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Nelson H.

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

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10:02

I have cancer (part 2)

LOL Sober ·

2025/01/21

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!Welcome to part 2 of my 3-part series on facing one of the toughest challenges of my life and my sobriety: finding out I had Stage 4 cancer in April. In part 1, which I linked to here, I talked about starting out on chemo and trying to juggle sobriety

13:05

I have cancer (part 1)

LOL Sober ·

2025/01/16

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 want to try something a little different over the next week or so. I’m going to write a three-part series about what I have been battling over the last eight months: Stage 4 cancer, while trying to stay sober.Part 1 is going to be about finding out I

5:34

Thank God the 4th step is before the 9th

LOL Sober ·

2025/01/08

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 been thinking about amends quite a bit lately, because I have been having to say sorry more than I would like. The main issue is that I have been snappy, so I’ve had a sharp tongue with some people lately where I need to apologize for being a little

3:46

Do the next right thing

LOL Sober ·

2025/01/02

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!A friend shared a really provocative quote to me the other day. He said he used to subscribe to the idea of doing the next right thing, and he still does. But he altered the quote a little bit, to “Do the next thing right.”It really got me overanalyzing

8:58

A Christmas airport kerfuffle to learn from

LOL Sober ·

2024/12/27

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!Let me set the scene for you.Yesterday morning, the day after Christmas, I had to go on a work trip to Detroit. The plane left at 5:20 am, which was maybe the dumbest idea I have ever had for booking work travel.But I got up at 3 am, drove to the airport,

4:11

Little resentments add up

LOL Sober ·

2024/12/20

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!I was at a meeting the other night when we read from page 66 of the Big Book, where deep resentments are addressed. It’s remarkable how aggressive the language is in that section. We’re told that deep resentments lead us to drink, and to drink is to die

4:58

The microwave impact of sobriety

LOL Sober ·

2024/12/10

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!At a meeting the other day, a guy mentioned that by the end of his drinking, he was DoorDashing food and alcohol to his door every single day. He said he thinks he barely left his apartment for six months or so, and that his interpersonal skills had

5:03

Respect your own sobriety

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2024/12/06

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!I recently met up with a friend I haven’t seen in awhile, and before we got together, he sent me a text where he said, “I can’t wait to see you! I’m about to provide you with a hell of a hangover.”I of course responded and said, “Hey, I appreciate the

5:06

The toughest age to get sober is...

LOL Sober ·

2024/11/26

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 was thinking the other day about how messy my life was when I got sober. My kids were 3 years old and 6 months old. I had just bought a house. I was scuffling to figure out a career. And I was only 31 years old, which means I could have kept digging my

3:57

Annoyed about being annoyed

LOL Sober ·

2024/11/21

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!Think about this question for 10 seconds before answering: Do you get annoyed a lot?Some examples to consider: Do you get aggravated by other drivers? Or your neighbor having noisy construction on their house? Or the guy who talks too loud in the cubicle

6:15

The things we don't tell speakers to say

LOL Sober ·

2024/11/12

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!On a regular basis, I spend time thinking about how to connect with other alcoholics and drug addicts, especially newcomers. And one night I was thinking about that when a speaker was introduced for the meeting I was at, and the chairperson said the

3:44

It's getting hot in here...

LOL Sober ·

2024/11/08

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 meeting a few days ago where I like to sit in the far corner of the room. I got to the meeting 10 minutes early, walked in the front door and almost didn’t make it to my seat.As I walked into the room, one person after another darted over to

6:45

Apes don't ask questions

LOL Sober ·

2024/11/05

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!Warning: I am going to change some details within this post just to be vague and protect some identities.I was thinking the other day about the value of curiosity in life, of asking questions, of relying upon people who know more than me. And it reminded

3:52

What happens in sobriety should probably stay in...

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2024/11/01

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 day, my wife opened a conversation with a vague question and I immediately could tell she had an underlying story.“How long do you think it takes the average person to respond to a text?” she asked.I gave a nothingburger answer that I actually

5:59

Smashing the delusion

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2024/10/23

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!On page 30 of the Big Book, there is a sentence that has been sticking with me recently. It goes like this: The delusion that we are like other people, or presently may be, has to be smashed.I keep thinking about that last word: smashed. First of all, I

9:47

I have cancer (and I can't stop laughing)

LOL Sober ·

2024/10/18

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’ve been away from the newsletter for a few weeks due to some medical issues, and I wanted to reveal more about that today. Long story short: I found out in April I had Stage 4 cancer.I went in for a routine colonoscopy in the spring because I was 46

4:27

We all have the same story

LOL Sober ·

2024/09/20

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!I was at a meeting the other day where we read the first few paragraphs from the chapter of the Big Book called “A Vision for You.” The first page, page 151, is worth a read or a reread if you haven’t looked at it in awhile.I was struck by the idea that

6:27

Open or closed or both?

LOL Sober ·

2024/09/13

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 that is a closed meeting, which is defined as a meeting intended for people who are alcoholics trying to stay sober. So technically, closed meetings aren’t for spouses, kids, nursing students, or people with alcohol problems

4:17

Happy Recovery Month!

LOL Sober ·

2024/09/10

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!I saw that September is National Recovery Month, which I seem to forget every year. So… Happy Recovery Month!I really am not a fan of the monthly and daily celebrations because they’ve gotten so out of hand. September is National Recovery Month, National

3:26

A beautiful (gross) group meditation

LOL Sober ·

2024/09/04

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 do two men’s meetings a week. One is small and intimate, and the other is big and rowdy. I love them both, but I like the rowdy one because the overall vibe is joyous and free. Sometimes it feels like a pep rally for sobriety, and who doesn’t enjoy a

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