From Party Animal, to Sock Drawer Organiser

Debunking the myth of a boring sober-life

Liam M
3 min readOct 16, 2023
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Sobriety noun

Definition: The science of replacing cocktails for herbal teas. The cosmic shift that turns your social life into a deserted island. Prepare to trade wild nights for exhilarating evenings of organising your sock drawer.

Many people still believe that giving up alcohol will turn them into the human embodiment of beige. It is this very belief that can perpetuate your drinking habits.

Is this fear justified or is it society’s obsession with alcohol that makes everyone believe it?

It’s definitely the latter.

I knew I had a toxic relationship with alcohol. It was this very fear that kept me drinking. How could I be the charming, funny, party animal without alcohol? Without alcohol, I would become a party pooper. A stripped-down, more boring version of the person I wanted to be.

But now sobriety has shown me how ridiculous this belief is. It is this distorted logic that destroys lives and strips people of finding their true selves. Why would quitting alcohol remove the personality traits you currently possess?

Your sobriety journey is already terrifying. You don’t need to heighten the fear with any of these…

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Liam M

I grew up as a black bag, but now I identify as human. Top writer in; cryptocurrency, finance, sobriety, addiction, & bitcoin