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Oct. 7, 2025 – Paulina Pinsky is a writer, ice skater, writing coach, and educator based in Los Angeles. She received her MFA from Columbia University, where she has taught Comedy Writing to high schoolers since 2018. She is the co-author of the teen guide to consent IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE AWKWARD. She writes the Substack newsletters “newly sober” and “process/product.” She is currently working on a memoir.
Q. If you are in recovery, what was your drug(s) of choice and when is your sobriety date?
A. I have been sober from all mind-altering substances since December 22, 2021. Marijuana was my drug of choice, but I never drank normally (My nickname in college was “Barflina” because I’d either blackout or vomit every time I drank). You had it? I’d try it.
Q. Is there anything special in your sobriety toolkit that helps keep you sober?
A. Meetings. Meetings. Meetings. I am committed to going to meetings. If I slack? I feel insane. Sure, I pray and meditate and work with others, but it’s by going to meetings that I find the most relief.
