LOL Sober

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 a rut on Wednesday night with a writing project that I am working on, and it followed me into Thursday morning. I woke up and 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. Stop me if you’ve seen this movie before… I did a bunch of stuff with my family yesterday, so I pushed off some other work and personal...

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 saw a meme about recovery on Instagram the other day that really hit me at the perfect time. It said: “It takes as long to get out of...

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. On the way home from a meeting recently, I stopped at a gas station near my house. I immediately flashed back to 2013, when I had five y...

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 took a run a few days ago through a residential neighborhood, and about three minutes in, I saw something moving on the ground ahead o...

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 to drive up to New Hampshire this weekend, and it was my first time ever in the state. I was only there for about a half hour, but...

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 longggg day earlier this week, and I had to hit the grocery store at about 9 p.m. I was grumbling about having to yet again spri...

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 at a very good meeting discussing anonymity the other day, and it got me thinking about how much I have bounced all over the place...

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 in the car with my kids the other day and said, “Hold on, I gotta listen to this voicemail.” The kids started dying laughing. “A V...

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 traveled this week, and I have come to love hitting meetings in other areas. I didn’t used to. In early sobriety, when I traveled, I 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. At a meeting recently, someone shared this quote: “If you’re going through hell, don’t stop to take pictures.” Whoa. It’s been like one...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . This summer, I’ve been outside quite a bit and gotten some sun. I also have been lifting weights and running, so I feel good physically right now. It made me think back to the last time I was in good shape… which was in 2008, when...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . I wanted to end this week on a positive note, and I thought of something from Wednesday. I was with a group of sober friends and we read the July 21 entry from Daily Reflections, titled “A Priceless Gift.” I’ll summarize it quickly...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . I was at a meeting this week and I looked around and realized how many of my best friends were all sitting there. It was such a beautiful thing. I didn’t always cross the streams of my life. When I first got sober, I treated recove...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . I watched a poignant TV show over the weekend and found myself crying at the end. And it reminded me of the first time I cried in sobriety, and what a new, beautiful part of my life opened up that day. Because I really believe that...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . I was at a meeting on Tuesday night and we read from a very prominent piece of recovery literature in which the Fourth Step is discussed. Here’s the exact passage: “Resentment is the ‘number one’ offender. It destroys more alcoholi...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . This weekend was a UFC mega-event featuring Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier. As I watched, I couldn’t help but flash back to the first few months of my sobriety, when I was struggling with what it meant to truly surrender. Part o...

Want to sign up a friend for this free newsletter? Send me their email address (laughoutloudsober@gmail.com) and I will set them up! I watched a UFC pay-per-view on Saturday night, and there was a heavyweight named Tai Tuivasa who is a wild man. After his wins, he busts out a celebration he calls the “Shoey”—which entails him grabbing a random shoe and beer that is handed to him, and he chugs beer...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . I’m about to go on a rant about travel, and I swear there is a spiritual message to pass along. I’ll get there. But you gotta let me cook for a minute. I just had some of the most bonkers travel scenarios a fella could ever hope to...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . I was in a conversation recently about amateur wrestling with someone who was a former Division I college wrestler. I love wrestling so much—I’m a die-hard sports fan but college wrestling is No. 1 on my list. At the end of the con...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . On Saturday night, I walked onto a comedy stage for the first time since March 2020. I’d done one open mic, but I had no idea what to expect out of myself when I took the mic on Saturday night. Open mics are great, but it’s kind of...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . I’ve been traveling a lot recently, so it’s been hard on my wife and kids to manage life at home when I’m not around. So I try to be thoughtful on trips and bring back small gifts for everybody. Well… I had a dumpster fire moment l...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . I meditate for 20 minutes a day, and I really like going to YouTube and hunting down 10- or 20-minute guided meditations. There are so many options available for the kinds of sessions you can do (gratitude, getting rid of negativit...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . I’ve been on a lot of airplanes recently and… oof. It’s as unfun as ever. The airports and planes are packed, some people can be very grumpy, and the airlines don’t cater to my every need. (What is wrong with them?!?!) On one recen...

Please spread the word to a sober friend! Find me on  Substack … or  Twitter … or  Facebook … or  Instagram … or  YouTube . And introducing my web site,  LOLsober.com . My youngest daughter did a cheerleading camp this week, and it was awesome. After her first day, I asked her how it was and she rolled her eyes, exasperated. “The 6-year-olds are really hard to hold up when we do lifts, and it’s so...