sometimes it feels embarrassing to tell people i do a podcast about sobriety cause im self conscious about how it sounds, but shit like this is why we keep doing it. a perfect stranger told my friend we helped him out, and that helps keep me sober too. humbling
This is how you find a wife in AA. There is no tradition barring guys from being weird, only group-level safety protocols suggesting you only be weird in ways that don’t hurt anyone. Carrying 8-12 chairs is the purest expression of this principle
The stock photo guy when you google “alcoholic man” is awesome. They nailed what it’s like. You gotta loosen the tie but not take it off or change shirts. Sleeves up, eyes look like shit cause you sleep on the ground. He rocks. We rock. All alcoholics rock, sober or not
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! this one's heavy. we lost our friend Alan to an overdose this week, and we talk about what he meant to us. then we talk to
@ZachWritesStuff
about overdose prevention, drug policy, and a really dogshit Netflix show called PAINKILLER. link below
every year when my sobriety anniversary starts coming up, my sister and brother bring back the tradition of Elmer Fudd if he was in AA and on shaky ground. all we do is say "oh no, i'm gonna wewapse" in an Elmer Fudd voice, and text it to each other when we're saying it too much
Is addiction a brain disease? Yes and no! it kind of is. It's not your fault. but you gotta take responsibility so it sort of is if you dont do anything.
great stuff on the contradictions of the brain disease model by
@zachwritesstuff
who is my friend
It rules when you know a gentle old guy and put together the pieces later that he’s probably in AA and came by that peace through hard work, and he just doesn’t tell people about it. Not me though, I have a disease called I can’t shut up about my sobriety
@ZachWritesStuff
dedicated to the memory of
@iluvbutts247
. he got the last laugh because we're all griefposting sentimental tributes where we have to mention he went by iluvbutts247
One year ago today my dad picked me up at the airport; he was drunk as a skunk. I was so angry. For the first time in my life I really yelled at him.❤️ Tomorrow, he celebrates one year of sobriety. ❤️ He's been a drinker since his teen yrs. If he can do it at 75, anyone can.
It’s another holiday season so I’m reupping this. If you make me a muddled mocktail with thawed blueberries to show you support my sobriety, I will feel so confused and uneasy that I will double my meetings for the week, or I will relapse and die
Not reading the NYT article cause I’m not wasting one of my 5 free clicks to get pissed off. The self effacing Protestant “we the wretched” shit works fine in the rooms but don’t paint all addicts that way. It’s fucking rude
Our news wire has obtained the Meredith ahegao selfie through a source whose identity we are choosing to protect. This photo depicts Meredith making the ahegao face last night. It is undoctored, and it may be disturbing to zoomer or zillennial viewers.
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We’re back after another unintentional hiatus you little suckies!!! Nothing can keep me away from you little perverts, not even cascading emotional crises involving my family, peers, and landlord!! Listen to us talk about future tripping I think.
since
@meanunclejack
is still banned for 2 more days, he wanted me to relay that he finally applied to grad school after putting it off for 4 years and if he gets in he's gonna be a therapist. it's a big deal to him - admin
Sobriety Sucks is now on APPLE PODCASTS with EPISODE TWO! We’re a real pod now, baby!
The first part of a BOLD two parter exploring Will Arnett’s ill-fated Netflix series based on his experiences in AA and having sex with younger women
Many of us exclaimed “what an order! I can’t go through with it!” but we went through with it anyways because what the fuck else were we gonna do, get drunk? Yeah that worked out great last time, genius
when drinkers win, recovering alcoholics win. this is a vital measure in returning to the normal world where they can have fun instead of telling us they finally understand us
Just sent an unhinged email to the Ukrainian fracking company Hunter Biden worked for, demanding they give us his email address so he can come on the pod. Will post their response when it comes
Rob my roommate bought me your book as an unsubtle hint when I was an active alcoholic and I didn't read it but now I've got 5 years. come on my podcast
@whysimonewhy
knows its good
Meredith has survived her BBL procedure. doctors assured me that once the swelling goes down, her ass will be so damn big that i'll have to take two trains and an Uber just to get on her good side. this was always her goal. she's grateful for the support and resting
I encourage everyone to watch this. That simple conversational way of getting to the heart of what it looks like to be a better person is pure recovery and dare I say an example of the program working
Everyone's sharing part of that britney clip, but it's really the whole monologue that's worth it. He was always remarkable off the cuff and one of the best at just being conversational, sometimes it was mercurial, but often rather open.
Which AA Zoom meeting character are you?
A. Guy driving in his car the entire time
B. Guy ripping giant vape clouds
C. Old timer calling in from a helicopter pad who can’t figure out how to mute
D. Teenage troll spamming racial slurs
NEW EPISODE we talked about
@jennettemccurdy
and her hit book I'm Glad My Mom Died and difficult parent relationships and more of Meredith's eating disorder but it was funny
It’s one thing when people decide AA doesn’t work for them, but this feels like a resentment he should have worked out with his sponsor. It only works if you work it, Miles. Hope to see you back in the rooms, brotha
we’ll record another episode when
@w000rm
comes back from Austin, where she is premiering the reboot of The Nanny where she stars as a Christian version of Fran Drescher who gets into god
Fuck this. You can still be in recovery and take medication for Christ’s sake. These AA thumpers aren’t even reading their big book right, which says to trust medical professionals. Bupe and subs save lives, and so does the medication I take. NEXT
Recovery is possible. Before, I was living under a black cloud, now I have 127 listens on SoundCloud. Instead of drinking two Strawberita tall boys and trying to explain the plot of 'The Borrowers', I have a podcast with 33 Twitter followers. This is only three days in.
You waited patiently, so here it is. Our VIDEO GAME ADDICTION EPISODE with America’s waifu
@luketaylorgo
! He talks quitting video games, South Park, and standing up a girl to play Pokémon Snap in her basement until the sun came up.
SOBRIETY SUCKS is a podcast about addiction and recovery hosted by two evil junkies who met working at a dairy warehouse in Chicago. The girl host is hot and the guy is tender but brave.
NEW EP: Meredith gets clout and acts toxic. Jack’s wig is snatched
This sounds really dramatic and moody but I’m not gonna delete it cause a lot of people struggle with not being able to stop smoking weed. “Not habit forming” is bullshit, getting high feels amazing, of course I made it a habit
Give it up for all the female therapists and residence staff who had to be all the drug addicts’ mommies at rehab because their biological mothers were joyless narcissists
Join us for a bone chilling super sized Halloween episode where I out myself as a childhood pervert, we talk about horror as metaphor, and watch the rehab episode of HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (pic is commissioned fan art of me and Meredith relapsing on blood)
After 8 long months of our unannounced and mostly accidental hiatus, Sobriety Sucks is BACK. Me and Meredith talk about FLAKED SEASON 2, celebrating birthdays with normal drinkers, and probably more. cant remember
I've missed you, my little monsters!!
The Sobriety Sucks podcast is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, or organizion; does not wish to engage in controversy; and neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to complain about AA and go back anyway because it’s all that works for us.
watch American Movie if you want to see an example of the best kind of recovery. he's not the main focus, but all he wanted to do was drink soda and help his friends. we all have a lot to learn from him yet
Beyond American Movie Mike Schank devoted his life to those struggling with addiction and helped a plethora of people with their recovery, recently celebrating his 27th year sober, Mike was much more than just a character. Rest in peace
#MikeSchank
#RIPMikeSchank
We’re on hiatus because Meredith wrote a MOVIE and she’s been FILMING IT. We hope to be back on a regular schedule soon, but until then why don’t you enjoy our delicious BACK CATALOGUE
if we get 100 new subscribers this month, Meredith has agreed to fly to a random fan’s city and go to their house dressed as Harley Quinn. She will call you Mista J and smash all your old liquor bottles with her baseball bat
Whoops I forgot to post about our last episode. We were gonna talk about Pixar’s Soul and how it deals with recovery-like themes about building identity around consumption but we ended up talking about self described empaths
admin here. i was thinking we could surprise jack by saying nice things about how handsome he looks here. to pay him back for all he does and remind him it’s ok to make no expression in pictures
i thank god that meredith was active on tumblr when she was drinking bc my mantra is “i was high as shit biking home from my girl V’s house and i thought: is there any such thing as social marketing? my first philosophical realization…”
Synth-pop songwriter Warm Human (
@w000rm
), aka Meredith Johnston, has a new collection of demos, sketches, ambient music, and abandoned tracks—and even her unfinished material sounds great.
Dropping an emergency episode on this tomorrow. This is the most important event in the short life of this podcast. I only have like 3 interests and this hits all of them. Stay tuned.
this is true. all you do if you're me or Workaholics Adam is press record and send it to Meredith and the next day it ends up on Spotify with intro music and any racially insensitive jokes you made edited out. don't know how, never really thought about it. The cloud
Welcome new followers! There are only a few of you so why don't you just let me know how your day is going. Mine is pretty good.
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#soberliving
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