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Continue reading →: An Ode To Our Misfit Queen (Who Made Us Feel A Little Less Alone)For YourTango She kicked ass until the very end, and it meant the most to sober women like me.
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Continue reading →: Ask Katie: How Can I Stay Connected with my Non-Sober Husband and Friends?This piece is part of the regular Ask Katie* advice column series at The Fix. Dear Katie, I feel so lonely. I have been sober from pot for one month and from drinking for two weeks. My husband is supportive of my sobriety but he’s not sober himself. That makes…
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Continue reading →: A sober woman’s journey through the booze-fueled holiday seasonFor Quartz “There is exactly one reason I am going to the holiday party,” my friend said of his company’s annual gathering. “Free booze.”
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Continue reading →: Ask Katie: How Do I Not Be the Sober Buzzkill During the Holidays?This piece is part of the regular Ask Katie* advice column series at The Fix. Hi Katie, This is my third holiday season sober. I come from a big, Irish family and we see each other fairly frequently, though we’re rarely all together (there’s like 25 of us) except at…
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Continue reading →: Ask Katie: Does AA Have to Be My Life?This piece is part of the regular Ask Katie* advice column series at The Fix. Hey Katie, I have a random question. Have you ever heard someone in the rooms say that we live AA and visit life? My sponsor tells me that but sometimes I have a hard time…
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Continue reading →: Ask Katie: Can I Save my Alcoholic Ex?This piece is part of the regular Ask Katie* advice column series at The Fix. Dear Katie, I’m worried about my ex-boyfriend, Joe*. We were together for almost 10 years, and the last two his alcoholism got really bad. A withdrawal seizure a year and a half ago prompted him…
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Continue reading →: I Think My Friend has a Drug Problem, Do I Confront Her?This piece is part of the regular Ask Katie* advice column series at The Fix. I think that my friend has a drug problem. About six months ago she started acting weird and accusing her friends of talking about her behind her back. She also lost a lot of weight…
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Continue reading →: A Required Reading List for Donald Trumpfor Book Riot There is a lot the Republican nominee for President doesn’t know. Way more things than could fit on this–-or any–-list. But if he’s going to make an attempt at being a not completely horrible human being, here are a few books that that Secretary Clinton’s opponent would…
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Continue reading →: There’s No One Right Way to Think About Addictionfor 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…
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Continue reading →: Ask Katie: Can I Trust my “Recovered” Partner to Drink in Moderation?for The Fix** Hi Katie! I recently celebrated my one-year anniversary with my partner. We’ve hit milestones with our relationship, but we’ve also both individually matured emotionally. When we met, John* had a problem. He’d drink liquor heavily when out with friends, which resulted in him being an asshole to…
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