A recovery newsletter running a twelve-part series on the 12 Steps, with early issues on the ego and the illusion of control, the neuroscience of substance abuse, and the role of spirituality in sobriety. Readers get reflective, quote-heavy essays that blend psychology, neuroscience and philosophy with recovery themes.
Website: https://elevate-recovery.digitalpress.blog/
The Small Bow publishes personal essays, reader-submitted check-ins and interviews about recovery from addiction, grief and fear. Readers get candid first-person writing and community voices that broaden what recovery can mean.
Personal essays by a business leader reflecting on illness, recovery, emotional boundaries, and curiosity. Readers get quiet, introspective reflections that connect lived experience to leadership and everyday life.
Holly Whitaker writes and hosts podcast conversations on addiction, recovery and alcohol, and on wider cultural patterns such as smartphone dependence and patriarchy. Recent issues include a personal essay on rape culture and an expert interview series on how hormones, menopause and neurodivergence affect recovery.
A personal essay newsletter from a writer recounting her dysfunctional upbringing, family conflicts, disability, depression and recovery, with a candid, funny and sometimes dark voice. Each issue offers raw first-person reflection on healing and relationships, along with updates on her story slam show.
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