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If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I learned almost right away how important service is to sobriety. I remember I only had a week or two sober when my first 12-step group voted me in as...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I heard a speaker at a meeting recently who said something so profound I am still thinking about it. He said the real tragedy once active addiction ha...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I stumbled upon an old PSA from the 1980s warning kids to stay away from drugs, with a specific recommendation to avoid marijuana at all costs. It use...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I’ve been thinking a little bit recently about real gratitude versus gratitude-with-strings-attached. I sometimes have been catching myself doing nice...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I caught a really interesting Daily Reflections reading the other day. Here it is: OVERCOMING LONELINESS November 17 Almost without exception, alcohol...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I recently joined a gym for the third time in my life, and I realized in that moment that this was the first time I was doing it for the right reasons...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I was going through an old duffel bag the other day and I came across a funeral card of a recovery friend who didn’t make it. He was the first person...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! We just celebrated Father’s Day at my house, and I gotta say, I think it might have been my favorite one I’ve ever had. We didn’t really do anything m...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! When I hit rock bottom with drugs and alcohol, I went to rehab. More specifically, I went to an intensive outpatient program at a rehab facility. I ha...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! My daughter graduated from middle school a few days ago, and the principal gave a short speech before they introduced the kids. The point of her speec...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I decided to do something a little different today. This is a story that’s not about how to get sober or stay sober. This is a story about why it’s wo...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! Do you remember the limo scene from the movie “Big”? In case you don’t, or have never seen the movie, here’s a quick synopsis. Tom Hanks is a little k...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! Let me ask an existential question: How do you define cool? Who is cool? What makes them cool? Is it not even cool to use the word cool any more?!?! I...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I saw a 25-second video recently where Tom Hanks was asked what advice he would give to a younger version of himself. And he said, “This too shall pas...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I was traveling last week and I arrived at one of my airline gates early. So I pulled up a chair, and man, I noticed there were a lot of people who we...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I saw a funny cartoon the other day from the artist Will McPhail and am including it in the written version of this newsletter. For those listening, i...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I saw a story recently from the San Francisco Chronicle with the headline “Are ‘California Sober’ nuptials the latest wedding trend?’” The definition...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! A few years ago, I got to know a newly sober guy who was a big Green Bay Packers fan. I lived in New York City at the time, so you didn’t see a lot of...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I was at a meeting a few months ago and someone mentioned they’d gotten into a romantic relationship at rehab with someone else who had only a few wee...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! When I first got sober, I went to a 12-step meeting in New York City four days a week that did not allow swearing. Pause for one moment, and reflect u...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I was watching an action movie from the 1980s the other day, and some people got stuck in quicksand and I thought, “Geez, quicksand was in like 40 per...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I just finished up Season 4 of Ozark. Woo boy, what a ride. As a refresher, I do these reviews from time to time. (Here is a link to my Euphoria: Seas...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! Last week was the one-year birthday of LOL Sober, my sober newsletter. I thought it’d be nice to say thank you to all my subscribers. This isn’t a gia...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes! I was driving across town the other day and I saw a sign hanging up that advertised a "Prescription Drug Drop-off Day.” It allowed residents to bring...