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Recovering roundup, 🌺 May 2026
Being rejected from writing residencies, knitted cannoli earrings, RIP 2010 internet confessionalism, what I'm reading and listening too, photos
May 30 • Holly Whitaker
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On self worth and being the person you thought you'd outrun
Nov 30, 2023 • Holly Whitaker
This is about Glennon coming to Substack; this is also not about that
Apr 29, 2025 • Holly Whitaker
Getting cancelled
Sep 25, 2024 • Holly Whitaker
THREAD: How do you feel about your sobriety or recovery these days? Has it changed?
Is there an actual “backlash” or "anti-sobriety movement", is it surface disturbance, or are we just tired of performing goodness?
May 26 • Holly Whitaker
Why you're sorry for being sorry
On apology as architecture
May 17 • Holly Whitaker
One day there would be a click
On letting yourself be who you've actually become
May 5 • Holly Whitaker
How to be lost (Part 4)
Notes 15–20 of 20: How to Be Lost
Feb 17
How to be lost (Part 3)
Notes 9–14 of 21: How to Be Lost
Jan 11
When everything that mattered stops mattering
This week I turned 43, a full decade past the age I was when I first started trying to get sober.
Jan 9
100+ resources for quitting drinking 🍷
100+ of recommendations, resources, ideas, tips, and more for where to start and how to keep going. For 🍷, but also 📱🚬🧑🏻‍💻👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨💊💉🌲🛍️🤑…
Jan 4 • Holly Whitaker
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Examining current cultural trends through the lens of addiction, recovery, alcohol, and all the other drugs like your smartphone
Recommendations
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Love, Satya
Love, Satya
Satya Robyn
Before and After the Book Deal
Before and After the Book Deal
Courtney Maum
moonseed
moonseed
Hala Alyan
Mystery Cult with Amanda Yates Garcia
Mystery Cult with Amanda Yates Garcia
Amanda Yates Garcia
Devon Price
Devon Price
Devon
Quitting Drinking
Do you miss drinking?
Can you moderate alcohol?
15 essential books to build a holistic recovery from addiction
You are doing it. This is the it.
9 reasons to stop using the word alcoholic
Drinking alcohol like them
15 things I do to maintain sobriety after four years in recovery
How to travel sober: 23 questions asked and answered
7 tips to survive a family holiday sober
Best of Recovering
The long game of boundaries
What you're not good at anymore
The mistake you keep making
Do you want it because you want it or because you think everyone else wants it
The courage to listen to ourselves
What to do with the things you don't want
The courage to listen to ourselves
The part where you finally open your mail and pay your taxes
Depression as bliss
Just a vain post
50 best books I read in the after times

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