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What It’s Like Being a Sober Person in a Drinking World

How do you stay sober when drinking inspires friendships, connections, and even promotions? — “Cheers!” I said, clinking glasses of wine with members of the Communist Party in Vietnam’s National Assembly, the equivalent of the U.S.’s White House. I brought the glass to my mouth and tipped it, as if to drink, stopping just shy of the wine reaching my lips. If anyone noticed…

Addiction

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What It’s Like Being a Sober Person in a Drinking World
What It’s Like Being a Sober Person in a Drinking World
Addiction

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Mar 22, 2021

To All the White Boys I Never Loved

When I was young, there was a petting zoo we would go to for school field trips. I’d feed the goats dried pellets that smelled like rotten corn and grass and their tongues would flatten themselves against my hand. Centimeter for centimeter, my hand and their tongue matched in size…

White Supremacy

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To All the White Boys I Never Loved
To All the White Boys I Never Loved
White Supremacy

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The Startup

·Oct 26, 2019

The Internet Was My Eating Disorder’s Frenemy

It was 2005 and my casual dieting had turned into a full-blown eating disorder. Cutting calories turned into fasting, which would eventually morph into bulimia when my restraint disintegrated into all-out binges. I remember my ninth grade year, scouring the internet on my very heavy and very large IBM ThinkPad…

Eating Disorders

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The Internet Was My Eating Disorder’s Frenemy
The Internet Was My Eating Disorder’s Frenemy
Eating Disorders

7 min read


Sep 11, 2019

What Our Reactions Say About Us (And How to Learn from Them)

A therapist once told me that the anger I feel when watching certain interactions is a result of witnessing my most-despised inner traits acted out in front of me. In this metaphorical mirror, I can no longer hide the obvious and the rage serves to mask the truths that accompany…

Family

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What Our Reactions Say About Us (And How to Learn from Them)
What Our Reactions Say About Us (And How to Learn from Them)
Family

6 min read

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Jen Shin

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Experiencing, reflecting and writing through the lens of an Asian American in recovery.

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