Michael Muttiah, a writer with fourteen years of sobriety, shares personal reflections on the spiritual side of alcoholism and Twelve Step recovery, including the Big Book and the Emotional Sobriety Workbook. He also writes about resisting AI shortcuts and committing to writing without it.
Website: https://www.michaelmuttiah.com/
Oldster Magazine is a paid Substack of personal essays and interviews about ageing, memory, recovery and cultural life across the stages of adulthood. Readers get reflective first-person writing, a monthly sober-life interview series, and nostalgic pieces on everyday experiences from earlier decades.
A personal essay series blending behavioral science research with the author's experience as a recovering alcoholic and former journalist. Each short issue pairs a bit of psychology or decision-science reading with reflections and curated quotes.
A sober yoga and Reiki teacher writes weekly reflections on recovery, rest, and accessible yoga for stressed or inflexible people, alongside free yoga nidra practices. Readers get practical framing for starting yoga and a personal, candid take on overwork and sobriety.
STRONGWILLED is a newsletter for people recovering from religious authoritarian upbringings, focusing this month on religious terrorization, the fear-based teachings about hell, demons and the end times that children absorb. Its issues pair reader-sourced experiences with discussion of the psychological research on hell anxiety and fundamentalist childhoods.
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