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I Am Not Cut Out For This
"This should be a funny story because it is such an absurd one, but it returns me to that moment in my life when I was shackled by so much insecurity…
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A.J. Daulerio
Someday You'll Be Right
How to live soberly and fully accept death.
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A.J. Daulerio
Interview With A 71-Year-Old Sober Person: Kevin Teare
"I find recounts of someone’s mood-altering to be highly suspect. I mean, if you got it right, how high were you?"
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A.J. Daulerio
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Oldster Magazine
When Will I Love Myself Enough to Shut Up?
A Sunday recovery roundup about old resentments and bad ambition.
What It's Like to Work a Sex and Love Addiction Program
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The Cave
 • A.J. Daulerio
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Mexico
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Interview With A 72-Year-Old Sober Person: Meredith Maran
 • A.J. Daulerio and Oldster Magazine
Astoria
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Sober parenting

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Different
"I'm still figuring out how to interact with new people without drinking and drugs."
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A.J. Daulerio
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Allergy Season
I'm running out of versions of myself I'm pretending to be.
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A.J. Daulerio
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The Small Bow Substack Experiment
A re-introduction
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A.J. Daulerio

Al-Anon

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Can I Still Believe In Myself If I Don't Have Abs?
A Sunday recovery roundup about what it takes to not be a self-doubting little shit.
Home Movies
"My parents were waiting for me to become something they’d approve of, and I was waiting for them to accept me for who I was."
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A.J. Daulerio
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When Will I Love Myself Enough to Shut Up?
A Sunday recovery roundup about old resentments and bad ambition.

Cokehead

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Sex Addiction

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Depression

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Sober Oldster

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The Small Bow
The Small Bow
Essays about mental health and sobriety. "The Small Bow is not just for those in recovery. Lots of stories with a huge heart that manages to be hilarious and easy while making you question everything you were certain of about yourself.” – Esquire
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Memoir Land
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Read Max
Read Max
Max Read
S/FJ
S/FJ
Sasha Frere-Jones
Less Art
Less Art
Henry Giardina
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