Category: AA

Ask Katie: Is the One Year Rule in AA Worth Breaking?

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This piece is part of the regular Ask Katie* advice column series at The Fix.   Dear Katie, I’ve been in recovery for about three years, with a month or so of sobriety after a recent relapse. A new girl recently started attending my home group, and I’ve found that I have an easier time talking to […]

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There’s No One Right Way to Think About Addiction

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for NYMag.com I have been a recovering alcoholic for almost nine years. A lot has happened during that time: I’ve watched as the failures of the war on drugs have made themselves clear; as the prevalence of opiate addiction in white, middle-class neighborhoods has swelled; as the problem of addiction has taken on a more […]

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