“Bikes and booze have been linked for decades, but research shows there is no such thing as a healthy amount of alcohol.”
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Posted inNonfiction
The Cult That Promises to Cure Addiction
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?
“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
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
Chris Heath at GQ interviews nine sober musicians on thriving creatively.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Creating While Clean
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
“If I couldn’t find humor in sobriety, I probably wouldn’t make it.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Confessions of An Unredeemed Fan
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
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
Katie MacBride recalls her last days using alcohol before getting sober.