Alcoholics Anonymous

Al-Anon, Blaise Pascal, and Infinite Jest

A Person in Recovery is under No Illusions about their Ability to Control their Life

1. Obviously the most important article of the week is “Jerry from Cheer Mat-Talks You […]

In 2018, Gus Van Sant (director of Good Will Hunting) added to his excellent directorial […]

Leslie Jamison’s book The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath uses a broad scope of material […]

From our recent conference in Tyler, TX, here’s the incredible second talk from John Zahl, […]

On Tuesday night of Holy Week, I sat under fluorescent lights at a plastic folding […]

On the Mockingcast this past week, we talked a bit about our favorite books of […]

Great little passage from the comedian’s far from (merely) comic new book Recovery: These are […]

Another glimpse into our Food & Drink Issue. This essay is written by Connor Gwin.  […]

The following comes to us from Bill Walker. The kind of religion many people in […]

In a few recent Netflix shows, Will Arnett plays existentially ambivalent and sometimes despondent characters […]