How To Stay Sober During A Global Pandemic
For Buzzfeed
“There’s just something to be said for close contact and human proximity.”
Category: recovery
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?
Ask Katie: Is the One Year Rule in AA Worth Breaking?
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 […]
Read MoreWhy the Addiction Recovery Community Should Accept Medical Marijuana
For Rolling Stone
Though programs discourage “mood-altering substances” for recovering addicts, cannabis extracts might be far safer than the opioid alternatives.
The Inevitable Ugliness of Alcoholism
For The Establishment The mornings were not always the most severe—but they were the most desperate. I would be fine for a few minutes, as long as I lay perfectly still in my nest on the ground. The moment I went to move, however, the shaking began. It was only visible in my hands, a […]
Read MoreThe Big Book of Mormon
Recovery in the Church of the Latter-day Saints
Read MoreWhat Do Our Presidential Candidates Think of the Heroin Epidemic?
Presidential wannabes continue to fail to address our opioid epidemic.
Read MoreFive Sober Comedians You Should Know
I didn’t start appreciating stand-up comedy until I got sober.
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?”
Read MoreShould AA Be Held Responsible for Sexual Predators in the Rooms?
Sexual harassment—and worse—happens in 12-step fellowships, as it does everywhere. But should we blame the organization, as well as the perpetrators? Substance.com hears two very different answers.
Read More
katie macbride 