Just as in everyday life, the biggest battle with alcohol while traveling is internal. But with some preparation, you can go anywhere and have a great time, sober.
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10 Steps to Leaving Your Joyless Job and Finding Your True Purpose
I used to pray for a small enough car accident in which no one got hurt, but my car would need work and I’d get out of the office for a day.
Religion, Secularism, and Spirituality – How Modern AA Gets It Wrong
AA’s founders did not intend for AA to be religious, and unlike many modern-day members, they embraced a broad view of a Higher Power.
But I’m Depressed, Not Addicted
I was there to treat my depression. I couldn’t tell the truth. I couldn’t say I got smashed almost every night, whiskey whistling through my veins, thinning my blood and seeping into my brain.
Finding Deeper Meaning in Pride Month: Activists, Trailblazers, and "Wigstock"
At the end of Pride Month, Debbie Harry, Penny Arcade, Barb Morrison, and others weigh in on trauma, growth, activism, 9/11, and RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Relapse for Cash: How Patient Brokers and Unscrupulous Rehabs Prey on Addicts Looking for Help
Patient brokers know there’s more money in relapse than in getting people sober.
Finding Deeper Meaning in Pride Month: Activists, Trailblazers, and “Wigstock”
At the end of Pride Month, Debbie Harry, Penny Arcade, Barb Morrison, and others weigh in on trauma, growth, activism, 9/11, and RuPaul’s Drag Race.
My Higher Power Problem in Overeaters Anonymous
Although I have a strong sense of higher power in my life, I did not understand how admitting one’s powerlessness and putting faith in a higher power would aid in eliminating my compulsive eating.
I Can’t Wait to Hug My Brother: A Conversation with White Boy Rick’s Sister Dawn Wershe
Whenever they needed something, our police and government, the FBI, they made all these big promises: You do this and we’re going to give you this. But when it came down to it, nobody was there for Rick.
The Magic and the Tragic: Falling in Love in Recovery
I wondered if the bitter taste of the endings would overpower all the other memories of my first sober loves.