Ana Marie Cox

Going out for drinks with everybody and your turn comes around and you usually order a wine, but you're doing dry January. Don't say like, no, I'm doing dry January. Maybe just... Just say like, all right, not tonight. Not tonight. This is going to sound really crazy, but maybe just don't crow about it too much.

Going out for drinks with everybody and your turn comes around and you usually order a wine, but you're doing dry January. Don't say like, no, I'm doing dry January. Maybe just... Just say like, all right, not tonight. Not tonight. This is going to sound really crazy, but maybe just don't crow about it too much.

You don't have to keep it a secret, but it'd be cool to just make it normal to not order a drink. There, that's what you could do. Yeah. I think a lot of people who do dry January are doing it just because they want to, but still find it something of a struggle, right? Still find themselves challenged by it. I don't know. I guess just know that it's not easy for everybody.

You don't have to keep it a secret, but it'd be cool to just make it normal to not order a drink. There, that's what you could do. Yeah. I think a lot of people who do dry January are doing it just because they want to, but still find it something of a struggle, right? Still find themselves challenged by it. I don't know. I guess just know that it's not easy for everybody.

You don't have to keep it a secret, but it'd be cool to just make it normal to not order a drink. There, that's what you could do. Yeah. I think a lot of people who do dry January are doing it just because they want to, but still find it something of a struggle, right? Still find themselves challenged by it. I don't know. I guess just know that it's not easy for everybody.

Yeah, just try to remember that. Yeah, it's hard. It's hard.

Yeah, just try to remember that. Yeah, it's hard. It's hard.

Yeah, just try to remember that. Yeah, it's hard. It's hard.

Well, I'm not going to lie. Sometimes it kind of sucks. I mean, really experiencing life, like everything that there is in life. I mean, if it was great, everyone would do it. And if it was great all the time, there wouldn't be any reason to escape. But life has all the things. Life has terrible joys and it has horrendous pain. It is a...

Well, I'm not going to lie. Sometimes it kind of sucks. I mean, really experiencing life, like everything that there is in life. I mean, if it was great, everyone would do it. And if it was great all the time, there wouldn't be any reason to escape. But life has all the things. Life has terrible joys and it has horrendous pain. It is a...

Well, I'm not going to lie. Sometimes it kind of sucks. I mean, really experiencing life, like everything that there is in life. I mean, if it was great, everyone would do it. And if it was great all the time, there wouldn't be any reason to escape. But life has all the things. Life has terrible joys and it has horrendous pain. It is a...

is a challenge just to always be where I am in the moment to not be able to hurry things along pharmacologically. And you hear people say like, I'm grateful. I'm a grateful recovering alcoholic. And it's like, how could you be grateful? I am so grateful. I am so grateful to have the life that I have today. Cause if I was able to drink,

is a challenge just to always be where I am in the moment to not be able to hurry things along pharmacologically. And you hear people say like, I'm grateful. I'm a grateful recovering alcoholic. And it's like, how could you be grateful? I am so grateful. I am so grateful to have the life that I have today. Cause if I was able to drink,

is a challenge just to always be where I am in the moment to not be able to hurry things along pharmacologically. And you hear people say like, I'm grateful. I'm a grateful recovering alcoholic. And it's like, how could you be grateful? I am so grateful. I am so grateful to have the life that I have today. Cause if I was able to drink,

and not wreck lives, including my own, I wouldn't have the realness of the experience that I have today.

and not wreck lives, including my own, I wouldn't have the realness of the experience that I have today.

and not wreck lives, including my own, I wouldn't have the realness of the experience that I have today.

I wish that I could bottle it and give it to people. Maybe make some money. I don't know. That was a joke.

I wish that I could bottle it and give it to people. Maybe make some money. I don't know. That was a joke.

I wish that I could bottle it and give it to people. Maybe make some money. I don't know. That was a joke.