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LOL Sober

Nelson H.

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

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6:14

The sweet and the sour of sober spaces

LOL Sober ·

2025/11/08

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces but I am hoping to generate a few bucks to pay for my web site and some other costs. Paid subscribers do have access to frequent premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I was in New York City multiple times in the past month, and I had quite an experience.I worked in New York for 10 years, specifically in the midtown New York area. For about five of

13:06

The coolest thing about recovery faith

LOL Sober ·

2025/10/24

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces but I am hoping to generate a few bucks to pay for my web site and some other costs. Paid subscribers do have access to frequent premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I’ve often wondered, why does the 12-step approach to God and faith work so well for me when I struggled with it for most of my life? The answer came to me at a meeting the other day

10:18

The 25 most valuable words in recovery

LOL Sober ·

2025/10/17

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces but I am hoping to generate a few bucks to pay for my web site and some other costs. Paid subscribers do have access to frequent premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I went to a meeting this week where we read from Living Sober, and we were on a chapter that unpacked the Serenity Prayer. It was an eye-opening experience, at the exact time when I

9:55

The actual best use of a QTIP

LOL Sober ·

2025/10/09

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces but I am hoping to generate a few bucks to pay for my web site and some other costs. Paid subscribers do have access to frequent premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!Did you know QTIPs are not supposed to go into your ears? Like, not at all. The manufacturer says you can clean around the outside of your ears, but not inside. And the main use,

9:12

A few thoughts on "Can I get addicted to weed?"

LOL Sober ·

2025/09/26

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces but I am hoping to generate a few bucks to pay for my web site and some other costs. Paid subscribers do have access to frequent premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!For my entire life, I can remember a common debate between people around the question of, Is weed addictive?I get asked that quite a bit, and I have my own answer to that question. But

6:49

They haven't seen us in awhile

LOL Sober ·

2025/09/19

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces but I am hoping to generate a few bucks to pay for my web site and some other costs. Paid subscribers do have access to frequent premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I saw a movie recently where a guy gets sober, and his mom hugs him and says, “I haven’t seen my son in a long time.” It’s a powerful scene, where you feel the weight of a loved one

5:06

A new way to think about perfectionism

LOL Sober ·

2025/09/12

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces but I am hoping to generate a few bucks to pay for my web site and some other costs. Paid subscribers do have access to frequent premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I have a hot take that has been coming up a lot recently for me: I think we use the word “perfectionist” too much. And that includes me.I think many people say “I’m a perfectionist” as

6:27

We're all under construction

LOL Sober ·

2025/09/05

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces but I am hoping to generate a few bucks to pay for my web site and some other costs. Paid subscribers do have access to frequent premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!I’ve been pretty aggravated driving around my town recently because there has been a lot of road construction going on. It’s nothing major—it’s usually lane closures or short

16:19

WTF is gossip, anyway?

LOL Sober ·

2025/08/28

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces but I am hoping to generate a few bucks to pay for my web site and some other costs. Paid subscribers do have access to frequent premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!Let me give you a sober scenario about gossip. I went to a meeting recently where the topic was how hurtful gossip can be, and it really got me thinking about what the definition of

8:56

A walk amongst the cat tombstones

LOL Sober ·

2025/08/21

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces but I am hoping to generate a few bucks to pay for my web site and some other costs. Paid subscribers do have access to frequent premium pieces—such as THIS comedy special about my 10 favorite addiction/sobriety jokes!Some people see God at church. Some people see God when they look at the stars. Some people see God in nature. Some people see God in the rooms of 12-step recovery. And some people see

7:59

The confidence to sponsor

LOL Sober ·

2025/08/14

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces but I am hoping to generate a few bucks to pay for my web site and some other costs. 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 the other day where the topic ended up being about sponsorship, and how to know when you’re ready to be a great sponsor. Pretty much everybody said what I have come

7:20

Sobriety in the workplace

LOL Sober ·

2025/08/07

If you want to subscribe to LOL Sober, hit the purple button below. I’m mostly publishing free pieces but I am hoping to generate a few bucks to pay for my web site and some other costs. 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 good meeting the other day where people were talking about being a sober person in the workplace, and it was helpful. I didn’t really learn anything new, but man, it helps

9:33

What are you giving up to get sober?

LOL Sober ·

2025/07/29

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!Over the years, I’ve heard many people share a similar conversation that they had when they were first trying to get sober. I didn’t have this exact scenario, but I know the thought pattern that they’re describing.The conversation goes something like

8:21

Friendship vs. fellowship

LOL Sober ·

2025/07/25

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!Quick housekeeping note: I’m going to start doing two posts a week—one free, one behind a paywall. I’m not looking to get rich or anything. But I’ve been spending some money on maintaining my web site and on some social media platforms. So I am trying to

8:29

A tip on going from atheist to agnostic

LOL Sober ·

2025/07/16

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!Let me just say right off the top today that I still haven’t figured out the whole God thing. I just know that I need to keep seeking, and to be open-minded. I have what I think is a pretty strong higher power that works for me in sobriety, which is a key

6:35

"What I do today..."

LOL Sober ·

2025/07/11

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 a cool phrase today: What I do today is what I will be tomorrow.My first reaction to seeing that quote was that it didn’t quite make sense. It sounded like mumbo jumbo nonsense masquerading as something profound.But then it sank in what that means

6:49

The Doctor's Opinion strikes back

LOL Sober ·

2025/07/02

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 recently wrote on this very newsletter that I don’t pay much attention to The Doctor’s Opinion any more because I don’t really need to. By that, I meant that the opinions expressed in that crucial piece of 12-step recovery literature made complete sense

6:32

Talking myself out of talking people into stuff

LOL Sober ·

2025/06/25

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 was in the other room recently when my wife called her mom and they started talking. Her mom is weighing a big life change, which my wife supports and has been a part of for some time.But her mom is reluctant. She keeps saying she is leaning that way

8:18

The ticking time bomb of TikToking

LOL Sober ·

2025/06/19

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 caught myself the other day telling someone I don’t post much on social media because I don’t really like it.OK, that’s true—I don’t do much on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter or anywhere else. And I don’t love what it does for me—as an addict, I

3:39

The truth about "I need a meeting"

LOL Sober ·

2025/06/14

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 was at a meeting the other day and someone said, “Every time I say to myself, ‘I need a meeting,’ it means I needed a meeting two days earlier.”I was a little slow on the uptake that evening so I scrunched up my eyebrow for a minute and contemplated

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