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Paul Burston
Sep 10, 20233 min read
The power of goodbye - and a seal of approval
This is the change I’d like to see in the year ahead - for me to finally learn the power of goodbye.
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Paul Burston
Jan 1, 20232 min read
New year, new me?
It’s high time for me to reconnect with the brave young man I was - and take better care of the older, battle scarred one I’ve become.
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Paul Burston
Dec 12, 20222 min read
Difference Is Born On The Lips
Part memoir, part meditation on what it means to be othered as a working class gay man, this book is beautifully written, brave,...
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Paul Burston
May 17, 20222 min read
501 days of sobriety
Yesterday I reached a milestone – 500 days of sobriety. I know this because the I Am Sober app on my iPhone told me so. I stopped...
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Paul Burston
Mar 2, 20223 min read
“I’m wasted here, aren’t I?”
Do you ever get the feeling you’re being undervalued? I know I do. And when I do I tend to make a joke of it and think of Susie Blake’s...
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Paul Burston
Mar 12, 20212 min read
Ten weeks sober
Photo by Ketut Subiyanto It’s ten weeks today since I last drank any alcohol. Here are a few things I’ve discovered - It’s been far...
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Paul Burston
Jan 1, 20212 min read
“And I’ll drink all the time”
For much of the past year, I’ve been working on a memoir. It’s about a lot of things - AIDS activism, David Bowie, love and loss, nearly...
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Paul Burston
Apr 8, 20202 min read
Lockdown Bookclub – Workin’ It!
When a book comes lavished with praise from Elton John, Tori Spelling and Vanessa Williams, you know you’re in celebrity love-in...
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