This sobriety is making me thirsty. Updated 03/22 Welcome to my weird little world. I don’t like talking about myself. Unless I’m crafting a detailed, vulnerable creative nonfiction story from my life, where I’ll pour out my soul to you. Then it’s okay. My name really is Christopher Robin. My…

Because I‘d rather be writing — Everyone remembers the movie Office Space, the late 90s Mike Judge joint about the torture of working in tech before the “2000 switch.” You could even take out the 90s and make it about basically any time period set in an office and get the same result. What? You’ve never…

I’ve lost my drive to write humor. Is it because I’m in recovery or that I’m not funny? — The cornerstone of my sense of humor is hating myself. Beating the shit out of myself. Self-deprecation, I think they call it. I don’t know; words are hard. God, I love self-deprecating humor. In fact, I wrote a helpful article on how to be a top writer in this category…

Round One results, and Round Two voting will soon begin! — We know you’re dying to know the results of Round One of Memoirist Idol. We’re running a day or two behind schedule here at The Memoirist due to some unforeseen circumstances. Or maybe we’re just a bunch of procrastinating writers. …

Mystery — Sometimes life comes at you in ways you could have never seen coming. Even when you expect the unexpected, life has a way of providing us with challenges beyond the capability of words. Beyond the capability of our intuitions. And it’s a paradox that we can’t personally and easily access…

You are actually more “you” without the sauce — It’s a strange and raw feeling to wake up one day and realize you are good enough. That you don’t really need alcohol to numb or lubricate yourself in social situations. I can’t say that this is a universal experience for the sober-curious or recently sober, only that this was…

The August Doctor Funny 12(ish)-word Challenge — CNN, Rochester, NY — Serial narcolept Stacy Warner of nearby Brighton, NY, recently fell asleep, this time in the middle of an active stabbing. Much to the dismay of her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Carl Bowers, Ms. Warner has a long history of falling asleep during other activities. “She fell asleep…

A time was had — It started out as a cool, beach morning. We had already spent the previous two days in the sand, surf, and sun, and already done our rainy day activity by going to the aquarium. Since the kids are a little older now, we felt it was time to branch out. …