Joe Biden
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And when I came back after that, obviously I never went back to drinking alcohol and everything.
And so, but I went back into the workplace and I remember everyone would always open up to me and give me advice.
But it's what you're saying.
When someone was drunk, they tell me their whole life story.
Yeah.
Next day, they'd wake up and go, Jay, you'd actually remember what I said, right?
I remember everything.
They're like, please don't tell anyone.
I loved that part where I was like, I was able to be there for people.
Just hear their stories.
100%.
And someone that had context the next day, because if they told someone else who was drunk, you'd both not remember, then it'd be gone.
No, I think the benefits that you've just pointed out, good sleep, good health, great mental clarity.
They're huge.
But there's a couple of things I want to point out for everyone who's listening, just as takeaways, because Tom makes it,
so seamless when you're talking about it.
It's really beautiful as well.
But one of the things you mentioned was finding alternatives.
And during my monk life, we always talked about how there was something that we called the higher taste.
And it was saying, you can never give up a lower taste unless you add a higher taste.