Deep Sober

Recovery

As with Part 1, this post contains criticism of Alcoholics Anonymous that you may find confronting if you’re in early recovery. …

As an alcoholic, what to do in this time of plague? It seems to me there are two possible answers to …

Recovery

Author’s note: if you’re in the early stages of AA attendance and recovery, perhaps give it some thought before you read …

I badly wanted a skull. A real one too, taken from the body of a dead human. I’d gone so far …

For me, one of the defining challenges of my life is to just calm the fuck down. Take it easy, right? …

For those new to my story, I wrote this post for another recovery blog, summarising how I got to be where …

I was at an AA meeting the other day, when one of the guys sharing his story said wearily, ‘I struggle …

I’ve never been one to spend much time looking at myself in the mirror, particularly of late. I’ve largely avoided it …

I was touched by this article which deals with the apparent mental health struggles of no less a person than Oliver …

If you’re looking at providing instruction to someone in the art of having a full-blown midlife crisis for men, I’m a …