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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...

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 . The other day, I did a long weight-lifting session. When I was done, my arms were shot. So when I grabbed my phone, it legitimately felt hard to pick up. I started laughing, because it was the first time my phone literally felt lik...

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 . Early on in my sobriety, I had a random—but brain-exploding—thought. I was 32 years old, and for the first time in my adult life, I was living without drugs and alcohol. By that, I mean, I was trying to be a husband and a dad and a...

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 . For the second time this week, let me just tell you a funny sobriety story. Maybe there’s some important meta message in there for you. Maybe there isn’t. It certainly ranks as one of the most important moments in my sobriety, beca...

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 . EDITOR’S NOTE: Not sure what happened this morning, but some people got this post and some didn’t. So I am resending to everybody. Apologies if you got it twice… it isn’t THAT funny to have to sit through it two times! One big goal...

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 . One big goal I have with this newsletter is that we just have fun. It’s the entire point of this thing: Sobriety is a blast for me when I do the work. So occasionally I am just going to dial up a funny story that has some sober ing...

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 . When I was in college, I contracted a freak illness that almost killed me. I spent a week in a coma, and when I woke up, I was glad to be alive… but terrified because I knew I’d never be the same. My doctors did the best they could...

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 . As I’ve said before, I am a big fan of Just for Today , a daily meditation book from one of the 12-step fellowships. I love that you can subscribe and it arrives in your email inbox every day with a little dose of something spiritu...