers write in about their body dysmorphia.
How to not freak out over jokes made by comedians about someone's drug and alcohol use. Buddhist stuff. A short, solid poem. New tunes.
Self-Forgiveness
The death anniversary of Toronto's most doomed mayor.
"I hope that I’m able to listen and empathize and not be as solipsistic as I was when I was actively alcohol dependent."
life and death
+7
Thoughts on 50 via the Sober Oldster questionnaire.
Death and Sobriety
Anniversary.
+1
Dealing with low self-esteem and body dysmorphia.
American excess and mythology. Buddy Duress. Rilke. Thoughts on Death.
Childhood Trauma
On not having boundaries.
Relapse
What would happen if I took the good drugs?
The Small Bow Family Orchestra
+8
Angels. More prayers for the sick and suffering. Richard Lewis. Books and poems and a movie.
More on Josh Brolin and the quest for drunken sobriety.
On the inability to have perspective and the chaos of being narcissistically self-loathing.
Plus: Mary Oliver. And more from the front lines of feel-bettering.
