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How “Everything in Moderation” Is Just Settling for Mediocrity
Tough love and a call for true freedom, for Dry January and New Year’s Resolution season
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Dana Leigh Lyons
35
In Trying to Be “Relatable,” We’re Missing a Deeper Way of Relating
What interests me more than your Sézane knitwear, statement loafers, and favorite red lip
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Dana Leigh Lyons
49
No, Gen Z Doesn’t Need to Drink More Alcohol
My response to The Free Press article that proposed more booze as a solution
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Dana Leigh Lyons
148
It’s Not Political. It’s Hate.
On exiting our echo chambers and opening our hearts
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Dana Leigh Lyons
70
Victim or Villain: Two Sides of the Same Coin
How blame and shame are related, how to step outside of the stories you tell yourself
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Dana Leigh Lyons
61
Who Are We Without Our Labels?
Individualism and collectivism, sobriety and queerness
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Dana Leigh Lyons
75
Skinny Shaming Is Still Body Shaming
And it doesn’t help anyone recover from eating disorders.
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Dana Leigh Lyons
56
No Unsolicited Advice, Please
Let’s discuss what went down in the comment section.
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Dana Leigh Lyons
246
Hooked on Hate Comments
I know better but can’t look away.
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Dana Leigh Lyons
89
Mainlining Self-Help
I’m strung out from trying to solve the self with online content.
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Dana Leigh Lyons
77
My Relationship With Writing Is Changing
When writing the personal becomes calcification and deification of identity, memory, and story
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Dana Leigh Lyons
92
To the Commenter Who Shamed Me
I have some thoughts on making money and “the principle of service” in the recovery space.
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Dana Leigh Lyons
198
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