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It Felt Nice Talking With Someone New Who I Haven't Hurt Yet

It Felt Nice Talking With Someone New Who I Haven't Hurt Yet

Part two of our December check-ins.

Sober anniversary

+10

It’s a Threefold Disease

It’s a Threefold Disease

The holidays are here . . . and so is part one of our December check-ins.

Sober anniversary

+14

“Please Don’t Tell My Wife I Was Playing Kickball”: What It’s Like to Go to Rehab

“Please Don’t Tell My Wife I Was Playing Kickball”: What It’s Like to Go to Rehab

Our readers tell their treatment center tales.

Joe Schrank

+4

It Was as Bad as I Thought

It Was as Bad as I Thought

Say goodbye to Daylight Savings and hello to . . . November check-ins

Sober anniversary

+10

What It’s Like to Go to Rehab

What It’s Like to Go to Rehab

The first day of the rest of your life.

TSB Features

+3

Does It Get Better?

Does It Get Better?

October check-ins are here, and we’re just asking for a friend . . .

Sober anniversary

+10

Doing Our Level Best to Stay Level

Doing Our Level Best to Stay Level

September check-ins are here.

Sober anniversary

+10

Why the Impulse to Suffer?

Why the Impulse to Suffer?

August check-ins are here.

Sober anniversary

+10

Getting to Just Unhappy

Getting to Just Unhappy

July check-ins are here.

Sober anniversary

+10

What It’s Like to Be Addicted to P*rn

What It’s Like to Be Addicted to P*rn

Our next check-in is here: “I would never talk about paying for sex with strippers, never talk about looking at animal porn, and sure as hell never talk about being unfaithful to women.”

Depression

+5

Keep Telling Me How Good I Am

Keep Telling Me How Good I Am

June Check-Ins, Part Two

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

+10

It’s Not Really About Not Drinking

It’s Not Really About Not Drinking

Time for (Part One) of our June check-ins

Sober anniversary

+11

I Do Trust Time

I Do Trust Time

May check-ins: feeling stuck, being patient, making progress.

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

+10

More Men Who Are Afraid

More Men Who Are Afraid

A follow-up batch of men who tell us what they're afraid of.

Depression

+7

What It's Like to Be a Fearful Man

What It's Like to Be a Fearful Man

Our next check-in confronts masculinity.

Depression

+9

To All The Skeletons Drinking Coffee

To All The Skeletons Drinking Coffee

The April Check-Ins from our readers have arrived.

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

+10

But Who Am I To Guide Someone Forward?

But Who Am I To Guide Someone Forward?

March check-ins: We’re making it through another day.

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

+9

What It’s Like to Be Medicated: Beware the Sunken Shame

What It’s Like to Be Medicated: Beware the Sunken Shame

More readers write in to tell us how they’re living better through chemistry.

Depression

+8

What It's Like to Be Medicated

What It's Like to Be Medicated

Our readers write in to tell us all about their prescription med situations.

Depression

+8

We Have No Choice But To Sit With It

We Have No Choice But To Sit With It

February check-ins: This month, our inner critics have bullhorns.

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

+7

Every Time We Need to Begin Again

Every Time We Need to Begin Again

A new batch of check-ins for the new year.

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

+7

I Could Use a Hug But I'm Surrounded By Strangers

I Could Use a Hug But I'm Surrounded By Strangers

More Holiday Check-Ins

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

+3

Blessed Are the Days of Unmet Expectations

Blessed Are the Days of Unmet Expectations

It is December! Woof--let's check in.

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

+10

I Felt Like I Was Wanted, I Felt Like I Belonged

I Felt Like I Was Wanted, I Felt Like I Belonged

Why do some of us love cocaine?

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

+9

When Things Fall Apart (Again)

When Things Fall Apart (Again)

It is November! Let's Check-In.

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

+6

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