Archive - newly sober

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

Jun 27 •

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

Jun 6 •

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Jessica Guerrieri

May 2025

April 2025

420 isn’t Counterculture. it’s Capitalism.

the stoner’s reckoning: weed was my medicine, until it wasn’t.

Apr 18 •

second engagement & cross-country move

micro-essays: a lot of life in a short amount of time

Apr 11 •

March 2025

When You Choose Self-Hatred, Diet Culture Wins

Turns out, you don't have to swallow what you've been force-fed

Published on process/product • Mar 28

fear makes you crazy

i fuckin' hate it here and i want out

Mar 13 •

February 2025

the Minnesota Model

everyone's story starts out the same here

Feb 21 •

January 2025

Why I Never Say I’m Sober

guest writer Elizabeth Austin, "Alcohol was never framed to me as something with a cost. It was always the tool, never the toll."

Jan 31 •

dispatches from Los Angeles

i am safe, i am lucky. but so much has been lost.

Jan 10 •

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