Andy Spears·22h agoWhen Reading Recovery Stories Becomes Too MuchReliving the past through the words of anotherA response icon9A response icon9
Andy Spears·Jun 2230,000 Pounds of Bananas On the Way to My Dad’s BookieMy sister and I were having a blast as Dad drove our family into debtA response icon12A response icon12
InBlack BearbyAndy Spears·Jun 5The Only Person Who Would Return My Phone CallsOne person showed grace and patience in my most desperate momentsA response icon17A response icon17
Andy Spears·May 31The Interview I Got Completely WrongAnd the lesson I learnedA response icon14A response icon14
Andy Spears·May 18Maybe Getting Mad in a Different Room Would HelpNotes on regret and moving forwardA response icon19A response icon19
Andy Spears·May 11I Nearly Flooded the Subway with My TearsA single image left me paralyzed in a memoryA response icon13A response icon13
Andy Spears·May 5I Am The ProblemDetective Hole force me to face a simple truthA response icon16A response icon16
Andy Spears·Apr 26I Can’t Stop Thinking About the Song that Wasn’t Played at My Dad’s FuneralA simple request that was simply ignoredA response icon19A response icon19
Andy Spears·Apr 20I Wish I Were A Little Bit SmallerOn shrinking to grow in addiction recoveryA response icon11A response icon11
InBlack BearbyAndy Spears·Apr 11The Ambulance Ride I Didn’t TakeIt was all just a big misunderstandingA response icon18A response icon18
Andy Spears·Mar 30What Does it Cost to be a Professional Drinker?You’ll need more than a fat wallet to keep this up for longA response icon13A response icon13
Andy Spears·Mar 27I’d Take Being 40 Again for a Day or TwoBut only if certain outcomes were guaranteedA response icon11A response icon11
Andy Spears·Mar 19A Bat Greeted Me on My First Day at a New JobIt wasn’t the new beginning I’d hoped forA response icon16A response icon16
InThe MemoiristbyAndy Spears·Mar 12Just One More Drink Before I GoThe story of a last requestA response icon22A response icon22
Andy Spears·Mar 2What Happened When I Stopped Showing UpThe unraveling was slow, uneven, and then all at onceA response icon56A response icon56
Andy Spears·Feb 22Why Early Sobriety Feels Like DarknessAnd why you should keep going anywayA response icon11A response icon11
Andy Spears·Feb 19Two Benefits of Living Alcohol-Free I Wouldn’t Trade for AnythingThere’s not a cocktail or circumstance worth giving these upA response icon24A response icon24
Andy Spears·Feb 18A Phone Call I Wish I Hadn’t Taken15 minutes that changed the course of my lifeA response icon128A response icon128
Andy Spears·Feb 113 Andys Walk Into a Bar . . .Only one of us wants to be thereA response icon13A response icon13
Andy Spears·Jan 21I Just Wanted the Noise to StopAlcohol made that happen . . . until it didn’tA response icon10A response icon10
