Self-seeking on tilt. Raymond Carver's love and mercy. Thich Nhat Hanh to the rescue. TAB.
Lamictal
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On revenge fantasies and Little Steven Van Zandt. Plus: Pema. Stoics. Ada Limón.
Depression
+4
How to cope when the pink cloud vanishes. Lydia Davis. A cool poem about contentment. Slate stuff.
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More Men Who Are Afraid: With Ky Henderson, Wilson Sims, Wesley Lowery, and Kevin Koczwara.
+5
Our next check-in is here: “I'd gamble my paycheck and spend the week DoorDash-ing after work to get essentials.”
"I’ve tried to stop, tried to delete everything, but without it I’m miserable."
Help us help you help others, etc.
More Men Who Are Afraid: With Henry Giardina, Mark Pagán, Chris Gayomail, Joe Schrank, and Hamilton Nolan.
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.”
COVID returns. More poems. Montaigne. Jenny Odell. Two new songs.
A follow-up batch of men who tell us what they're afraid of.
+7
Our next check-in confronts masculinity.
+9
Gluttony is still my fav drug. Poetry compilation dreams. Tunes for goons.
More readers write in to tell us how they’re living better through chemistry.
+8
Our readers write in to tell us all about their prescription med situations.
“It was always too easy for me to scrub away the faces of actual human beings.”
What is that like?
An Interview with Jaime Lowe, author of "Mental"
The Sunday rundown. Remixing Depression. Bosch. Are you Okay? Bill Knott. Pema.
My brain is a neverending puzzle. Thich Nhat Hanh. Julia Wertz.
On annual physicals and my decaying body. Stephen Dunn, my hero. Pema and the Tao Te Ching. New gig at Slate!
Relapse
On personal safety and therapy. James Tate. Spiritual verses to help you make it through.
More David Berman remembrances. "Grace." Humility.
by Clancy Martin
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by The Small Bow Family Orchestra
