Hi everybody. This is a week late (maybe you didn’t notice! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). I have now written multiple essays that turned into big productions of trying to say a very simple thing which is “things are not working and I’m going to change them.” So that’s what this is: a simple announcement.
In summary: I’m going to kill weekly long form essays, and switch to weekly short form essays combined with links that normally go into Recovery Roundup (meaning, a shorter essay + Recovery Roundup in one email sent weekly). That’s going to remain free and will be sent over the weekend (#15 will come out Saturday). Premium content will include archived content from this newsletter, previously unpublished essays, and Hip Sobriety; plus one new monthly long form essay (Dear Recovering, book review, etc., whatever feels interesting and most helpful). There may be more but I am not promising more; I’d rather promise less and thrill you with more.
I started this newsletter as an experiment. What I’ve been doi…