No matter your reason (pregnancy, mental health, don’t like the taste, or otherwise!), I hope you understand that your experiences are valid. Wherever you are on the spectrum of sobriety, know that you’re not alone. I know I am trying to after this hellscape of a year. To start building a better relationship with ourselves, we can try to be more intentional about how and when we drink-or don’t. Some people will be sober their whole lives (or the rest of their lives), and some may dabble in sobriety throughout various seasons.
Others among us are evaluating their consumption carefully it doesn’t matter the reason, and it doesn’t matter the duration. Soon, we’re reaching for another glass or can. It’s easier than most of us will admit to default to a glass of wine or a beer out of habit.
Some days and weeks, I don’t care a lick for it others, I care a lot of licks. (My own third space has been the open-air brewery four blocks from my home.) Many of our third spaces do include drinking, and that’s difficult-physically, mentally, financially.Īlcohol is a tricky bag to unpack for me, and for others that I know and love. And of course, there’s the third space that has become so beautiful and rare in this pandemic period. Or, an innocuous “let’s grab a drink” text with a friend I haven’t seen in years. Everywhere I turn, there’s a virtual cocktail hour.
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