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AfterPartyPod: Alexis Neiers
Okay, so I heard about Alexis Neiers the same way a lot of people did: through Vanity Fair—an infamous Vanity Fair story that covered The Bling Ring, a group of young, attractive, glamorous-looking...
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AfterParty Hero: The Governor Who Saved an Overdosing Woman
This post was originally published on May 7, 2014. Welcome to AfterPartyHeroes, where we’ll tell you about a person we love, either for the great things they’ve personally accomplished being sober or...
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AfterPartyPod: Craig Shoemaker
He’s an award-winning comedian, an ordained minister, an actor (Scream 2, The Bold and The Beautiful, Parks and Recreation), the host of the hit podcast Laugh It Off and many other things—including...
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What the Experts Won’t Tell You about Untreated Alcoholism
This post was originally published on March 12, 2014. On the evening of Sunday Jan 20th 2008, I sat alone in my apartment and watched as my beloved New York Giants defeated the Green Bay Packers to...
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Do You Believe in Magic?
This post was originally published on March 5, 2014. I believe in God. I think that is important to say right upfront so if anyone reading this feels that somehow ruins my credibility as a writer or a...
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How Much Alcohol Is Safe to Drink?
This post was originally published on May 13, 2014. So a report issued earlier this year by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) says that no amount of...
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Most of My Crazy Happened Sober
This post was originally published on March 14, 2014. In two weeks, I will be celebrating my six years of sobriety in AA. If I were sharing that at a meeting right now, I would probably be compelled...
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Sobriety Doesn’t Cure Depression
This article was originally published on March 27, 2014. I’ve been sober for six years and have been suffering from depression since I was roughly seven years old. And yet when I’m depressed, some...
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What a Virgin Lychee Martini Taught Me about the Universe
This post was originally published on April 30, 2014. It’s a little ironic that one of my favorite object lessons in early recovery took place in a bar. I actually still go to bars quite a bit...
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Sober in a Drunk Family
This post was originally published on April 11, 2014. Getting sober can be a tough job for anyone, especially after spending years getting everything centered and comfortable around your addiction....
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Mini Q&A/Sober Dating: “We Just Sort of Clicked”
This post was originally published on May 1, 2014. There’s no question that dating in recovery can be a challenge. Discovering what kind of person you are when you’re sober is hard enough. Finding a...
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AfterPartyPod: John DeVore
Writer and editor John DeVore was a great drunk, as I learned first-hand when I logged many (sober) hours with him while he was still boozing and we were both living in New York. Now sober over three...
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Testing Sobriety with the Back2Basics Sober Surf Squad
Roy DuPrez was surfing, bobbing in the waters off the Mexican coast with one of his clients from Back2Basics Outdoor Adventure Therapy, the recovery program he founded. His client turned to him and...
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5 Ways to Enjoy Bars Sober
This post was originally published on May 8, 2014. We’ve all gotten that Facebook invite: Lovely Awesomeness has invited you to an event! This Friday is Lovely’s birthday, and you already can feel the...
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AfterPartyPod: Jennifer Gimenez
Now, Jennifer Gimenez and I go back. We first met in 2001, when we were both new to sobriety and clung a bit to each other as we explored the world of life sans chemicals. She went back out there and...
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How to Get Sober on Your Own? Try Online Dating
This post was originally published on May 14, 2014. There are pieces a plenty out there about online dating. But what about one from an alcoholic woman writing about how she threw herself into the...
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Getting Sober Sucks
This post was originally published on May 30, 2014. Yep, getting sober sucks. But actually being sober? That doesn’t, especially if you stay in recovery for a while. Because, like alcoholism, recovery...
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My So-Called Secret Drinking
This post was originally published on June 17, 2014. One of the things that I frequently hear people in early sobriety say is that “nobody knew” about their alcoholism or drug use—that they were...
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Sometimes Recovery Makes Me Feel like I Want to Die
This post was originally published on May 16, 2014. My life was a mess. Marriage ended, home lost, job that paid pittance, rapidly failing mental and physical health and two children I could barely...
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AfterPartyPod: Michael Des Barres
Musician and actor Michael Des Barres has had many lives: he’s been in bands with John Taylor and Steve Jones, performed at Live Aid, co-written hit songs (“Obsession,” which Animotion made famous, and...
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