Always In Thanks, No Matter What

We have a WOMEN AND NON-BINARY meeting at 1 p.m. PST/4 p.m. EST today. Plus the annual Thomas Lux banger.

Nov 27, 2025

Good morning, TSB fellowship all-stars. Cool so far? Hanging in?

We have one meeting scheduled today for WOMEN AND NON-BINARY ONLY, but let me know if you’d like me to open one up for later today, after dinner, or some point, maybe 5 p.m. PST/8 p.m. (or later 7 p.m. PST/10 p.m. EST?) Email me here if that’s something you’d like: ajd@thesmallbow.com SUBJECT: I NEED A MEETING LATER.

Remember—no alcoholism is required. TSB meetings are for anyone who struggles with love, sex, food, debt, grief, loneliness, depression, FAMILY, or anything that’s bringing you down. If you need it, it’ll be there.

REMEMBER: The meeting scheduled today is a WOMEN AND NON-BINARY meeting at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET

Meeting ID: 874 2568 6609

PASSWORD TO ZOOM: nickfoles

Please feel free to swing through if you need it.

Poem In Thanks

by Thomas Lux

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Lord Whoever, thank you for this air
I'm about to in- and exhale, this hutch
in the woods, the wood for fire,
the light–––both lamp and the natural stuff
of leaf-black fern, and wing.
For the piano, the shovel
for ashes, the moth-gnawed
blankets, the stone-cold water
stone-cold: thank you.
Thank you, Lord, coming for
to carry me here–––where I'll gnash
it out, Lord, where I'll calm
and work, Lord, thank you
for the goddamn birds singing!

This is The Small Bow newsletter. A.J. Daulerio mostly writes and edits for now, but more help is on the way. And Edith Zimmerman always illustrates it. We send it out every Tuesday and Friday, except during holidays, when we send it out more often. So expect more in the next 50 days.

You can also get a Sunday issue for $7 a month or $60 per year. The Sunday issue is a recovery bonanza full of gratitude lists, a study guide to my daily recovery routines, a poem I like, and more exclusive essays.