What Sobriety Taught Me About Alcohol

Published in The Ascent

Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay About Time:

Time is relative. Sober time is not.

This is the most startling thing I found about sobriety. I will be at a social event, or just hanging around the house at night, look down at my phone and think,

“Holy shit, it is only 8:30?”

So, I will distract myself, eat something, take a shower, draw a self-portrait, clip my toe-nails, then look down at my watch and think,

“Holy shit, it’s only 8:35?”

No one told me this. Everyone s...