Drinking, plans for drinking, casual references to drinking, jokes about drinking, memes about drinking, advertisements for drinking were everywhere — are everywhere. We live in a culture that drinks by default, and although not everyone in my life cared about drinking the way I did, most of them cared at least a little. For me, and most others, this is one of the hardest parts about getting sober or even imagining getting sober: the “other people” factor. Because not drinking alcohol isn’t one of those things that generally goes under the radar. People notice. As it goes, alcohol is the only
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