LOL Sober

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 had a topic in mind for today but changed my mind at the last minute, so this is a short one. I saw a meme a few days ago that Bill Wilson, one of t...

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 subscriber reached out to me recently and asked if I would talk a little about shame, and I said screw you, nobody tells me what to do. Just kidding...

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 moved about 10 times in my life, and I do the same thing every time. I pack up all the boxes, get all the couches and chairs and tables ready for...

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 try to have some humility about it, but I obviously like to hear myself talk. In case you’re keeping track, I do an anonymous newsletter about the f...

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! John Madden died recently. He was a legendary sports broadcaster who was also well-known for pitching a zillion different products and putting his nam...

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 the pandemic began and it became clear I was going to be working from home for awhile, I made a vow to start cleaning out my house. I promised 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 haven’t had many drunk dreams in my sober time. I’d say maybe 10, total—about once every year or so. It’s not a normal part of my life. But I had on...

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! It’s that time of year again where people make resolutions. That means for me, I say (again) that I ate way too many donuts this past year and I need...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. Heads up to my paid subscribers that I have a fun comedy thing coming your way at the end of the month—thank you so much for your support. Keep an eye out for that! We just got back from a holiday trip to Pennsylvania and it was quite the undertaking. I ended up spending some time asking myself, “Why is this so freaking hard? It’s...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. Heads up to my paid subscribers that I have a fun comedy thing coming your way at the end of the month—thank you so much for your support. Keep an eye out for that! A few years ago, a friend of mine found out his wife was pregnant and he asked me a very open-ended question. “What’s it like? What do I need to know?” he asked. I sai...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. Heads up to my par subscribers that I have a fun comedy thing coming your way at the end of the month—thank you so much for your support. If you want to hear or read that one and you aren’t a paid subscriber, you can either sign up now or when I release it. Happy holidays! I hope 2021 has been a sober, positive spiritual journey f...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. Most of what I do on this newsletter is free, but I do have quite a few paid subscribers. So starting in December, I will put things behind the wall as heartfelt thank you to those subscribers. This month, I have been working on a mini comedy special about my favorite sober jokes and why I think they’re funny. If you want to hear...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. I got into a pretty interesting conversation a few months ago with someone who had the opinion that gambling on sports has become way to...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. The other day, my daughter and wife were sorting laundry and they both started goofing on me for how dirty my socks were. “Your socks ar...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. I love the TV show Succession . If you haven’t seen it, you’ve probably at least heard about it, about how the show is essentially all t...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. I was in an airport the other day, and there’s no better gauge of my spiritual gas tank than the process of flying. I find airplanes and...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. I do this newsletter because I really like doing it, and it actually does help my sobriety to devote as much time as possible to thinkin...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. My kids got their report cards a week or two ago, and they all did great. I’m so proud of them. But I went to a meeting a few days after...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. I had a plan for what I wanted to say on Thanksgiving. Something about gratitude, and family, and blah blah blah. Don’t get me wrong. I...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. Oh man, I had a wild weekend I want to tell you about. I went to an NFL game in a city I’ve never been to. I have gone to lots of NFL ga...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. For a 44-year-old, I watch way too many internet videos. Quite a few of them are from people talking about sobriety… but that might also...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. The modem at my house is just okay. I somehow have no issues with dropping out of Zooms or getting booted off the internet. But my kids...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. Nov. 10, 2008 is my sobriety date. So yesterday was 13 years clean and sober. (Long pause to allow for lots of clapping…) Man, I can’t g...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. I’ve never been able to process when people think they’re better than me. Actually, an important correction to that statement: I’ve neve...

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m not putting anything behind the paywall for a little while longer, so if you choose the free option, you’ll receive everything without paying. If you’d like to contribute anyway, many thanks. Yesterday was my birthday, and my sober anniversary is coming up, too. So I always spend the first part of November thinking about where...