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AfterPartyPod: Jesse Joyce
Comedian Jesse Joyce is a New York-based comedian who’s appeared on Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, @Midnight, Last Comic Standing and Red Eye (among many others), has written on numerous Comedy...
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5 Ways to Handle Drunks
This post was originally published on December 3, 2014. When I’m at a party, or a bar, and someone offers me a drink, what I’ll say depends on my mood, I might say, “No thanks, I’m good. Or “I already...
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Lowering My Standards to Match My Behavior
This post was originally published on December 2, 2014. The brilliant, hilarious and late Robin Williams once said, “As an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you will lower them.”...
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Getting Sober without Rehab
This post was originally published on November 5, 2014. A little over two years ago—without insurance, much money or a green card—I admitted I was powerless over alcohol and drugs. My life had clearly...
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Holiday Drinking: Starts Classy, Ends Trashy
This post was originally published on December 11, 2014. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Right? “Eat, drink and be merry” may be a popular theme for the holiday season, but not so much if...
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How to Get Sober and Not Live in Mediocrity
This post was originally published on December 29, 2014. Slipping on my studded leather jacket, I got in the van that was heading to the rehab. I needed help getting off drugs and was finally going in...
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What It’s Like to Be Sober and Anti-AA
This post was originally published on December 10, 2014. We’ve all got at least one Facebook friend who just can’t stand AA and needs to let the world know it every chance that they get. I usually...
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The Secret to Early Sobriety Is Doing Nothing
This post was originally published on December 18, 2014. There’s something magical that happens when someone makes the decision to walk into the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, raise a hand and say,...
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AfterPartyPod: Amber Tozer
Comedian Amber Tozer is so much more than a comedian. Sure, she’s performed stand-up all over the world, been featured on Last Comic Standing and stars in the hit web series nitTWITS but she’s also...
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AfterPartyPod: Laura House
Comedian and TV writer Laura House has starred in MTV’s iconic Austin Stories, written on Blue Collar TV, The George Lopez Show, Samantha Who? and Mom and been called one of the funniest female...
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Rage in Recovery
This post was originally published on December 22, 2014. There’s a chemical so potent that it’s not even available on the street. It’s stronger than meth, a bigger rush than ice and more euphoric than...
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How a Life of Addiction Ends
This post was originally published on April 15, 2015. In 1989 I left New York City after a rough year of trying to stay clean off drugs. Within a month of returning to California I was back on heroin,...
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When Is Home Detox a Good Option?
When most people think of detox and drug treatment, they picture leaving home—separating from their daily lives in order to focus on getting clean. This is a great option for many people. However, it...
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How I Got Sober: Allison
This post was originally published on June 25, 2015. When I was a little girl, I wanted to be a lot of things. In elementary school I wanted to be a dancer. In middle school, I became fascinated with...
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How To Date Online Like a Sane Person
This was originally published on June 22, 2015. We addicts and alcoholics tend to get compulsive about anything, and online dating, or dating in general, can turn into just another fix. Of course...
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Getting Sober from Hugh Laurie and Chocolate Kisses
This post was originally published on June 29, 2015. It’s 1 am and I am blearily cuing up yet another hour of House on Netflix. I am exhausted, but I have convinced myself that I must watch just one...
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Tahoe Revival Retreat: Finding Deeper Connection
Noelle Van Vlierbergen is the kind of woman you want to know. She’s engaging, smart, and the founder of Sober Moxie, an online resource and coaching practice for women in recovery. She has over 20...
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How I Got Sober: Sevasti
This post was originally published on July 2, 2015. By the end of my drinking, I more than hit rock bottom. I felt like I was buried alive. I lived alone in a foreclosed house in Palmdale. The...
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From the Red Light District to the Recovery Rooms
Marie Edmonds was just 13 when she first started using drugs. At the time, she didn’t know that addiction would rule the next two decades of her life. “From the day I picked up my first drug, I didn’t...
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5 Ways to Be A Recovery Advocate
If addiction is a disease of isolation, recovery is about coming together in fellowship and community. This year, the theme for September’s national recovery month is “Join the Voices of Recovery.”...
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