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LOL Sober

Nelson H.

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

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6:22

Reason No. 497 of why sober is better than dry

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2023/03/07

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!My wife was talking about an old friend of hers recently, and I didn’t know who she was referring to. Apparently we had used to hang out with her in the early 2000s, and my wife was rattling off facts about her. I had no recollection. Then, she finally

8:10

Surprise! Science says 12-step programs work

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2023/03/02

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 stumbled upon an interesting piece in Discover Magazine over the weekend, and I included the LINK HERE.To summarize quickly, a massive study found that 12-step recovery works better than other forms of addiction treatment. As someone who is a big fan of

4:56

I identify with Cocaine Bear

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2023/02/28

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!I saw Cocaine Bear this weekend with sober friends, and it was quite a surreal scene. First of all, sober people going together to a movie about a bear on a cocaine rampage… what the hell?Secondly, an actual movie about a bear on a cocaine rampage exists

9:44

"Willingness without action is fantasy"

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2023/02/23

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!I heard someone share recently that “Willingness without action is fantasy,” and I nodded along right away. But the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to unpack that phrase because I think it might be one of the keys to the sober kingdom.So, start

7:27

A sober solution to the friendship crisis

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2023/02/21

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!I have been reading a lot lately about the state of friendships in the U.S. these days and… It. Is. Not. Good. About 12 percent of American adults who are polled say they have zero close friends. In 1990, that number was 3 percent. If you add up the

10:06

Sober movie review: Elvis

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2023/02/16

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’m almost a year behind, but I finally watched the movie Elvis, which was released in June of 2022. It is up for eight Oscar nominations and is back in some theaters near my house, so you will be hearing more about it. The star of the movie, Austin

5:08

A special thanks to the Super Bowl

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2023/02/14

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!I remember during my worst stretch of active addiction thinking to myself, “Even if I managed to get clean and sober, how could I possibly not drink and do drugs during the Super Bowl? How?!?!?” I couldn’t even imagine.It’s a weird thing to circle on the

16:43

Pop quiz! 5 tough questions about anonymity

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2023/02/09

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 the importance of anonymity, and woo boy, it was so interesting to hear people give both their opinions and their experiences. Because guess what? Not everybody has the exact same opinion about the

4:49

Don't let the low bar hit you in the ass

LOL Sober ·

2023/02/07

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!About once a week, my 14-year-old sends me a meme or a YouTube video of a kid complaining about their parents for giving them a hard time about something. It’s always something like “My mom yells at me for having old food in my room, while other kids are

11:36

Fine, I guess I'm going to be Josh Baskin?

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2023/02/02

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 listen to a podcast called The Rewatchables, which is dedicated to movies that the hosts deem rewatchable. So it’s not always Oscar-winners. There are a lot of Sylvester Stallone action movies, and plenty of Tom Cruise films. It’s right up my

9:06

A trip to the wild, wild (sober) west

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2023/01/31

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!When I first got sober, I lived in New Jersey and worked in New York City. So I started out going to New York meetings in the afternoon every day of the work week. But I also traveled a lot, so I’d end up in Pennsylvania or Florida or some other state for

8:03

A funny meme about wishing for recovery

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2023/01/26

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 saw a very funny meme on an Instagram account named Alanoneofyourfuckingbusiness. (Great name for a social media account, by the way!). Here’s a LINK. It’s two cartoon photos stacked on top of each other.In one picture, a cartoon guy is standing in

7:07

In defense of Zoom meetings

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2023/01/24

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!For the entire pandemic, I s**t-talked Zoom meetings. I’d say things like:“They’re not the same as in-person meetings.”“It’s harder to hook up with newcomers, and the newcomer is the most important person at any meeting.”“I miss walking into meetings with

7:12

The occasional agony of sober free time

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2023/01/19

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 had a slow work time over the holidays and into the new year. I am a writer for a living, so my job now isn’t 9-to-5. Sometimes it is absolutely frantic for 10 days and then it is quiet for a week, then it is medium-level busy for three days, then slow

4:42

If you could choose to not be an alcoholic/addict,...

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2023/01/17

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 heard somebody say the other day at a meeting that if they could go back in time and hit a button to make sure they’d never become an alcoholic and a drug addict, they would. I found myself nodding along, because… well, isn’t it obvious? No kid ever

7:32

The good/bad of "put the oxygen mask on first"

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2023/01/12

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 done watching the Hulu TV show, “Fleishman is in Trouble,” and one of the main themes of the show was “you gotta put the oxygen mask on your own face before you can help others.” It was said multiple times on the show, by multiple characters.

9:57

The kid who picks apart his lunch

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2023/01/10

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!My youngest daughter is in second grade, and her elementary school has an awesome open-door policy that parents can come in and have lunch with their kids any time they want. You go in and get yourself a little tray and then a plate of elementary-school

8:09

The best time to eat crow is...

LOL Sober ·

2023/01/05

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!There’s a very funny joke from an old Grapevine that goes like this: The best time to eat crow is when it is still warm.I find that quite hilarious, and very true. I would, however, say that “still warm” doesn’t mean you can’t spend a few minutes

8:14

A wild memory about sober humility

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2023/01/03

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!A few months ago, I was really bothered about something in my professional life. But I kept telling myself that it wasn’t a big deal. But I had decided it wasn’t a big deal, on my own, despite how it was making me feel. I didn’t share it with anybody in

6:11

Tiny secrets, tiny sickness

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2022/12/29

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 ago, I was in the bedroom and was going to jump in the shower. So I closed the door, but right before I was going to strip down and get in the shower, I remembered I had to pay a bill online. So I sat down in just shorts on the bed, opened up

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