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“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

“I’m Never Gonna Stop”: More on What It’s Like to Be Addicted to Weed

“Marijuana helps me stay the best version of myself.”

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What It’s Like to Go to Rehab

The first day of the rest of your life.

TSB Features

More on What It’s Like to Be Addicted to, Yes, Weed

“Plenty of people have a normal relationship with weed. Surely, this time, I can too?”

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What It’s Like to Be Addicted to...Weed?

Is that even possible?

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Heroin Is More Powerful Than the Love We Share

Another first-person essay on what it’s like to love an addict.

TSB Features

More on What It’s Like to Love an Addict

“When I consider what it must be like for him to feel that concern for other humans each day, I don’t have to wonder why it all became too much.”

Love

What It’s Like to Fall In Love With an Addict

“Everything is all bonus, and it’s a fucking fantastic way to live.”

Love

What It’s Like to Be Addicted to Gambling

Our next check-in is here: “I'd gamble my paycheck and spend the week DoorDash-ing after work to get essentials.”

Depression

More on What It’s Like to Be Addicted to P*rn

"I’ve tried to stop, tried to delete everything, but without it I’m miserable."

Depression

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

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 the Man Who Is No Longer Afraid

What is that like?

Masculinity Is A Disease We Give Little Boys

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

Love Is the Drug

A special round-up for everyone who is addicted to people.

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What It's Like to Be Medicated

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

Depression

A Normal, Tranquil State of Mind

What is that like?

Lamictal

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

Why do some of us love cocaine?

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

What Is It Like to Do EMDR?

It's harrowing, but also great.

Therapy

You and All That Cocaine

What was that like?

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

That Mountain Goats Song

What is EMDR like?

Shame

Why Cocaine?

Calling all cokeheads past and present. Plus the usual rundown: Sarah Manguso. Stoics on Adversity. Jack Kornfield on Peace.

Cocaine

How to Feel Visible

"I felt like I was muting a part of myself, censoring my identity and erasing key parts without even realizing it."

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

Workaholism 101

When is your job poisoning you?

The Small Bow Family Orchestra

What It's Like...

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

“I’m Never Gonna Stop”: More on What It’s Like to Be Addicted to Weed

What It’s Like to Go to Rehab

More on What It’s Like to Be Addicted to, Yes, Weed

What It’s Like to Be Addicted to...Weed?

Heroin Is More Powerful Than the Love We Share

More on What It’s Like to Love an Addict

What It’s Like to Fall In Love With an Addict

What It’s Like to Be Addicted to Gambling

More on What It’s Like to Be Addicted to P*rn

What It’s Like to Be Addicted to P*rn

More Men Who Are Afraid

What It's Like to Be a Fearful Man

To the Man Who Is No Longer Afraid

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

Love Is the Drug

What It's Like to Be Medicated

A Normal, Tranquil State of Mind

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

What Is It Like to Do EMDR?

You and All That Cocaine

That Mountain Goats Song

Why Cocaine?

How to Feel Visible

Workaholism 101

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