Tag: Alcohol

  • You Can Also Write When You’re Sober

    You Can Also Write When You’re Sober

    One of my biggest reservations about quitting drinking was that I thought I wouldn’t be able to write. Alcohol lubricated my fingers as they swept over the keyboard, typing out what was flowing from my head. Sometimes it was a breached dam and other times it was a gentle, meandering creek. Whichever it was, alcohol was my canoe.

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  • Why I’m Going Sober, without all of the details

    Why I’m Going Sober, without all of the details

    I had my first drink two weeks before my 18th birthday. The last drink I had was two weeks before my 38th birthday. 20 years, almost to the day. It took me that long to figure out my relationship with alcohol. In the end, I had to put the glass down.

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