Missy Elliott, "I'm Better" (feat. Lamb)

What a week they’re all going to be from now on.

Photo: Daniel Chodusov

Well, you made it through the first seven days. Now you just have to do one thousand, four hundred and forty-nine more, assuming this thing only lasts four years or we actually have four years to get through. I prefer to avoid the platitudes of recovery, but some sentiments are unavoidable: Perhaps the only way you will do this is by taking it one breath at a time. Even that may be difficult, maybe try going with half-breaths.

Hey, there’s a new Missy Elliott track! So the week was not a complete and total nightmare in the face of which continued existence seems torturous and untenable, right? Let’s say right. Enjoy.