The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

by Cait Flanders

I couldn’t drown it away anymore. I had to feel the discomfort, crave the drink, then push past it and find a new way to handle the situation.

Being newly sober, it was funny seeing the words that I tell myself in my head.