Socialising, or even partying, sober
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Socialising, or even partying, sober
- After a sustained outpouring of emotion like that, it’s natural to walk away from that experience thinking the whole thing was fucking amazing. All the good music, the dancing, the congratulatory messages, the repeated exclamations of “I love you”s that are usually pushed down to the depths of the soul… this all leads to a dopamine rush that can co... See more
from Why Having a Wedding Makes Sense by Lawrence Yeo
Ajinkya Wadhwa added
- My active drinking career highlighted a lot of things I didn’t know how to do:
- Be honest with myself.
- Understand my own motivations and needs.
- See my proper place in the world.
- Appreciate my own quirks.
- Believe that I’m enough for the world, as-is.
from Do the Thing You Don't Know How to Do - By T.B.D. by substack.com
Frank Brown added
as she was leaving her finance job last night to head out for her very first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, some coworkers invited her to join them for drinks and she said yes, because she thought it would be a good networking opportunity. Then she tells me, without a trace of irony, that she drank too much because she was upset with herself for not
... See morefrom Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
A lot of people use alcohol to lose their inhibitions, but for me it was the opposite. I drank to calm down and basically become catatonic. To be sober at a party reminded me that this is who I truly was: a Dennis the Menace weirdo who liked trolling people and acting kooky.
from Just by Looking at Him: A Novel by Ryan O'Connell
