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Too Heavy For Superman to Lift
"The meeting went on as usual, and neither one shared or got into a fistfight with the other, but in the end, we all stood in a circle holding hands."
Grace
+3
Interview with a 65-Year-Old Sober Person: Kathy Valentine
"I had to learn how to be a grown-up—it didn’t help that I’d been a successful musician in a successful band throughout most of those years, which can be a very easy career to stay immature in."
Sobriety
+6
Interview with a 60-Year-Old Sober Person: Chris Wells
"I am less of a child than I used to be. I rely less on other people to make a place for me in the world."
Sobriety
+6
Interview with a 66-Year-Old Sober Person: Anne Gregory
"The best things are not feeling ashamed, not having a hangover and not thinking about suicide."
Sobriety
+6
Interview with a 57-Year-Old Sober Person: Claire Dederer
"I had no idea, in my conscious mind, that I had a drinking problem. My shame was so profound that I was hiding reality even from myself—especially from myself. I get tired just thinking about it."
Sobriety
+6
Interview with a 70-Year-Old Sober Person: Jerry Stahl
"I have come to realize that everybody on the planet is recovering from something. And deserves our compassion. It’s pretty much the human condition. All our secrets are the same."
Sobriety
+6
