Nearly spot-on skin-colored tights.

Damn, my wishful thinking had me convinced this would be in French.

You are me, plus mom is a recovering alcoholic. Soooooo... I feel these feelings every single day. Glad (sorry?) there are others out there with the same concerns.

I want to cry right here at my desk because this popped up on my facebook feed right exactly when I needed it. It was just this morning, on my commute to work, looking for AA meetings in my neighborhood. There is historical alcoholism in my family, but I always thought if I just acknowledged that and thought that it…

Agreed. But it doesn’t have to be a binary choice for everyone.

So true. I do think there are objective signs of a drinking problem. And then there are people (as demonstrated by these comments) who regardless of the amount they drink, its a problem for them. I drink, I probably drink more than some of the commenters here who have a drinking problem. But I’ve never worried or even…

As it’s said in almost any post with Gabrielle Union, can we launch a NSA level investigation about what she’s doing and whether we can sell it because homegirl is pushing 45 and looks a solid 28. It never ceases to baffle me.

A late addition. This goddamn man bun

Really good article. You mention David Foster Wallace, and your bits on the usefuleness of AA’s cliches remind me of him expressing the exact same sentiment in Infinite Jest, where he writes something along the lines that the more vapid the cliche, the sharper the insight and the more it “ends up masking something…

I don’t have an alcohol addiction, but I have read this whole series and found it wonderfully written and enlightening.

Recovering alcoholic/addict, 19 years clean & sober. I’d like to suggest that seeking support is key. For me personally, I’ve had a good experience with AA; however, I realize one size does not fit all. Making sure that you find support that is a good fit for you is important for most of us.

I’m sitting here hungover, and this popped up in my FB feed. I’m looking at having to close my business that I’ve had for nearly 10 years and while I’ve blamed everyone else possible for why I have screwed it up, it’s me. And beer. And I know it. I too have left myself “drunk me” messages to “sober me” (in my notes on…

You can fuck right off with that bullshit.

Lord I know I’m white, but please don’t ever let me be this white.

Elle Woods knows nothing.

We would like to make clear that the solicitation of gay male prostitutes by family values Congressman at the convention in Cleveland is still perfectly acceptable.-The RNC

Or how about when people ask “What would MLK say about riots?”

Once upon a time, my colleagues had problems with our boss. That caused an investigation where I was interviewed about my boss’s conduct. I literally said to the investigator: “I haven’t experienced X with this person, but my colleagues have asked me if it has happened to me and it hasn’t. So, I’m guessing this person…

I can’t be the only one that wouldn’t even want that ring. It just looks fucking uncomfortable, let alone the abstract absurdity of it.

Can’t we keep Mrs. White and just gender-swap COL Mustard? You don’t even have to change the name!