Hi, I’m Lindsey Goodrow

Sober Gemini is my newsletter where I write about addiction, recovery, and the delicate space in between.

Over the past four years, I’ve relapsed more times than I can count — often writing through it. The truth is: relapse happens. It did for me, again and again. But each time, as messy as it was, taught me something and brought me a little closer to getting clean.

My sober birthday is October 1, 2023. I hope this one holds. If it doesn’t, I’ll tell the truth about what happened — even if it’s uncomfortable. Writing helps me make sense of things. Maybe reading about it will do something similar for you. You might not be an addict, but most of us know what it’s like to chase something that we believe will fill the void.

Thanks for being here while I figure this out. I’ll keep sharing what I learn. xx

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Chapbooks

Love You More Than Wine (2024), out now through Bottlecap Press, is a chapbook about addiction. Its essays span four years of hardship and failed attempts at sobriety, tracing a journey in which every setback unknowingly guides the way toward healing and recovery.

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The Other-Ache (2020) is an intimate selection of writing all about love—or rather, the trouble surrounding love, all its wounds and aches. This chapbook details insights gained after a decade-long abusive relationship. It explores the ways we can feel tenderness for those who have hurt us and, more importantly, how to extend that same compassion to ourselves.

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