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Why You Need To Be Supportive of Sober Friends
This time last year, I was dissolving into a slushy mess that got even worse once COVID-19 unexpectedly resulted in the nationwide shutdown that altered our existence beyond anything we could’ve foreseen.
By late summer 2020, I had made the tough decision to stop drinking until whenever.
After a month of substituting wine and vodka for water, juices and tea, I began to notice the twinkle in my eyes, and slowly uncovered the smooth, medium-brown skin color that had eluded me. There was also the renewed stamina, spearheaded by a rejuvenated engine, supplying the level of energy that alighted the epicenter of productivity.
I felt like someone who had been sound asleep with eyes wide open, who was suddenly awakened to the gratifying status of potent alertness that didn’t require mind-altering substances to enhance what didn’t require magnification by means of self-destruction.
Labor Day weekend came around, and I was in NYC visiting a friend who was also adamant about following the CDC guidelines, and so we were thankfully able to draft out my week-long stay with the care and duty to ourselves and others, that appropriately recognized the precarious reality of navigating a global pandemic.
