February 8Are you in the program? No, really? Are you in? People talk about going out all the time, but you cant really go out if you havent been in. What does it mean to be in? First, youre in if you say youre in. But dont fool yourself wi

February 7Why is it taking you so long to jump on that? You have been fucking around (thinking about it) for weeks. This isnt that hard. Procrastination is not practicing patience. It just takes time. The time that you spend diddle-daddling around with

February 6Relationships are so fucking hard. Thats why when you are single and newly sober, they suggest not getting into a relationship until you have matured. They are painful sometimes. We put so much weight on them. We hold them with great care and

Dont take fashion advice from a naked man. There will always be people ready to advise you on how to run your life. Your friends, your boss, your spouse, and even your children. When you go to meetings, people also love to volunteer their advice. You wil

Your soul is dyed the color of its thoughts HeraclitusThere are a lot of gurus out there on the Internets. They talk a good game. They will encourage you to do certain things like pick up items and ask if they spark joy, and then you decide to di

Summary - Buy 366 F***king Days Sober Book.Or buy "Alcohol is Sh!t" by Paul Churchill!In this conversation, Carl and Paul discuss their podcast beginnings, the challenges of starting a podcast in early sobriety, the gift of desperation, self-l

February 3 - Buy the book!Youre going to fuck up. No, really. You will make mistakes. We all make mistakes. The problem comes when we delude ourselves into thinking its someone elses fault. That it was them or her and if only, etc. The worst th

February 2 - Buy the book!Making friends in recovery. As an adult. This is a tough one. We werent the best at making friends in our drinking and drug careers. Maybe it was our inability to connect with others on deeper levels, or perhaps we were just t

February 1 - Buy the book!Its not always apparent on the outside what is happening on the inside. It can sneak up on you if you are not careful. Talking with friends, watching a movie, fucking music, its always the fucking music! Suddenly, the feeling

January 31 - Buy the book!We are not a glum lot, as they say in Alcoholics Anonymous. We ex-party people certainly know how to party. Weve been there, done that. We also know how NOT to party. Done that, too. Thats what makes us so much fun to be ar