I threw up for three days straight (DO NOT take Vicodin on an empty stomach) and then spent the next two weeks looking like a dirty pumpkin. (Impressive swelling, plus my face bruised from the inside out.) I ended up taking 10 days off of work, and I have a fairly high pain tolerance, but I also had four impacted…

This is why I have never owned a scale. Noooo thanks.

You're a survivor.

I heard this so many times. From people whose couches I had to sleep on because I got kicked out for getting an A- on a quiz. And she ran me over in her car. But SHE'S MY MOM! You do you. It's just a day. Also: avoid grocery stores and pharmacies. Because 'you have to love your mom today' is everywhere. all the xo's

Lynsey Addario took the photos for this awesome piece on Afghan women's shelters:

I feel like if he is going to make out with me in bed, I can make his bed! Win win. I have my own space to be a mess. (He never comes here because he's super allergic to my smitten.)

I was doing my own laundry by 9 because both my parents are such slobs. But I also don't think instilling a sense of laundering = good parenting. My dad is the excellent father (my mom totally absent, if we were lucky; horrific if not). He's a grown professional who will still put dishes on TOP of the dishwasher…

I'm a super insomniac/tosser and turner, so I almost never make my bed—there's really no point—but my bf is a daily bedmaker. After I spent one night there, I figured it out, and the second time made it while he was in the shower. And he was super appreciative (and it took me five minutes! And most of that was…

I love The Swimmer! It was one of the few short stories I read in high school that reaffirmed my desire to be a writer. So even though I am now consigned to a life of poverty, I still love that story!

Mine is basic/boring/blunt, but has a 100% effectiveness rate.

My abusive ex would post boo-hoo Facebook updates after we broke up. (He had beaten me into a hospital.) With wedding dress pictures, etc. It did not take me long to shut that down. I couldn't open my mouth, but I could type. Shame works wonders.

It usually takes your body a few weeks after you stop/reduce drinking to adjust. It could be that this is just your body's average sleep schedule. Good luck!

It usually takes your body a few weeks after you stop/reduce drinking to adjust. It could be that this is just your…

Where do you get those? I want to marry them.

There is a difference between having an opinion and knowing that you're right and knowing that everyone who disagrees with you is wrong.

Why do his opinions have more power than anyone else's?

No. Good writers do not do that.

My first sponsor asked me: When has alcohol ever made your life better? And honestly, after my initial buzz: it has never made me feel better. It has never improved my life. It made me angry (mostly without reason); I looked and felt like crap; I lost jobs; I couldn't sleep; I lost very important people in my life.…

I'm a drunk, in recovery for a year and a half. Please do not wean yourself—you can have grand map seizures and die. People have different ideas about AA but I can only speak for myself. It has saved my life, but only because, so far, I've been doing all the things I'm supposed to be doing. You can to. All the love…

You clearly do not live in Chicago. (I am not defending the garbage-strewers! I am in Chicago, and if I had a license, I would drive this nurse to and fro. But 'protecting' your parking space is a thing. And also part of the reason I do not own a car here.) Depending on the neighborhood and time of arrival/departure,…

Where did you get that???