A Recovery Newsletter For Everyone
The holidays are here . . . and so is part one of our December check-ins.
Sober anniversary
+14
The Trey Anastasio Band livestream from The Beacon is free for everyone this weekend.
TSB Podcast
+2
We have a WOMEN AND NON-BINARY meeting at 1 p.m. PST/4 p.m. EST today. Plus the annual Thomas Lux banger.
Sober Thanksgiving
+6
We have one starting at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST on Zoom
TSB Zoom Meetings
Holiday Check-In time — and a poem to help you fight the coming gloam.
We have one starting at 9:30 a.m. PST/12:30 p.m. EST on Zoom
TSB’s Poet Laureate series returns. This month’s poet: Anthony Thomas Lombardi.
TSB Poet Laureate Series
+5
“I don’t have to become perfect. I just have to get up every day and do the work to get better.”
Sobriety
Plus the usual rundown: Philip Larkin. Thomas Merton. Thich Nhat Hanh.
+1
Our readers tell their treatment center tales.
Joe Schrank
+4
Joe Schrank offers some alternatives.
Paying close attention to the present as it rattles all the bones. Nick Flynn's perfection. Buddhism-y quotes about time and tenderness.
Adult Children
Say goodbye to Daylight Savings and hello to . . . November check-ins
+10
Self-seeking on tilt. Raymond Carver's love and mercy. Thich Nhat Hanh to the rescue. TAB.
Lamictal
November Check-In Time.
“Marijuana helps me stay the best version of myself.”
What It's Like...
“The truth is, I have worked hard to not dislike myself so much, but I still worry, sometimes in an acute, frightened, little-kid way, about being too weird and maybe even scary.”
Fear
+3
A look back at another year of Sober Oldster questionnaires.
Also: What would it be like to trick-or-treat your own house?
Gratitude
TSB’s Poet Laureate series returns. This month’s poet: George Bilgere.
Grief
The first day of the rest of your life.
TSB Features
On revenge fantasies and Little Steven Van Zandt. Plus: Pema. Stoics. Ada Limón.
Depression
“There’s no hope — that’s the hope.”
Recovery Go-Bag
by Jason Brown
