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Keep My Food Out of Your Mouth | Sober and Unashamed

I don’t think people should ever comment on each other’s food. “You must be hungry.” “You’re eating now? Didn’t you just eat a while ago?”…

3d ago

Keep My Food Out of Your Mouth | Sober and Unashamed

3d ago

Do You See What I See? | Sober and Unashamed

Three drinks for two people. That sure looked familiar. He carried them triangle style — two beers in plastic cups secured in the…

Jul 9

Do You See What I See? | Sober and Unashamed

Jul 9

Insignificance | Sober and Unashamed

“What did you say?” he asked. I repeated myself, to which he wondered, “Why do you do that?” Then the budding signs of curiosity were…

Jul 2

Insignificance | Sober and Unashamed

Jul 2

An Open Letter to My Children | Sober and Unashamed

I made my kids watch Beautiful Boy, the 2018 Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet movie about addiction. I also made my kids watch a CNN…

Jun 18

An Open Letter to My Children | Sober and Unashamed

Jun 18

Dance Like Everybody’s Watching | Sober and Unashamed

Confidence comes from doing the things that require a little liquid courage without the liquid courage.

Jun 11

Dance Like Everybody’s Watching | Sober and Unashamed

Jun 11

Cabbage Overdose | Sober and Unashamed

I cringe at the term, “addictive personality.” My personality is one of the only things not driving my addictions. My neurology and biology…

Jun 4

Cabbage Overdose | Sober and Unashamed

Jun 4

An Evolving Tradition | Sober and Unashamed

It’s hard to see my sins repeated by the generation that comes next.

May 28

An Evolving Tradition | Sober and Unashamed

May 28

Who the f&@% is this guy? | Sober and Unashamed

Most of the active or sober alcoholics who listen to our Untoxicated Podcast or read our Sober and Unashamed blog are referred to our stuff…

May 21

Who the f&@% is this guy? | Sober and Unashamed

May 21

Accumulation | Sober and Unashamed

I listened to a podcast interview of Anne Applebaum, a journalist and historian who has been, for the past 35 years, studying and writing…

May 14

Accumulation | Sober and Unashamed

May 14

Momentum | Sober and Unashamed

If I parallel park my manual transmission Jeep on a hill, I turn the wheel so that one of the front tires is digging into the curb. I was…

May 7

Momentum | Sober and Unashamed

May 7

Matt Salis

Matt Salis

I live in Denver, Colorado, with my wife and four kids. I write and speak about addiction and recovery. Please follow my blog at SoberAndUnashamed.com.

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