Category: Sobriety
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Craig Ferguson Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Some people can tell a story, some people have a great story, few tend to have both. Craig Ferguson is someone who has both. In a culture that often sanitizes addiction into vague clinical jargon or softens it with endless external rationalizations, Ferguson does something far rarer: he strips away the self-pity and demands total,…
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Addicts Are Passionate
It’s a difficult topic, and it dives into the psychology of addiction. Maybe you’ll relate to it, or maybe you know someone who will. Addicts are a passionate bunch. Now, if you’re after a hand-holding, feel-good story, this isn’t it. This one sits firmly in the Sober Standard “enough bullshit” philosophy. We recently uploaded a…
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Eminem’s Road to Sobriety: The Story Hip-Hop Almost Lost
Music • Recovery • Long Read He was the best-selling music artist of an entire decade. He was also, at his worst, taking 75 to 80 Valium a night, sourced from ten different dealers, lying on his bathroom floor staring at the ceiling fan, unable to move for two days. Then his best friend was…
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Robert Downey Jr. Addiction and Sobriety Journey: How He Turned His Life Around
Film • Recovery • Long Read He was the most gifted actor of his generation and also, for most of a decade, the most visibly self-destructing one. Prison. Blacklisting. Six rehab programs. A courtroom speech that made grown men flinch. Then a terrible burger, an ocean, and a decision that changed everything. This is the…
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How Bradley Cooper Got Sober and Built a Hollywood Career
Film • Recovery • Long Read He was a struggling actor on a hit show, invisible to the audience, hollowed out by cocaine and alcohol, and telling friends he wanted to kill himself. Nobody knew. Then one dinner changed everything. This is the full story of how Bradley Cooper got sober at twenty-nine — and…
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How Ryan Sheckler Got Sober and Rebuilt His Life
Skateboarding • Recovery • Long Read He was the most famous skateboarder on the planet at seventeen. Then the cameras stopped rolling — and the drinking started. This is the full, unfiltered story of how Ryan Sheckler lost everything to alcohol, fought back twice, and is now living proof that the hardest trick you’ll ever…
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Is Sobriety For Everyone?
After finishing a few weeks with a client — which had involved some of the more profound conversations I’ve had in the sobriety space — he asked me something I had thought deeply about for years. “Is sobriety for everyone?” I’ve mentioned throughout our newsletters and posts that, for me, my renewed alliance with my straight…
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John Goodman and the Power of Old-School Sobriety
One Day at a Time: John Goodman and the Power of Old-School Sobriety | The Sober Standard Recovery • Long-Term Sobriety • Traditional Methods One Day at a Time:John Goodman and the Power of Old-School Sobriety While a new generation rebrands sobriety as optimisation and performance gain, one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors quietly reminds…
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The 40% Tax:John Mayer’s Logical Path to Sobriety
The 40% Tax: John Mayer’s Logical Path to Sobriety | The Sober Standard Recovery • Music • High-Performance Sobriety The 40% Tax:John Mayer’s Logical Path to Sobriety He didn’t hit rock bottom. He did the math. And that might be the most radical thing anyone has ever said out loud about quitting drinking. By The…
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Sunday Session Newsletter Ep. 3
But what if? I was sitting around on a Saturday night, mind-numbingly killing time, when I stumbled across an Ali Gallop YouTube video. I’d watched it a few times before — Ali’s channel is one of those hidden YouTube gems. Ali clearly has a way with words and editing: “It’s not about all the things…