A.J. Daulerio

AJD Is founder and editor of The Small Bow.

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How to Feel Tired and Gross

More talk on Food Addiction. Buddhism stuff. Tony Hoagland on dying. New pod w Carey O'Donnell on 10-years of sobriety and Perez Hilton. Tunes and gratitude. PLUS - special TSB POD PREVIEWS.

What Is It Like to Have Food Run Your Life?

An essay and prompt about Food Issues

Boomers

An essay about happiness for all God's Adult Children.

This Is a Cult, Really

We need your September Check-Ins! A new book about how not to let your brain eat you alive. A return to Jenny Liou. New pod on working out my cult with Tommy Rosen. New song for the neglected TSB playlist.

Forgive Yourself or Live Like a Dog in Hell

An annual 8th Step tradition. Writing prompts serving as spiritual balms via Lydia Davis. Montaigne and Salvador Dali. "Failure" by Philip Schultz. Erin Lee Carr. New pod about Emotional Sobriety and the Internet with Kathryn Jezer-Morton.

What’s It Like to Ask for Help?

What happens when you call the suicide hotline?

Concern Isn't Clairvoyance

On Brad Pitt's off-the-wagoning and an interview with Joe Schrank about reckoning with the consequences.

Several Voices Out of a Cloud

How you can help me get TSB to more people. Pema! A rebooted essay about kids and meditation. New podcast with the oldest Sober Oldster ever.

Eulogy: James Gandolfini

“He’s drinking more, not just some rowdy nights but something closer to gone, way out there, disappearing for longer and longer.”

The Chronicles of August and More Hangdog Disgrace

Here for the malaise and the adventure! Stoics. Edith draws Glen Hansard. Meeting makers make it. Quotes and songs.

How to Not be Anonymous

Do you get kicked out of A.A. if you break your anonymity in the New Yorker?

When the Resistance Is Gone, So Are the Demons

ASMR and other remedies for the sleep-phobic. Pema. Tolstoy. New pod with Swamp Dogg. .

All Things Go

It's All In Your Head

On Sleep phobias. Negative visualization is the key to happiness. Summer poetry. Quotes and songs.

You Will Have to Clean Up This Mess

How do I care for an elderly parent who’s treatment-resistent and fucking up the end of her life?

What Does Bad Recovery Look Like?

And will your whole life go to shit? Plus: It's Mary Oliver SZN. Step Six. Mary H.K. Choi. Check-in time for July.

Attraction Through Promotion

A rundown of our recent podcast episodes — and a humble request for your participation in a wild idea.

Time Eats the Sun

Our next “What It’s Like . . . ” prompt is about what it’s like now.

How to Stay Sober

Learning how to be a different person. New pod with Dave Manheim of Dopey. James Stockdale's stoicism. Thomas Merton. Natalie Shapero. A request for questions for an upcoming podcast!

Gratitude

You Are the Life of This Terrible Party

Bring your check-ins for June.

Loneliness

Don't Feed Your Troll

There is no upside to sending emails in an emotional state. Pema. A new pod about cancellation.

Anger

How to Make Things Worse

Life on life's terms in a Laurel Canyon traffic jam. Spring poems for heady times. Ego shit and Epictetus. An LA meeting announcement.

Emotional Sobriety and the Internet: Brian Lam

“People seem to still be fixated on what tools are Best. I’m really trying to move beyond that part of my life, but honestly, I have failed.”

Did You Rescue Your Dog Or Did Your Dog Rescue You?

New pod episode with Jeremy Luke about dogs and recovery.

Dark Nights of the Piss-Soaked Soul and Other Rotten Memories

Tell me about Your Last Worst Night. Plus: Nick Flynn. Pema. Stoics.