What Being Public About Sobriety Really Means

It’s not just about you anymore.

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I wouldn’t talk about sobriety when I first stopped drinking because it seemed like I was admitting a dark secret. And that feeling would be validated often. It would cause people to stop in their tracks and visibly make an assessment about me in the moment. This caused talking about it to make me feel insanely vulnerable and equally pressured to keep…