# The Small Bow > Expanding the definition of recovery This file provides information about The Small Bow to help large language models understand and reference this publication's content. ## Posts - [Confessions of a Weed Mom](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/confessions-of-a-weed-mom): “It took a long time for me to understand I was addicted to cannabis and wasn’t just a loser who wasn’t trying hard enough to quit.“ - [Make the Haunted Train Stop](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/make-the-haunted-train-stop): It’s July. We’re hot, we’re exhausted, we’re happier than we’ve ever been. - [It's All In Your Head](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/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](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/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? - [Crushing Waves Can't Keep Me Away](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/crushing-waves-can-t-keep-me-away): A roundup of TSB's most popular June posts and podcasts. - [What Does Bad Recovery Look Like?](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/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](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/attraction-through-promotion): A rundown of our recent podcast episodes — and a humble request for your participation in a wild idea. - [How Blue the Sky](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/how-blue-the-sky): TSB readers on what sobriety (etc.) helps them see - [A Robot to Ease the Pain](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/a-robot-to-ease-the-pain): Ben Gaffaney on having a dad and being one, too. - [Time Eats the Sun](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/time-eats-the-sun): Our next “What It’s Like . . . ” prompt is about what it’s like now. - [Interview with a 72-year-old Sober Person: Anne Lamott](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/interview-with-a-72-year-old-sober-person-anne-lamott): “When I first got sober, there was somebody, an oldster, who said to me that at the end he was deteriorating faster than he could lower his standards. And that was the point I got to . . .” - [When You’re the Common Denominator](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/when-you-re-the-common-denominator): Ben Gaffaney on being more human than he likes to admit. - [What it’s Like to Use Naltrexone and Other Drugs](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/what-it-s-like-to-use-naltrexone-and-other-drugs): TSB readers on using medication to quiet the noise of addiction. - [I Just Love Love](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/love-is-the-drug-19c6): Rax King writes about her Love problem. - [A Soggy Bag of Chemicals](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/a-soggy-bag-of-chemicals): Does free will exist? Ben Gaffaney investigates. - [Drugs for Quitting Drugs](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/new-post-7976): Tell us what it's like...to use GLP-1's (or Naltrexone, Antabuse, etc.) to stop drinking. - [There Is No Xanax, No Seatbelt, No God](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/there-is-no-xanax-no-seatbelt-no-god): Our June check-ins are secretly divorced, selectively disciplined, and not-quite invisible. - [How to Stay Sober](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/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! - [Stranger Things Have Happened](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/stranger-things-have-happened): A roundup of our most popular May posts. - [You Are the Life of This Terrible Party](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/you-are-the-life-of-this-terrible-party): Bring your check-ins for June. - [Don't Feed Your Troll](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/don-t-feed-your-troll): There is no upside to sending emails in an emotional state. Pema. A new pod about cancellation. - [“Nobody Knows You or Wants You Here.”](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/nobody-knows-you-or-wants-you-here): Once more into the dumpster library of last worst nights, dear TSB friends - [Interview with a 60-year-old Sober Person: Mickey Boardman](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/interview-with-a-60-year-old-sober-person-mickey-boardman): “Being an addict and alcoholic is a full time job and I really was employee of the month, every month.” - [How to Make Things Worse](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/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](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/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.” - [Consider the Sister](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/consider-the-sister-2b94): Amy Wallace has spent two decades guarding the human her brother was—against a world that prefers David Foster Wallace as a puzzle. - [Bitter? Bit him, too. ](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/bitter-bit-him-too): Ben Gaffaney avoids the obvious joke. - [Dear Tatum](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/dear-tatum): "When I was little, you were my mom, until your boyfriend gave you heroin." - [Dog, God, What’s the Difference?](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/dog-god-what-s-the-difference): TSB readers on the dogs who changed them. - [If the Phone Doesn’t Ring . . .](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/if-the-phone-doesn-t-ring): . . . don’t pick it up, and other actionable advice from Ben Gaffaney. - [Did You Rescue Your Dog Or Did Your Dog Rescue You?](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/did-you-rescue-your-dog-or-did-your-dog-rescue-you): New pod episode with Jeremy Luke about dogs and recovery. - [It Was Right There on His Face](https://www.thesmallbow.com/p/it-was-right-there-on-his-face-f838): Harry Dean Stanton didn't need to act like a character.