How to moderate ambition. A call for May check-ins!
New York City Media
+4
A call for April check-ins!
Recovery Explainer
On annual physicals and my decaying body. Stephen Dunn, my hero. Pema and the Tao Te Ching. New gig at Slate!
Relapse
+5
On personal safety and therapy. James Tate. Spiritual verses to help you make it through.
Depression
More David Berman remembrances. "Grace." Humility.
+3
On a TV show and trigger warnings. Mary Oliver. More quotes on Humility.
Recovery Log
On how to use the Sunday newsletter. A Jim Harrison feast. An A.Savage song you'll never forget.
Progress v. Imperfection. Some dreamy Auden joints. New tunes for the damned.
God boxes for resentments! Stoics on wasting time! Format changes! Check-In reminder! Billy Collins. New tunes.
How to not freak out over jokes made by comedians about someone's drug and alcohol use. Buddhist stuff. A short, solid poem. New tunes.
+2
Thoughts on 50 via the Sober Oldster questionnaire.
life and death
+7
American excess and mythology. Buddy Duress. Rilke. Thoughts on Death.
Angels. More prayers for the sick and suffering. Richard Lewis. Books and poems and a movie.
A Sunday roundup featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julia Fox, Me and You
