Fear
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How to combat my worst fears.
Sobriety
+6
"I am done with being cool. It's not all that."
Depression
+1
by Clancy Martin
Self-Forgiveness
+3
Demons, et cetera. Plus: Ada Limón. Emily Gould. Megan Koester. Rumi. The long slog of recovery that keeps me alive.
Joe Schrank
The Client was supremely rich.but he was drinking himself to death. Here's how millionaires practice harm reduction.
Cocaine
"There is blood everywhere."
Drunks
"Lindsay Lohan and Courtney Love were the worst behaved when both were at the height of their drug abuse while living in the hotel during my time there, but I don't hold it against them."
+7
More of The Past. A poem by Thomas Lux. Pema! The Far Side. Japanese proverbs. Other cool stuff.
New York City Media
+4
An interview with someone who made mistakes.
The Small Bow Family Orchestra
Our readers write in about the current state of their recovery.
AA Sponsorship
+8
Self-inventory means self-hate. A poem by Russel Edson. Groovy quotes from the Tao Te Ching and Thich Nhat Hanh. A stunning story about being a mother with an unhoused son.
"There have been more overdoses in my world, more deaths, and it’s always horrible, but none so profound as Greg's."
An interview with Joe Schrank about what to tell people who need help.
+11
How to meditate through the coughing. Thoughts on yelling. A poem by Nick Flynn. James Baraz. Essay by Amie Barrodale.
Edith Zimmerman
An essay about beds. Plus a comic from Edith Zimmerman.
Shame
More readers write in about DA, underearning, vagueness, cluelessness, bad loans, free miles, and more $despair$.
Shitting all over the First Agreement. Superman and the Joker. Pema. George Bilgere.
Death
How to read to your children about the end of life as we know it.
"I have a way to deal with life’s problems, and friends who’ve known me a long time to give me support when I need it. I know it’s not for everyone, but it works for me."
Grief redux. Adult Children. Nick Cave. Really Good Search Engine. Frank O'Hara.
Scenes from a deathbed.
Our readers write in about DA, bad credit, under-earning, spending vagueness, and more $despair$.
Sober parenting
Notes on the life in front of you. Fresh starts! Brooding, et cetera. MONEY SHAME. Scocca obv. Roger Angell. James Tate.
The suffocating shame of being bad with money.
