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Tag: Features
Should TV Shows Work So Hard to Normalize Support Groups Like AA?
People get their information from TV, so any misrepresentation can be dangerous.
Letting Go of Control: How I Stopped Trying to Force Solutions
Recognizing that I am not responsible for and cannot fix other people’s feelings is powerful; it frees up so much space and time for me to do my own healing and growing.
AA Takes Center Stage in "Love in Recovery" from BBC Radio
No one is well-behaved here – they cross-talk, cheat, gossip, fight – but they love each other in the way only a group of alcoholics who have bared their souls to each other can.
Life as a Transgender Addict
It’s easier to just sweep what’s uncomfortable under the rug. Better not seen, not heard, not felt. Total oblivion, that’s the name of the game.
The Evolution of Dopey: How a Podcast Is Showing Us How to Live and Laugh While Sober
We wanted to do something that gave addicts a feeling that they weren’t alone, that they were in the company of people who had been through what they had been through, and also have a few laughs.
How It Feels to Be the Reality Show Villain: An Interview with Kari Ann Peniche
Those shows continue to haunt me and do me damage in my personal life. I was portrayed as this crazy person, and that portrayal is something I find myself having to fight against on a regular basis.
7 Things I Wish I Could Tell My Parents About My Addiction
Here, on this motel floor, I need to know that you still love me. If it isn’t too painful for you, please visit me in rehab. When I tell you that I’m finally ready to get clean, please believe me even if it’s the 100th time.
Everybody Knows: 10 Lessons from 10 Years of Sobriety Without AA
In early sobriety, someone told me that since I’d gotten sober without AA, I wasn’t an alcoholic, and that since I didn’t go to meetings and ate the occasional mushroom, I wasn’t sober.
Sex Work Made Recovery Possible for Me
The idea that someone would pay to be around me when I had spent my life feeling worthless changed my self-perception forever.