Our readers tell their treatment center tales.
Joe Schrank
+4
“Marijuana helps me stay the best version of myself.”
What It's Like...
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The first day of the rest of your life.
TSB Features
+3
“Plenty of people have a normal relationship with weed. Surely, this time, I can too?”
Is that even possible?
Another first-person essay on what it’s like to love an addict.
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“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
“Everything is all bonus, and it’s a fucking fantastic way to live.”
Our next check-in is here: “I'd gamble my paycheck and spend the week DoorDash-ing after work to get essentials.”
Depression
"I’ve tried to stop, tried to delete everything, but without it I’m miserable."
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.”
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A follow-up batch of men who tell us what they're afraid of.
+7
Our next check-in confronts masculinity.
+9
What is that like?
Masculinity Is A Disease We Give Little Boys
More readers write in to tell us how they’re living better through chemistry.
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A special round-up for everyone who is addicted to people.
Our readers write in to tell us all about their prescription med situations.
Lamictal
Why do some of us love cocaine?
The Small Bow Family Orchestra
It's harrowing, but also great.
Therapy
What was that like?
What is EMDR like?
Shame
Calling all cokeheads past and present. Plus the usual rundown: Sarah Manguso. Stoics on Adversity. Jack Kornfield on Peace.
Cocaine
"I felt like I was muting a part of myself, censoring my identity and erasing key parts without even realizing it."
When is your job poisoning you?
