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The meetings I went to were creepy enough for me to avoid the program altogether—and eventually relapse while gargling. Then I realized something had to change: me. MORE
I got sober but still had problems with everyone in my life. As it turns out, people were my first—and last—drug. MORE
It may be for tech and music lovers, but the famed festival certainly has its addictive moments. MORE
By Amy Dresner
A suicide attempt in sobriety landed me in a psych ward, surrounded by people who talked about porn, corn and hearing voices. They just may have saved my life. MORE
By Amy Dresner
In the beginning, the boys in AA kept me coming back. But ultimately, going cold turkey meant giving up more than booze and drugs. MORE
By Nic Sheff
Some people in sobriety have no problem being social, but I feel like I'm on the outside looking in. Am I the problem, or is recovery? MORE
Go to enough meetings and you're bound to tangle with some less-than-friendly members of AA's old guard. What’s the best way to handle it? MORE
Children are adorable blessings—but raising them sober isn't for the faint of heart. Here's what motherhood in early sobriety is really like. MORE
When you first get clean, all that relentless merriment in meetings may drive you to drink. But soon you may find yourself roaring along with the rest of us. MORE
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