‘I have an ego that needs to be put in check’: ex-Gawker editor AJ Daulerio on life after addiction
After his fall from grace, media’s former enfant terrible is now sober and helping others with his addiction recovery newsletter and podcast, The Small Bow Every other Tuesday, AJ Daulerio wakes up at 5.30am and meditates for five to 20 minutes before beginning his multistep daily journaling protocol: reading a selection from a poetry anthology, then a passage from one of his daily wisdom readers…
Former Gawker editor AJ Daulerio, once known as the media world's enfant terrible, has embarked on a path of sobriety and now offers assistance to others through his addiction recovery newsletter and podcast, The Small Bore. Each Tuesday, Daulerio begins his day at 5:30am with a meditation session lasting between five to 20 minutes.
His daily journaling routine involves reading poetry, a passage from Leo Tolstoy's A Calendar of Wisdom, writing about his fears and expressing gratitude, and sharing his spiritual insight with his three children. After consuming a banana and coffee, Daulerio engages in Brazilian jiujitsu training before attending a 9:45am meditation at Besant Lodge, a community center that served as a gathering place for mid-century mystics. Following this, he facilitates a recovery meeting via Zoom.
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