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Elysha Rose Diaz's avatar

I'll be sober 1 year in 3 weeks. It's the best thing I've ever done and while I still think I'll be sippin a glass of delicious red wine in Rome or Paris one day, this year (and probably the next one too) it was the booze free world I needed to be in to reground myself, to show up for my kids and partner and I finally have a daily routine that centers Joy. I couldnt do or access any of that while I was riding the alcohol fueled anxiety train -- just how Im made. Doesnt mean I still dont think about it all the time tho -- when I do/ if I do drink again - it will be red wine. and this insane carrot juice mezcal cocktail that was one of my last drinks from this amazing Haitian restaurant here in New Orleans -Fritai. (It's the worst part of not drinking - I really enjoy a delicious cocktail. But my body and heart stopped loving the effects.) So if you don't quit drinking -- make sure to drink those extra extra extra yummy ones for me!! Sending Love. -Elysha

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lauren holman's avatar

I feel like a broken record, but once again I am so connected to your writing. I feel this so much. I am an incredibly indulgent person when it comes to food, alcohol, edibles, anything to get me out of my head, or enhance things. I love how you describe it. And I often think about how you talk about food in essential labor. I’m sober-curious. Or at least enhancements-dialed-down-curious. I like the idea of the seltzer. Replacing a ritual with another ritual so the deprivation doesn’t starve you.

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