See, ‘stone-cold sober’ needs a re-brand. It should be called ‘sunshine-warm sober’ instead. Because that’s what it feels like. The loveliness of daylight, clarity and authentic social connection. Yes, you can no longer drink that magical potion to take social situations from level-two ‘insecure’ to level-eight ‘pogo-ing around a dancefloor’. You need to learn how to chug through levels three to seven for real, rather than using the dark art of an addictive drug. But once you learn the superpower of socializing sober, it never leaves you. And you’ll never want to go back.
