Paulina Pinsky is a writer, figure skater, and clown based in Los Angeles. Since 2017, she has taught Comedy Writing to high schoolers at Columbia University, where she earned her MFA. She writes the newsletters Newly Sober and Process Over Product on Substack, leads people through The Artist's Way, and offers 1:1 writing coaching. Learn more and join a future cohort at paulinapinsky.com.
Contributor Paulina Pinsky was repeatedly told that weed wasn’t addictive—even as she experienced cravings, withdrawal, vomiting, and an inability to stop. In this personal essay, she examines the complicated line between cannabis dependence and addiction and asks whether recognizing the difference sooner might have changed her story.
