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Posted inEditor's Pick

Does Cycling Have a Drinking Problem?

by Carolyn Wells January 10, 2023January 10, 2023

“Bikes and booze have been linked for decades, but research shows there is no such thing as a healthy amount of alcohol.”

Posted inNonfiction

The Cult That Promises to Cure Addiction

by Longreads August 12, 2021October 20, 2022

For 50 years, Enthusiastic Sobriety programs have offered to help teenagers kick drugs and alcohol. But former followers say ES doesn’t save lives—it destroys them.

Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

What Brings True Happiness: the Booze or the Bonding?

by Krista Stevens January 9, 2020October 19, 2022

“But there’s nothing wrong with a nudge toward examining the difference between what makes us happy and what is merely habitual.”

Posted inReading List

Addiction, Disorder, Disease, Call It What You Want: A Reading List on Alcoholism

by Alison Fishburn August 27, 2019October 19, 2022

A reading list on alcoholism, for both the hopeful and the cynical.

Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Musicians Come Clean on How They Live, Create, and Thrive While Sober

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 16, 2019October 19, 2022

Chris Heath at GQ interviews nine sober musicians on thriving creatively.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Creating While Clean

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Musicians Steven Tyler, Ben Harper, Joe Walsh, and others speak with candor about their journeys to sobriety and how they are in much better places, personally and creatively.

Posted inProfiles & Interviews

5 Questions for Kristi Coulter About Writing, Humor, and Getting Sober

by Aaron Gilbreath August 21, 2018October 19, 2022

“If I couldn’t find humor in sobriety, I probably wouldn’t make it.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

Confessions of An Unredeemed Fan

by Longreads July 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Leslie Jamison remembers Amy Winehouse, who passed away nine years ago in Camden, London, at age 27.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Chasing Drinks with Lies, and Lies with Drinks

by Katie MacBride April 27, 2018October 19, 2022

Katie MacBride recalls her last days using alcohol before getting sober.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

Chasing Drinks with Lies, and Lies with Drinks

by Katie MacBride April 27, 2018October 19, 2022

Katie MacBride recalls her last days using alcohol before getting sober.

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