Sober anniversary
+10
September check-ins are here.
Expanded Recovery
+5
Nobody will write a better check-in this month than Elizabeth Gilbert, but you should try. Also, in this issue: The Tao Te Ching. A darn good poem. And more!
+1
August stories you may have missed, and a call for September check-ins!
Love
+4
“When I consider what it must be like for him to feel that concern for other humans each day, I don’t have to wonder why it all became too much.”
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The things we don't confront begin to control us. Inspiring quotes for people with dark existential yearning. Pema on meditation and other shit. Three new tunes on the TSB playlist.
Therapy
"Can't I ghost her? Everyone I know who switches their therapist stops seeing them and moves on."
Grief
Introducing TSB’s Poet Laureate series.
Fear
+3
“I felt on-edge most of the time, but especially in cars. I was waiting for the next loud noise to rearrange everything.”
Sobriety
“It’s hard feeling isolated in a roomful of partying people, and the hilarious thing is that that’s my job.”
How to reset without the self-indignation. Thomas Merton on The Spiritual Life. William Irvine on The Good Life. Stephen Dunn on A Good Life.
A back-to-school guide for sober parents.
The Small Bow Family Orchestra
“This can sometimes make the other person feel like a bit of a jerk, but guess what? That’s not my problem!”
A.J. Daulerio
+2
“I am a sad, ridiculous person for these thoughts, but I assure you I strive to be a kind and fascinating human someday.”
“Everything is all bonus, and it’s a fucking fantastic way to live.”
Gratitude
And Chicago’s Bean has officially been renamed “the Giant Butt”
Recovery Go-Bag
“A canister of lip gloss with my mother-in-law’s picture, mother of thirteen, that her kids made for her celebration of life to give out to everyone.”
August check-ins are here.
August is the time when I get most depressed, so I'm trying to get a jump on that. Mary Oliver.
July stories you may have missed, and a call for August check-ins!
Death
A love song for Andrea Gibson.
Calling for August Check-Ins.
Adult Children
A new way to write a gratitude list. Jenny Odell is a genius. Jenny Liou is also one. A new Pema book.
Death and Sobriety
On Hulk Hogan.
Depression
Our next check-in is here: “I'd gamble my paycheck and spend the week DoorDash-ing after work to get essentials.”
