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LOL Sober

Nelson H.

How to laugh your ass off in sobriety nelsonh.substack.com

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8:21

Thanks for your nightmare, Dr. Bob!

LOL Sober ·

2025/06/05

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!We read a portion of “Doctor Bob’s Nightmare” from the back of the Big Book at a meeting the other day. If you’re unfamiliar with it, it is the first story in the second section of the Big Book. I have always found the stories in the back of the book to

11:38

Humility and humiliation

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2025/05/30

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!In my first 15 years of driving a car, I got pulled over at least 10 times by the police. I never got a DUI but I did get multiple speeding tickets and several stops for broken lights or for having a chunk of my Chrysler LeBaron hanging off dangerously.In

7:45

Two pairs of contacts

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2025/05/28

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!The other morning, I went into the bathroom to put in my contacts. I happened to be in the middle of a disagreement with my wife, so I may have been muttering under my breath a bit. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being boiling hot, I’d say I was at about a

9:56

My take on the "100 men vs. 1 gorilla" debate

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2025/05/20

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!Have you seen the social media conversation about whether 100 people could defeat 1 gorilla? If you’re lucky, you have no idea what I am talking about because it’s one of the dumbest conversations in human history.But if you’re me, you’ve spent way too

3:49

Yes, Mother's Day was wonderful...

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2025/05/14

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!A few days before Mother’s Day for the past few years, I have had a pretty pathetic first thought: “Ugh… how long till Father’s Day?”I know. I know. I know. That’s pretty selfish and juvenile. But hey, I’m not going to lie on here. Plus, I have learned in

6:41

Where do you see God?

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2025/05/06

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!Someone shared a familiar comment at a meeting the other day—that they see God in nature.I do, too. Sometimes I am out and about and see animals or trees or even feel the wind, and I think about how majestic this world is that we live in. I also recently

4:53

I am the wobbly wheel

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2025/04/25

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I went to the grocery store the other day and got a cart. I started cruising around the store and was having a pleasant shopping experience when… WHAM! My cart suddenly got wobbly for a second and then shot sideways into the side of an old dude’s cart. He

12:26

A report from a sober trip to Miami

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2025/04/18

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I went to Miami last weekend and it was awesome. I left chilly Connecticut on a week when my kids were going to be home from school for spring break and I landed in Miami to 81 degree weather with just enough breeze to make it feel perfect. Let’s just say

6:07

Sober review: The White Lotus (Season 3)

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2025/04/10

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!This is a spoiler-free review of The White Lotus, Season 3… even if you don’t watch the show, there are a few things that I am going to talk about that might be of interest.I love The White Lotus. The creator and director, Mike White, does such a good job

13:42

What's the best format for a meeting?

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2025/04/03

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!Earlier this week, I went to a large meeting that I hadn’t been to recently, and I was surprised that they’d done a significant format change. The meeting had gone from a show of hands to popcorn style, where every person who shares picks the next person

4:41

A combo topic to think about

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2025/03/27

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I was at a meeting recently where the topic was cravings and God. Almost immediately, I was like, “Huh? What do those two things have to do with each other?”Luckily I just sat and listened for awhile before I shared. Because it turned out to be an

7:56

What we can all learn from a driverless car

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2025/03/22

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I just got back from an awesome trip to San Francisco with my wife. She’d always wanted to go there, so I gave her a trip to San Fran for Christmas.We did all the tourist stuff, including riding a trolley car and touring Alcatraz. But while I was there,

7:08

Fear of death, a deadly fear

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2025/03/14

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I’ve never read anything written by Leo Tolstoy, the legendary Russian author, mostly because I’ve never felt smart enough to sit down with any of his writings. I stick to basketball boxscores and previews of the NFL draft.But I was listening to a podcast

6:24

An incredibly helpful saying

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2025/03/05

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!Greetings, welcome to March 5, which is National Cheesedoodle Day and National Multiple Personalities Day. I have about 29 different insensitive jokes about the idea of those two things being celebrated on the same day. But I will use restraint of pen and

5:21

The stink of the drink

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2025/02/27

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I went to a great meeting the other day, where I heard a newish guy speak about his experience, strength and hope. He did a great job.Just one problem: Somebody sitting near me reeked of alcohol. Was it deodorant? Aftershave? Mouthwash? I don’t know, but

5:14

A somber, ridiculous reminder

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2025/02/21

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!A sober acquaintance of mine once shared at a meeting that he was hoping people could pray for his friend, who had recently relapsed after deciding to go out drinking for one night—and one night only. You can probably guess whether the relapse was limited

4:23

An awesome slogan for life

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2025/02/14

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!One of the biggest hurdles for me in sobriety is getting comfortable and putting myself on cruise control. I’ll often catch myself thinking, “I should start to eat better” or “I should go through the steps again,” and then the thought goes away. Then it

3:56

Freedom from, freedom to

LOL Sober ·

2025/02/05

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!One of the things I always say about my active addiction days was that it was never boring. Terrible? Yes. Potentially deadly? Yes. Financially and spiritually catastrophic? Yep. Heartbreaking to everybody who cared about me? Yes.But boring? No. I was

5:50

Seeing old me and new me at the gym

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2025/01/30

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!One of the things I think about a lot these days is, am I still growing? Am I getting more sober? Less sober? Staying the same? Less sober is certainly bad, but standing still isn’t great, either. I always say that recovery is like walking up a down

14:31

I have cancer (part 3)

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2025/01/23

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces right now, but paid subscribers do have access to monthly premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!If you listened to parts 1 and 2 of this podcast series, you heard me discuss finding out I had cancer, then starting chemotherapy, then having surgery to remove the tumors. There were some dark days—very dark days—during that six-month period. But for

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