Ask an Addict: Partying Post Relapse
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How To Resist the Pressure to Drink at Parties
My boss swung a half-empty bottle of white wine in front of my face like she was trying to hypnotize me with it. “You don’t ever miss this?” she asked. The rest of the staff looked at me awkwardly. Some of them knew that I was sober, most of them were figuring it out now.
Read More10 Ways to Stay Sober When Everything’s Falling Apart
My 2016 had a rocky start…
Read MoreWould You Become Un-addicted if You Could?
For addiction.com “Physicians who are familiar with alcoholism agree there is no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic. Science may one day accomplish this, but it hasn’t done so yet.“ This statement, from the “More about Alcoholism” chapter in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, is often read as part […]
Read More8 Things I Didn’t Know When I First Got Sober
It’s not particularly easy or fun to be stone cold sober while someone weeps over his childhood ant farm before spilling beer on you.
Read MoreAA Isn’t a Cult (But I Could See Why You’d Think That)
As practically anyone who’s part of a 12-step program like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) knows, criticism of this approach to recovery abounds. A simple search will send you down an Internet rabbit hole and you’ll soon see the word “cult” spring up over and over again
Read MoreThe 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 MoreThe Irrationality of The Atlantic’s Piece on AA
A few weeks ago, Gabrielle Glaser wrote a piece in the Atlantic titled The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous. It’s taken me many, many hours to figure out if and how I wanted to respond and this is the result.
Read More5 Ways to Cope with Cravings
Every alcoholic and addict experiences cravings sometimes, no matter how long we’ve been sober. Just this evening, a friend asked me if I ever still crave alcohol.
Read MoreHow Can We Stop Sexual Harassment in AA?
A controversy has erupted over the safety of women in Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step fellowships in recent months—and not for the first time.
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