Yes it's the new year, yes I like to be around people, and no, I don't drink. 

Even the omen of incurable pneumonia that some respiratory therapists believe could be the long term effect of vaping hadn’t dissuaded me. I just didn't know how to quit vaping.

I quietly turned three years sober in Las Vegas, surrounded by my triggers and my normie boyfriend.

Watching a kid panic as his friend ODs on the train reminded me how terrifying my drug use must have been to the people who cared about me.

In the beginning, the boys in AA kept me coming back. But ultimately, going cold turkey meant giving up more than booze and drugs.

As a sober addict prescribed Oxycodone, comedian Amy Dresner was careful to follow doctor's orders. Then her disease kicked in.

I need certain drugs in order to stay sane. And no one’s going to tell me I’m not sober because I take them.

During my worst relapse, I pulled a knife on my ex and was assigned domestic violence classes. The most terrifying part of it all? In some ways, I'm the healthiest one in the group.

A suicide attempt in sobriety landed me in a psych ward, surrounded by people who talked about porn, corn and hearing voices. They just may have saved my life.

To get sober, I had to go as far from LA as possible: to my dad’s hippie town—where the food’s organic, the people are happy, and I see red.

I never knew I was that funny until my shares started killing. And it wasn’t too long a journey from the rooms to the stage.

Balancing addiction with epilepsy isn’t always easy. Especially when the people giving advice don’t know what they’re talking about.

Conventional wisdom dictates that the sexes should stick together when it comes to sponsorship. What happens if I’d rather do it with a guy?

I’ve relapsed more times than I can count. While it hasn’t been easy, it's at least taught me that what other people think really is none of my business.

I’ve been called self-indulgent, crazy, angry and outrageous for writing and talking about my addiction and mental illness. But there's a method to the madness.

Treatments for borderline personality disorder and alcoholism are similar. But dealing with one doesn't fix the other.

I’ve been going to rehab for the past 15 years. But this is my last one—at least I hope. 

Want to know if genetics plays a role in both addiction and mental illness? Just take a glance at my family tree.

A guy I met in rehab shot me up for the first time. And then the needle and I had a love affair all our own.