Meet my drunk alter ego, Barflina:
on December 22, 2021: the universe granted me what i could not grant myself and i was struck sober
granted the Gift of Desperation, i came into sobriety after ending an engagement, vowing celibacy, and moving back in with my parents. as i was first counting days, i was religiously going to meetings. when i wasn’t at meetings, i was sleeping or i was crying so hard that i threw up in my mouth mourning life as i once knew it.
who was i if i wasn’t a stoner? could i have fun without drinking? who the fuck am i?
however, i have always made sense of the world through writing, but i couldn’t find much writing from early sobriety about early sobriety— everything i read felt polished and was from five years out.
and so, i set off to fill a niche: what does early sobriety look and sound and feel like as it is happening?
CUE:
but let me be clear:
i refuse to use capital letters so as to show you how little authority i have.
i know very little. i am no saint. i know diddly squat.
however, if i do this thing right, hopefully, you’ll realize that you’re not so alone. whether you’re sober, sober curious, or drinking/getting high every day, i hope that i can offer you a candid portrait of early recovery.
no matter if you’re sober, stoned, or drunk, you’re in the right place.
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