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Sarah Levy

Los Angeles, New York
As seen in: Seltzer Rocks, The New York Times, HuffPost, TIME, The Atlantic, Cosmopolitan, SAGE Publishing, AlloCiné, Bustle, ELLE, PS and
Covers:  Sobriety, relationships, culture, mental health, career, body image.
Author of DRINKING GAMES (@stmartinspress) out now! Bylines in The New York Times, The Cut, Vogue, and others.

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How I Survived Wedding Season in My First Year of Sobriety

How I Survived Wedding Season in My First Year of Sobriety

There's more to weddings than an open bar. It just took giving up alcohol for me to realize it. Weddings are …

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Don't Let Your Boss Trick You into Thinking Work Is Your Family

Don't Let Your Boss Trick You into Thinking Work Is Your Family

In 2016, I got a job offer that changed my life. After two years of living with my parents, I landed a gig as…

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What Social Distancing Is Like For A Sober Person

What Social Distancing Is Like For A Sober Person

I've been sober for the past two and a half years. And with the exception of the first few weeks, I've spent …

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Why I Gave Up Drinking - And How It Changed My Life

Why I Gave Up Drinking - And How It Changed My Life

I stopped drinking the week after my 28th birthday. I have always had a complex relationship with alcohol. Wh…

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Giving Up Alcohol Made Me Date Like a Teenager Again

Giving Up Alcohol Made Me Date Like a Teenager Again

Sitting next to a guy I'll call Mike, on our second date, I searched my memory for a sliver of how I used to …

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Falling in Love While Sober Wasn't What I Expected

Falling in Love While Sober Wasn't What I Expected

Before I quit drinking, my go-to order was a dirty vodka martini with extra olives. I loved the way the cold,…

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A New Generation of Moms Who Get High Original

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By Sarah Levy
| The Atlantic Verified
Listen1.0x 0:0012:42 Taylor Mitchem’s baby was born in March 2020. By the time they both left the hospital, the world had shut down. Mitchem had no extended family nearby, no friends who could visit. Her husband was around, but because he was nervous about the newborn’s fragility, she felt responsible for most of the child care.
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A hotel room for one

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By Sarah Levy
| Seltzer Rocks
In January, I packed a bag and drove down to Laguna Beach for a self-imposed solo writing retreat. I am all about the writing retreat these days (join me for our upcoming rescheduled session on Cape Cod in May, more details here!!) mostly because, as a mom, getting into deep creative work can feel tricky in my usual environment, where piles of laundry are demanding to be folded and dishes are always waiting in the sink.
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Wie wird Chanukka gefeiert? Zwischen Kerzen, Dreideln und Jingle Bells

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By Sarah Levy, Monty Ott
| Der Freitag Verified
Chanukka sei das jüdische Weihnachten, so wird es christlichen Kindern in Deutschland noch immer erklärt. Das erklärt natürlich eher wenig, außer dass Chanukka, das jüdische Lichterfest, häufig in zeitlicher Nähe zum christlichen Weihnachten stattfindet (nicht immer!). Dadurch ist Chanukka als religiös gar nicht so bedeutende jüdische Feier unter Christen vielleicht sogar bekannter als der höchste jüdische Feiertag Jom Kippur.
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