Advice columns: my weekly drip of self-help

I just can't quit you

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When I was trying to crawl out of the black hole of a bad breakup, I read every Dear Sugar letter and answer going back to 2008. Whatever the topic of the letter was, I mined Steve Almond’s, and later Cheryl Strayed’s, responses for any words that would fortify my heart and soul. Some people would have turned to a …