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Sean Paul Mahoney

Sean Paul Mahoney

If you’re gonna be heartbroken, might as well do it with Joni Mitchell

When emotional pain splits you open, like really knocks your house over like a tornado and takes your breath away, it’s best to have a…

5 min readNov 14, 2020

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If you’re gonna be heartbroken, might as well do it with Joni Mitchell

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Sean Paul Mahoney

You’re Not Doing Any of This Wrong

Of all the things I love about people (and there are actual things I love about people, despite proudly describing myself as a people…

5 min readApr 12, 2020

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You’re Not Doing Any of This Wrong

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Sean Paul Mahoney

Recovery Is Gay

I remember getting misty eyed at like age 10 as my mom played “Daniel” by Elton John on our old piano. I wasn’t crying because her playing…

5 min readNov 18, 2019

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Recovery Is Gay

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Sean Paul Mahoney

In Good Times and Bad, Always Madonna

“Finally, enough love,” the voice in my overpriced air pods whispered. That was it. That’s what I needed to hear. See, I’d been in a place…

5 min readAug 16, 2019

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In Good Times and Bad, Always Madonna

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Sean Paul Mahoney

Stop Saying This S#!T To Sober People

If you’ve quit drinking, quit doing drugs or in general quit doing things to slowly kill yourself for any extended period of time, you…

5 min readJul 29, 2019

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Stop Saying This S#!T To Sober People

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Sean Paul Mahoney

Is this too much: Carly Rae Jepsen’s latest is an addict’s anthem

“Too soon, too fast, too much” is how you could basically describe everything from my drug use and my drinking to my friendships to my…

5 min readMay 13, 2019

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Is this too much: Carly Rae Jepsen’s latest is an addict’s anthem

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Sean Paul Mahoney

Gay Men, Let’s Stop Calling Ourselves Clean or Dirty

Let’s get this out of the way from the jump: I am a gay, HIV positive man who is also sober of over a decade. I rip these band-aids off…

5 min readMay 4, 2019

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Gay Men, Let’s Stop Calling Ourselves Clean or Dirty

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Lighthouses Wherever You Can Find Them

The loneliness, the sadness, the truth, and Jenny Lewis

5 min readApr 1, 2019

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Lighthouses Wherever You Can Find Them

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Sean Paul Mahoney

Dry January But Forever

People with normal relationships with drugs and alcohol are adorable. They will tell you they’re going out with friends for a drink and…

4 min readFeb 4, 2019

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Dry January But Forever

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So about that New Year’s Resolution from 2009….

Today is January 2nd, 2019. Today is the day after the first day of the year. Today is the day you go back to the gym, go back to your…

4 min readJan 2, 2019

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So about that New Year’s Resolution from 2009….

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Sean Paul Mahoney

Sean Paul Mahoney

Sean Paul Mahoney is a writer & recovery mentor in Portland. NOW THAT YOU'VE STOPPED DYING is his new essay collection, is available now from Zephyr Bookshelf.

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