Sarah Wood
@sarahwood
writer based in barcelona
Sarah Wood
HekateNYC
hekatenyc.com
On my one-year sober anniversary, I decided I had finally gotten the hang of this thing called “a present life.” I started a new job and threw myself into challenging projects. I felt productive, focused and in control. And then, something utterly unexpected and exciting happened: I met someone.
Man Repeller • Falling in Love While Sober Wasn’t What I Expected
The UK’s largest recent study of drinking behaviours showed in 2019, 16-to-25-year-olds were the most likely to be teetotal, with 26% not drinking, compared to the least likely generation (55-to-74-year-olds), 15% of whom didn’t drink.
bbc • Why Gen Zers are growing up sober curious
Sobriety and
Normalizing sobriety in an alcohol-dependent society is difficult, especially when individuals are up against a trillion-dollar industry pumping out advertisements and making it seem like the only way to experience life is with a drink in your hand. Marketing budgets for alcohol brands are expected to rise to $7.7 billion by next year, and the... See more
Sober Curious Gen Z and Millennials Have Sparked the Next Health Trend | Dame Magazine
Sobriety and
“There is the life that most of us live, and then there is the life we have buried deep inside us, the life we know we’re supposed to be living.”
Holly Whitaker • Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol
Mental Health and