But The Drugs Keep Me Sober
For The Small Bow
Most recovery programs require total abstinence to be considered sober. But is a sober performance worth your sanity and personal safety?
Category: depression
Chasing Lies With Drinks, and Drinks With Lies
For Longreads
Katie MacBride recalls her last days using alcohol before getting sober.
Women and Their Relationship with Alcohol: A Reading List
Originally posted on Longreads:
My alcohol story seems like a non-story: I grew up in a home of teetotalers. We did not imbibe alcohol, nor did we discuss it. My mom’s parents are Southern Baptists, so her upbringing was the same. Alcohol made my dad sick, so he avoided it. I was a nerd in…
The Big Stigma of Being Depressed and Sober
As the year anniversary of Williams’ death approaches, we are no closer to having real conversations about mental health. I hope we can join together in support of each other and in defiance of the stigma around mental illness. Initially posted on The Bold Italic Robin Williams’s death has instigated numerous conversations around sobriety, but the […]
Read More“Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1,” Interview with Filmmaker Dana Perry
“What’s that clicking I hear in the background?” a woman says into the phone. “You’re playing with the clip? Do you have the gun right with you there, too? Okay … could we agree to not use it while we’re on the phone; that would make me feel comfortable. Can we agree to that?”
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