Sobriety
We ensure kids can’t get to poisonous liquids in the house such as turps, draino,
Etc. Yet we leave bottles of alcohol around the kitchen. We drink it in front of them. We drink alcohol to celebrate occasions in front of kids. They are being brainwashed.
"This is a key to all drug addiction—the drug creates the low and then deceives its victims into believing that, by ending the low, it is providing a high."
from "This Naked Mind: by Annie Grace
"Disliking the taste of our first drinks helps us become stuck. If the first drink tasted amazing, we would be more cautious. Since those early drinks aren’t very good, we throw caution to the wind. After all, how could we become addicted to something we don’t like?"
from "This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
People who start drinking at a young age (13-15) are more likely to get addicted to alcohol, no matter if their families are alcoholism-prone. Even if there's a history of alcoholism in the family, a person who waits till their early 20s is less likely to become addicted to alcohol. If you drink consistently (even in small amounts, like one drink a... See more
Andrew Huberman • What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health
There is no possession more valuable than a sober sunrise, and any drunk who demands more out of life than that will probably not have it - James Lee Burke. Can’t remember which book of his it’s from.
GOING SOBER DOESN'T MAKE YOU BORING. BEING HUNGOVER ALL DAY DOES
"Donald Rogers, Chandler Scott McMillan, and Morris Hill are part of a growing consensus among the nation’s top alcoholism experts who believe that almost without exception, the emotional problems of an alcoholic are caused by alcoholism rather than the emotional problems causing the alcoholism. They write that “far from drinking to ‘cover up’ or s... See more
"The hard part is going against groupthink, the herd mentality of our alcohol-saturated culture. After all, alcohol is the only drug on earth you have to justify not taking."
From "This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
"The genetics lab at the University of Utah, a department that studies the role of genes in addiction, says that someone’s genetic makeup will never doom them to becoming an addict.28 Polk confirms that, despite any genetic connections, someone cannot become an alcoholic without repeatedly drinking alcohol."
From "This Naked Mind by Annie Grace