Sobriety
Sober Musings
Sobriety
The goal is not accumulating the longest list of days of no drinking, the goal is to reclaim a potentially mythical, long-lost treasure. We must leave what we have become accustomed to and strike out in search of something we may not find. It’s the commitment to that goal that is heroic, the willingness to face fears with abandon, to stand at the t... See more
T.B.D. • Heroes often fail.
“Spending a night out drinking is akin to dismantling every piece of protection we have—our cognition, our decision making, our reaction time, our memory, our standards, our voice. If we thought about alcohol in this way—as something that undermines our collective momentum and personal agency and vitality and self-worth—what would that m
... See moreHolly Whitaker • Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
sobriety offers us everything alcohol promised—we’re setting up a very different narrative.
Holly Whitaker • Quit Like a Woman
What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health | Huberman Lab Podcast #86
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youtu.beThe INSANE Benefits of Going Alcohol-Free | Andy Ramage X Rich Roll Podcast
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I thought getting sober would feel like a punishment. Instead, I feel like I’ve been given an opportunity to live a meaningful, intentional life—like my world cracked wide open.
Kristen Blanton Crocker • My Sobriety Story With Kristen Blanton Crocker
What recovering alcoholics “have” is not a stake on ultimate wisdom or a lock on virtue, but a way of life that accepts imperfection as imperfection, permitting such spiritual qualities as “serenity” and “the joy of living” to coexist with such earthly realities as “defects” and “shortcomings.”