An Excerpt from Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety, A Memoir by Sacha Z. Scoblic
We’re thrilled to bring you a sneak peek of Sacha Z. Scoblic’s memoir, Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety (Citadel Press). Unlike most “alcoholism” memoirs, which focus on the...
View ArticleThe Fiction I No Longer Live
by Jill Talbot The weekday bartender was asking Jeremy, a regular, if he had had anything to eat as I sat down on the fourth stool at Chili’s bar and opened up a copy of The Great Gatsby. I was...
View ArticleFear of Flying (Sober)
By Melissa Burton We live in an alcoholic world. Even if you’re a sage of sobriety, it’s incredibly difficult to resist the barrage of alcoholic images that wash over you wherever you turn—from the...
View ArticleWhat Is Emotional Sobriety?
Ingrid Mathieu by Ingrid Mathieu What is emotional sobriety? Some might think that it means being “happy, joyous, and free,” a common adage in 12-Step meetings, taken from AA literature. Of course,...
View ArticleElaine Stritch: “You Can’t Enjoy Them Sober”
In the February 2, 2014 issue of The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Elaine Stritch was interviewed by David Itzkoff in a piece called, “You Can’t Enjoy Them Sober.” In the article, Itzkoff asks...
View ArticleThe College Party That’s Actually Sober
I drank plenty in college. Now I have two kids in college, a freshman and a senior, and I know they are doing the same. Rite of passage, way to unwind, liquid courage, social bonding–whatever the...
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