A.J. Daulerio

So I was about... two years sober, right? Yeah. And that is way too early to start a recovery site. I'm just letting people know that I'm 100% aware of that now, but that's like five years ago now. But yeah, I mean, it's kind of comical that I thought that was a great idea.

So I was about... two years sober, right? Yeah. And that is way too early to start a recovery site. I'm just letting people know that I'm 100% aware of that now, but that's like five years ago now. But yeah, I mean, it's kind of comical that I thought that was a great idea.

I think that one of the parts that I was so paranoid about was that what I was doing was kind of a form of penance that I was asking for and like trying to kind of pretend that I was being a better person than I actually was. trying to kind of pander to people. And that was something that I was so paranoid about.

I think that one of the parts that I was so paranoid about was that what I was doing was kind of a form of penance that I was asking for and like trying to kind of pretend that I was being a better person than I actually was. trying to kind of pander to people. And that was something that I was so paranoid about.

I think that one of the parts that I was so paranoid about was that what I was doing was kind of a form of penance that I was asking for and like trying to kind of pretend that I was being a better person than I actually was. trying to kind of pander to people. And that was something that I was so paranoid about.

And I was always constantly, you know, would write an essay and be like, oh, I can't write this. I have to have someone else do it first. Or just like, I have to make people aware that I know that you think I'm a piece of shit. Yeah.

And I was always constantly, you know, would write an essay and be like, oh, I can't write this. I have to have someone else do it first. Or just like, I have to make people aware that I know that you think I'm a piece of shit. Yeah.

And I was always constantly, you know, would write an essay and be like, oh, I can't write this. I have to have someone else do it first. Or just like, I have to make people aware that I know that you think I'm a piece of shit. Yeah.

I'm right there with you sometimes.

I'm right there with you sometimes.

I'm right there with you sometimes.

Yeah. I mean, there were all positive sort of feedback and a lot of people that were interested in participating and helping out and wanted to write for it. And I thought that was really great. And, you know, I mean, I was very, very much of the mindset that I have to like handpick every single person that writes for this in this first year in order for this to go right. Yeah. Why?

Yeah. I mean, there were all positive sort of feedback and a lot of people that were interested in participating and helping out and wanted to write for it. And I thought that was really great. And, you know, I mean, I was very, very much of the mindset that I have to like handpick every single person that writes for this in this first year in order for this to go right. Yeah. Why?

Yeah. I mean, there were all positive sort of feedback and a lot of people that were interested in participating and helping out and wanted to write for it. And I thought that was really great. And, you know, I mean, I was very, very much of the mindset that I have to like handpick every single person that writes for this in this first year in order for this to go right. Yeah. Why?

Because I was so concerned about having someone else's voice come in who, like there were a lot of, I'll put it this way, there were a lot of people who had 10 years of sobriety who were basically going to come in and speak from an AA perspective, right?

Because I was so concerned about having someone else's voice come in who, like there were a lot of, I'll put it this way, there were a lot of people who had 10 years of sobriety who were basically going to come in and speak from an AA perspective, right?

Because I was so concerned about having someone else's voice come in who, like there were a lot of, I'll put it this way, there were a lot of people who had 10 years of sobriety who were basically going to come in and speak from an AA perspective, right?

And I try to just not publish those sort of essays where people are kind of parroting the big book and along those lines. Because it just felt like... That wasn't what I was looking for that night. I was looking for something that would actually just, I think, come from a place of really... I still needed things to be wounded.

And I try to just not publish those sort of essays where people are kind of parroting the big book and along those lines. Because it just felt like... That wasn't what I was looking for that night. I was looking for something that would actually just, I think, come from a place of really... I still needed things to be wounded.

And I try to just not publish those sort of essays where people are kind of parroting the big book and along those lines. Because it just felt like... That wasn't what I was looking for that night. I was looking for something that would actually just, I think, come from a place of really... I still needed things to be wounded.