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  • Join us for a Discussion on Lit by Mary Karr

    Join us for a Discussion on Lit by Mary Karr

    Over the next three months our Boom Rethink the Drink Community will be discussing Lit by Mart Karr. Beginning February 10th there will be a discussion post shared in our community book club, which you can access here . If you prefer to interact on our free Substack you’ll also find each discussion post published there. All are welcome.…

  • Join us in Discussing “Women Rowing North” by Mary Pipher

    Join us in Discussing “Women Rowing North” by Mary Pipher

    I randomly picked up Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher, at Goodwill one day last year. “Women Rowing North” caught my attention for two reasons. First, Mary Pipher’s book Reviving Ophelia was very important to me when it came out in the 1990s. It is all about the experiences of adolescent girls in their search…

  • Join Us In Discussing The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

    Join Us In Discussing The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

    When I had my first “now what?” moment after I was one-year sober, I started reading The Artist’s Way. I have gone back to it a few times over the past 4 years, and it always changes me. It is a creative jump-start which challenges us to see ourselves as artists, no matter how we…

  • Join us in Discussing The Shining by Stephen King

    Join us in Discussing The Shining by Stephen King

    In Stephen King’s book On Writing there is a section beging on page 94 that talks about his addictions and his recovery, and what both the addictions and the recovery have meant to his life and craft. It starts with this … “Alcoholics build defenses like the Dutch build dikes. I spentthe first twelve years…