Sobriety Sucks

Meredith and Jack mourn the loss of their friend and immortal Twitter poster Alan Hanson. They also forced Zachary A. Siegel aka Zach on Twitter to watch Painkiller with them and talk about the ongoing opioid crisis, how it's mishandled in media, and what we can do when people we love use drugs.  

Read the piece Meredith read at the beginning here.

Read Alan's incredible Newsletter Take the Surface Streets.

Read Alan's poetry and other brilliant writing here.

Read how Alan was almost Elon Musk's twitter ghostwriter here.

More information on overdose prevention, Narcan, and how you can do more here.

TW: Eating disorders, fatphobia, body dysmorphia.

WE'RE BACK SUCKOS Jack (or should I say "John") and Meredith talk about Jennette McCurdy's best-selling book I'm Glad My Mom Died and everything that comes with having a mother. They also talk about codependency, family systems and get really deep into Meredith's struggles with eating.

The boys are back in town!!! The BIDEN BOYS that is! Jack and Meredith watch the republican propaganda film My Son Hunter. They resist the urge to tear the film to shreds and try to focus on the recovery aspects. They deep dive into why people think addiction is a weakness, and how the family system can impact recovery.

WE'RE BACK SUCKOS. You asked for it, you got it: Jack and Meredith celebrate their triumphant return to podcasting by discussing the Hulu show the Bear. They also shit on LA, and make a very special announcement about the future of the pod. Thanks for sticking with us suckos. We love you!

Meredith and Jack discuss the incredible graphic-novel blog 'Joe vs. the Cult' (https://elan.school/). They get into the dark world of the "Troubled Teen industry", and whether or not AA is actually brainwashing us to be better people.

Jack and Meredith are still avoiding their inevitable Euphoria Episode by talking about the art of the SCAM, baby. Meredith goes off on a tangent as an Airbnb private investigator, Jack talks about the Tinder Swindler, and they both discuss what their grifts would be had they not gotten into AA.

Jack and Meredith talk about the lowkey amazing movie Nightmare Alley, and how it may be the most AA movie of all time. Meredith also whines about twitter and Jack deep dives on the personal history of an old member of the program: the author of nightmare alley himself.

Meredith and Jack take a humiliatingly deep dive into Meredith's pre-sobriety sex columnist-style tumblr. They also talk about zoom bombing, Jack's first time smelling weed, and insecurities. Also apologies for shitty audio quality, we had some computer issues.

Meredith forced Jack to watch the Sex and the City Reboot "And Just Like That". They talk about the West Elm Caleb witch hunt, get sidetracked by a brief argument (haunted dolls, always fighting), and the problems with retroactively trying to make shows more progressive.

Meredith gets too famous to podcast. Jack humbles her with his wiles and they talk about twitter, the Floyd arc in 30 Rock, love bombing, detaching with love, and control issues. Special guest: Muzzy Carmichael.