You are spot on. America has an alcohol problem.

Yeah, you don’t realize how much life revolves around alcohol until you actively try to abstain. I know when I was an active alcoholic (i.e., still drinking), I was egging people on because I wanted other people to drink like I did so I could hide how much deep down I knew I was drinking alcoholically.

“One of the reasons I drank was to feel strong and invulnerable, to be kick-ass instead of self-conscious and mercilessly self-critical...”

Happy to see this feature on Jezebel. Kind of a coincidence, but I just finished reading Blackout a few days ago.

I needed this article so much right now, thank you so much for putting this viewpoint out there. I have been struggling the last few months with finally cutting alcohol and the demons that follow it down to a minimum in my life. I have absolutely no one to talk to about this so sorry I’m about to spill my guts. I had…

Except AA generally does not work in the long-term in keeping someone sober.

Shit, this breaks my heart.

Lindy you - yes YOU - are a treasure. So wise. So brave. A real role model.

I miss your writing here, but you are soaring at The Guardian, congrats Lindy.

I can't believe how shy and insecure I once was. From my mid-teens to my mid-20s, I would literally tremble if I found myself in new or uncomfortable social situations. I developed a bad drinking/drug habit in an effort to cope, and I'm still dealing with the consequences of all that, 20 years on. What changed? Age,…

Okay, you guys know how one time I met Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Well, there was this other time that Lindy posted on Jez about a cure for c. diff being poop transplants, which was hilarious (of course). I commented on that post (it was before Kinja was doing the greys thing, and I can’t remember what the system was like,…

Not that I need to tell you guys, but the book is very, very good!

She’s back!

LINDYYYYYY!

Eh, it's worth a pabst.

All you old-timer Jezzies be jealous, because I am seeing Lindy on Wednesday night.

You are greatly missed around these parts, Lindy!

This bitch is exactly how I imagine my former best friend talks about me and my depression. She never reached out and then when we got together she would complain that all I ever did was bring the group down. I begged her to invite me to things because my postpartum depression was keeping me isolated and lonely. I get…

My brother has schizophrenia. His life has value. I could never imagine writing something like that about him. Just FYI people, stop making psycho or schizo into a slur. Stigma is a real problem and contributes to the devaluing of the lives of people who have thought disorders.