Check-Ins

There Is No Xanax, No Seatbelt, No God

Our June check-ins are secretly divorced, selectively disciplined, and not-quite invisible.

Shame

“Nobody Knows You or Wants You Here.”

Once more into the dumpster library of last worst nights, dear TSB friends

Alcohol

Here’s to Hanging On by Our Fingernails

New year, new check-ins.

TSB Check-Ins

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

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

Our readers tell their treatment center tales.

Joe Schrank

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

The first day of the rest of your life.

TSB Features

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

September check-ins are here.

Sober anniversary

+10

Why the Impulse to Suffer?

August check-ins are here.

Sober anniversary

+10

Getting to Just Unhappy

July check-ins are here.

Sober anniversary

+10

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

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

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

Sober anniversary

+11

I Do Trust Time

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

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

+10

More Men Who Are Afraid

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

Depression

What It's Like to Be a Fearful Man

Our next check-in confronts masculinity.

Depression

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?

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

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

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

What It's Like to Be Medicated

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

Depression

We Have No Choice But To Sit With It

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

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

Every Time We Need to Begin Again

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

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

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

More Holiday Check-Ins

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

Check-Ins

There Is No Xanax, No Seatbelt, No God

“Nobody Knows You or Wants You Here.”

Here’s to Hanging On by Our Fingernails

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

It’s a Threefold Disease

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

It Was as Bad as I Thought

What It’s Like to Go to Rehab

Does It Get Better?

Doing Our Level Best to Stay Level

Why the Impulse to Suffer?

Getting to Just Unhappy

What It’s Like to Be Addicted to P*rn

Keep Telling Me How Good I Am

It’s Not Really About Not Drinking

I Do Trust Time

More Men Who Are Afraid

What It's Like to Be a Fearful Man

To All The Skeletons Drinking Coffee

But Who Am I To Guide Someone Forward?

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

What It's Like to Be Medicated

We Have No Choice But To Sit With It

Every Time We Need to Begin Again

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

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