Ask a Sober Lady
Katie MacBrideQuestions, answers, conversations, and other musings about substance use and addiction recovery. Ask me something: [email protected]
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Joanna Ruth Shields and the Appearance Trap
Joanna Ruth Shields Credit: GoFundMe
Note: I started this newsletter almost exactly two years ago, and it’s grown and evolved in ways I never expected. It’s become more than an advice column, more than a side project, and brought me more s...
My 16-year-old nephew needs addiction treatment; no one can agree on a plan
Argument over a Card Game, c.1665 - Jan Steen
Dear Sober Lady,
My almost-16-year-old nephew, “Joe,” has substance addiction issues. He has been raised mostly by his grandmother and grandfather, but he has now chosen to live with his recov...
Talking 'functional alcoholism,' SMART Recovery, and road trips with Dave
Apologies for the newsletter arriving a day late. I had the opportunity to meet an AASL reader (and new friend), Dave, for coffee, and he kindly allowed me to interview him. It threw my routine off a bit, hence the Friday publication, but I...
Ex-drunk in the city
Photo credit: Nick Nuñez
I believe information about substance use, addiction, and recovery should be available to everyone, which is why AASL has no paywall. But publishing a weekly newsletter takes time and energy—and until I win Powerba...
Sandra Bullock and the best rehab movie of our time
Steve Buscemi and Sandra Bullock in a movie I will defend to my death, 28 Days (2000)
At last, the time has come to discuss a seminal film in my recovery media canon—a movie I’ve obliquely referenced in this newsletter, but never given the...
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