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We Are Not the Weight We Carry: Downtown Under Curfew, I Was Crying in the Back of a Venue.
A Wednesday night, a LA protest on the horizon, and the memory of who I used to be
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What Fiction Let Her Say About Addiction
Guest writer Jessica Guerrieri shares about writing & publishing her debut novel, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
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Octavia Butler & a girl on ecstasy showed me god
and i was sober the whole damn time
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Why I Never Say I’m Sober
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i am a garbage can addict and alcoholic
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3 years sober with Dr. Drew
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dispatches from Los Angeles
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The Starbucks Jesus: A Weed-Induced Psychosis
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My Alcoholism Waved at Me on a West Village Corner
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The Starbucks Jesus: A Weed-Induced Psychosis
guest writer Carrie H. tells us her story
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i am a garbage can addict and alcoholic
it took three years to realize, but that's what sobriety brings!
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420 isn’t Counterculture. it’s Capitalism.
the stoner’s reckoning: weed was my medicine, until it wasn’t.
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second engagement & cross-country move
micro-essays: a lot of life in a short amount of time
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When You Choose Self-Hatred, Diet Culture Wins
Turns out, you don't have to swallow what you've been force-fed
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fear makes you crazy
i fuckin' hate it here and i want out
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the Minnesota Model
everyone's story starts out the same here
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