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more than one in four American adults—and more than one in twenty American children—takes a psychiatric drug on a daily basis.
Anna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
I’m not an alcoholic, I am someone who has broken our social contract.
Holly Whitaker • Quit Like a Woman
The online therapy app that makes therapy affordable and accessible to populations who might not otherwise have access to mental healthcare also underpays its therapists and might just be selling user data to advertisers. My hybrid saves hundreds of gallons of fossil fuels every year while also reassuring me that I’m a Good Person. However, the bat
... See moreNora McInerny • Bad Vibes Only: (and Other Things I Bring to the Table)
To properly heal from addiction, we need a holistic approach. We need to create a life we don’t need to escape. We need to address the root causes that made us turn outside ourselves in the first place. This means getting our physical health back, finding a good therapist, ending or leaving abusive relationships, learning to reinhabit our bodies,
... See moreHolly Whitaker • Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
I know exactly what it’s like to want to escape into the enticing world of getting high. And I’ve been Jimmy’s age. I always thought that when this moment arrived, I’d have seen it coming and anticipated it. I thought I’d be prepared. Cool, even. Not snotty and furious, mocked by mascara panda blotches.
Clover Stroud • My Wild and Sleepless Nights: The brave, raw Sunday Times bestselling memoir

I could not connect the person who hid alcohol in closets to who I imagined I was.
Laura McKowen • We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life
