What happens when you are not an alcoholic, but you decide to stop drinking for one year for the simple fact that alcohol makes your anxiety rage and makes you feel like garbage?

I had lots of questions. What about my birthday? What about when I need to unwind? What about when the world is facing a global pandemic? No drinking even then?

No drinking even then.

I explore what it’s like to be sober during the apocalypse, the social pressures to drink, and the big question - I’ve been sober for a year - so now what?

Here are some things I talked about in this episode:

This Naked Mind

Holly Whitaker - “It’s destruction, marketed as liberation”

Laura McKowen

Sober October

I am Sober App

Lagunitas Hoppy Refresher

Seedlips NA Spirits

Gruvi Non-Alcoholic Dry Secco

Rainbow Pride Converse

The question isn’t whether you have a drinking problem, the question is: does drinking cause you problems?

Our awesome theme song for this season is called Rebecca’s Song from Night Teacher. Visit them on Instagram.

By the way, it turns out that it costs money to create a podcast - there are podcast hosting site costs and equipment, etc. I've decided not to accept advertisers for the Embrace Your Weird Podcast so if you would like to show your support, you can set up a one-time or monthly donation via Paypal to help with costs. And I might even send you a little Thank You something...

So, we record in the closet because the wonderfully talented and totally legit podcast person Lulu Miller once told me that was how you got the best sound. I’m not sure the dog was taken into account, but this is how we do it around here.