The Wife / Living with a Sex Addict
The Guy Who Vapes Weed at Work
Lee S
One day he comes into my office, shuts the door and sits down and before I know it, he's twisted up a joint and he's on his way.
Read MoreWhen Women Won’t Talk: Prescription Pills and the Sound of Silence
Lara Frazier / LaraFrazier.com
I am one of the millions of women in this country who will abuse prescription pills.
Read MoreBig Book, Bigger Apple: AA in NYC in the 80s
The Revolution Will Be Stigmatized?
Jon Pollard / A Life Without
I would like if I may, to prattle on a bit about recovery. Or maybe Recovery?
Read More“My Body Is Waking Up”
Jennifer Matesa / Sex in Recovery [excerpt]
ELAINE / 28 Y.O. / 11 MONTHS IN RECOVERY
“Until nine weeks ago, I had never had sex while sober. I mean, ever.”
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On the Nature of Drugs
Andrew Ahmad—Cooke / addict2016
All recreational drugs are evil. Right? From the point of view of a recovering addict this would seem to be an understandable statement, but where does this predominant opinion arrive from?
Read MoreThe First Step Is Admitting You Have a Problem with Dogma: In Support of Religion in A.A. (For Those That Want It)
Megan / A Different Kind of Sober
Just float a question out on social media asking if A.A. is a spiritual organization or not. If the responses you receive mirror mine, you will hear all sorts of reasons why it both is and is not.
Read MoreSisyphus Is All of Us: Pushing Sobriety up a Hill
Megan / A Different Kind of Sober
I don’t know about you readers, but to me this kind of sounds like saying “yeah, shit happens. Now what?”
Read MoreIs There Such a Thing as a High-Functioning Alcoholic?
Gena Lazelle / Sober Life Victory
I’ve heard the term high-functioning alcoholic. I’ve read people describe themselves as that. One would possibly describe me as one.
Read MoreThe Soberest Drunk Girl at the Party
Kera Yonker / The Nouveau Spinster
Weddings, in particular, uncorked the uncontrolled in me. What began as a celebration of two people loving each other, devolved for me into an affront to my own unattached, unloved self.
Read MoreJoy, Rapture & Terror or, How I Learned to Survive Extreme Feelings without Drink or Drugs
The Shame and Stigma of Feeling “Sketchy and Scummy”
Lisa / Lighthouse Recovery Institute
Like a lot of young adults, in my early twenties I found myself asking the inevitable question, “Am I an alcoholic?”
Read MoreHow to Become a Magnet or, The Curious Effect of Strange Attraction
Andrew Ahmad—Cooke / addict2016
We had become magnets, not for material reward, but for people. Unexpected, inspiring people.
Read MoreMy Cure Became My New Addiction
Atheist, Alcoholic, Addict
The Great Escape
Liz Colville / LizCollville.com
There is a point at which recovery might officially become a pipe dream…
Read MoreThe Truth About Alcohol.
Four Types of Drunk Walk Into a Bar…
Shame Sh*t, Different Day.
Damien / Sober Boots