My life has changed drastically from the way it was when I was a daily commenter on Jezebel, which you guys out there may or may not remember. I was an MD-PhD student at a school you’ve heard of. I had a very serious boyfriend, Fellowology, who was a brilliant scientist and loveable geek. I had a tight group of grad…

Here’s my grievance for the night: I’m taking this big exam Wednesday in this class that’s very...trying, and I still don’t have any assignments or tests back from the last month. I have no idea if my study strategies have been fruitful, I have no idea what grade I have in this class, and the feeling of flying blind…

(This is a sarcastic piece meant to speak to everyone who’s ever sat in an AA meeting and really connected to a personal story about the crazy thinking alcoholics experience. Sometimes those connections help us feel understood and also give us a mirror to see how bananas our lives have become. I remember nodding…

For the normies out there, summertime can mean cold wheat beer, margaritas, and chilled white wine. But sobriety can be an opportunity to discover other terrific beverages that have a subtelty and complexity that I’d call “adult” despite their inability to give you a buzz. I’m going to discuss a couple of these that…

Tomorrow we will be celebrating our freedom from the UK and mourning the UK’s “freedom” from its role as Europe’s financial center.

One thing that is both awesome and daunting about sobriety is rediscovering how to self-soothe without the help of alcohol. So on this Saturday evening, what is making you happy or what are you doing to make yourself happy?

Graduation weekend edition!

So, because I am the luckiest person on the planet, I currently have a stye. I’ve thrown out my mascara - which I presume is the culprit - and I’ve sharpened my pencil eyeliner down by a solid inch. I’m not sure what else is necessary. Should I scrub my eyeliner sharpener in hot water and bleach with an old…

Hey everyone! If you missed my post a couple days ago, I thought it may be a good idea to have a sober counterpart to GroupDrink over the weekends. Those of us who are sober, working on sobriety, contemplating sobriety, or just trying to cut back for the day can use a space to support one another and talk about just…

(People are upset with me using stock photos, so I’m just going to send photos of my actual geographic area. You are looking at Mt. Diablo. On a clear day, you can see all the way to the Sierras!)

I have been in pieces for months, and everything in my life that matters has hung in the balance. Many things remain unresolved. I am in love with Fellow, and he has to decide whether he will allow our relationship to continue given my emotional issues.

I want to give an enormous thank you to everyone in this community who was so supportive less than a month ago when I really came apart. I want to individually thank Kemperboyd, MisfitToy, Violet Baudelaire, MadGeniusPiglet, among so many others.

I am dissolving.

Fellow is visiting this weekend from Los Angeles. :) But it is freezing here and snowing heavily. It is currently 11 after windchill, and that is fucking warm. I’m trying to find some way for him to enjoy himself and not leave here falling out of love with me.

So, it’s the cold winter months now and the holidays besides. Anyone have good recommendations of Netflix documentaries?

Brotherology apparently now has a handle, and he wants me to ungrey him. He’s been reading Jezebel for a long time and closely enough that he doxxed me to me. I love my brother. He is a disabled combat veteran who is an incredible brother to me and always has been. But that doesn’t mean I always agree with his…

The real world is asleep. But is GT asleep?

So, cat’s out of whatever bag it was in. Brotherology apparently reads Jezebel on a nearly daily basis (awww!), and as a result has finally figured out my handle. I don’t think he knows how to look up all my comments. But regardless, he sees them at the bottom of articles, and I’m going to make a conscious effort to…