Why I Drank (And the Questions I Wish I’d Asked Sooner) EP 97

I didn’t wake up one day and decide I wanted to have a complicated relationship with alcohol. But looking back, I can see exactly how it happened. In this episode, I’m unpacking why I drank and how alcohol slowly went from something that made parties more fun, to something I used for connection, confidence, reward, boredom, stress relief, energy, grief, loneliness, and eventually, to avoid thoughts and emotions I didn’t know how to sit with. Because problematic drinking doesn’t always look pr...