Fairy Tales at Four Years of Sobriety
Our childhood stories tell us about happy ever afters, knights on white horses rescuing damsels…
Browsing: Recovery
2013 in Words
It is a cliché to sit and contemplate the year just past. I’ve managed to…
Helping to Make Free Rehab A Reality
Lauri Burns had the sort of early life that you tend to assume a person…
Avoiding Negative Holiday Thinking
During the holidays, perhaps paradoxically, there seems to be a tendency for many of us…
Finding Your Rehab Shouldn’t Be Work
I’ll never forget the day in the year 2000 that I woke up somehow willing…
Holiday Gifts for the Sober Addict
Loved ones are often at a loss about what they should be buying addicts come…
Learning Non-Reaction in Recovery
I recently celebrated 13 years of sobriety. A sobriety birthday, or anniversary as its known…
Positive Press for AA?
AA has long gotten pummeled in the press—either by those who are invested in other…
On My Fifth Anniversary…
Five years ago today, drunk and high, I boarded a plane from Boston to San…
The Dubious Luxuries of Alec Baldwin
There’s a book that’s popular among sober addicts which is rather remarkable. Unlike other books,…