Poems and wisdom to help you get by when shit does not go your way.
TSB readers tell us what they’re afraid of
“In some ways I feel like the same person I was, and in other ways I feel utterly unrecognizable.”
Reminders on grief. Back to recovery rundowns. Roger Angell. An Ocean Vuong mantra. Denis Johnson poems.
Another fear, another nudge, and some leftover check-ins about Adderall and food.
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Our next prompt is about your fears--deep, dark, or all that and more.
An essay on dumb fear.
Adult Child adventures through caretaking and depression.
“After ‘mono no aware’ came into my life, I obsessed about all the little things that disappeared each day without me noticing, which seemed like everything.”
Time for October check-ins.
October Check-Ins are due. Please send yours in.
Ben Gaffaney finds balance, nausea
More stories from TSB readers about their relationships with food
Ben Gaffaney accidentally time travels
Our readers tell us about calling 9-8-8.
"I feared everyone in the audience would smell the Diet Coke and lameness on me. I started sweating before the opening act even went on."
TSB Readers tell us about their relationships with food
Eight years of The Small Bow. Plus: ADDERALL! New pod with Yassir Lester on the Family Disease. New tunes, Pema on PAIN, the best poem for whatever you're moving through.
How The Small Bow got its name.
“He was that kind of person — so creative, smart, and expressive that he made you want to be that way too.”
“I’m 96 years young, with 48 years of sobriety.”
More talk on Food Addiction. Buddhism stuff. Tony Hoagland on dying. New pod w Carey O'Donnell on 10-years of sobriety and Perez Hilton. Tunes and gratitude. PLUS - special TSB POD PREVIEWS.
An essay and prompt about Food Issues
An essay about happiness for all God's Adult Children.
