A holiday remix.
Sober parenting
+10
TSB’s Poet Laureate series returns. This month’s poet: George Bilgere.
Grief
+2
Nobody will write a better check-in this month than Elizabeth Gilbert, but you should try. Also, in this issue: The Tao Te Ching. A darn good poem. And more!
Expanded Recovery
+5
June Check-Ins, Part Two
The Small Bow Family Orchestra
Time for (Part One) of our June check-ins
Sober anniversary
+11
May check-ins: feeling stuck, being patient, making progress.
The April Check-Ins from our readers have arrived.
March check-ins: We’re making it through another day.
+9
February check-ins: This month, our inner critics have bullhorns.
+7
“I felt like I'd found the key to a door I knew I needed to open.”
Gratitude
"They were always drinking, as far back as I can remember, in a way that I can now recognize as problematic, but at the time it was just the way things were."
+3
It is December! Woof--let's check in.
How to detach from the ones you love this holiday season.
Grace
+8
The holiday march begins.
On Personal Inventories. Marc Maron. Anger and the Stoics. New tunes for the playlist.
Fear
Fav Check-ins. A poem about love and lightning. Forgiveness and grace.
Self-Forgiveness
What do you do when your child is old enough to learn about your alcoholism?
+4
Work habits. A poem about war that kills me. How to apply gratitude. "Always do your best," whatever that means. Requests for the Slate column.
Another recovery month. 8th Step Willingness. New TSB pod. A freaky poem. Smart dead guys on death and humility.
A celebration of May's stories you might have missed.
Alcoholism
Celebrating six years in Al-Anon/ACA. IDLES. Bleggh.
Adult Children
Where were you the day someone changed your life?
Adult Children of Alcoholics
+1
Our readers write in about the current state of their recovery.
Love
