Belle from Tired of Thinking About Drinking changed my life, full stop. So when she asked me to be on her podcast, I had one of those Wayne-and-Garth "I'm not worthy!" moments. Like I should be asking her to be on my podcast, you know? Except I don't have a podcast, of course. So the only real option was…
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Day 1,085: Twenty Questions
I saw spiked seltzer at Whole Foods last week: yes, water with booze in it. It reminded me for some reason of those online alcoholism self-assessments. Imagine if one of the questions were "Do you buy alcoholic water?" If you answered yes, you'd skip all the remaining questions and go straight to a page that said…
Day 1,073: Going Long
"Physical pain?" my shrink says. "None," I answer. "Fatigue?" "A little." It's a standard inventory that she goes through every week, with all her patients, not just me. (Well, I don't think it's just me. Oh my god. Do you think it's just me?) A list of life elements to which I answer lots, some, a little, or none. Depression, anxiety,…
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