The Antidote to Alcohol | Sober and Unashamed

“Antidote” — Definition, Merriam-Webster: a remedy to counteract the effects of poison

There is no arguing that alcohol is a poison. You can claim that the key is moderation, or that when consumed responsibly, alcohol can enhance your life. The science and medical communities are slowly uniting around the fact that there is no safe amount of alcohol for human consumption. So, it’s a poison with a toxic impact on our neurology and biology. If you can accept that fact, I hope you’ll keep reading. If not, nothing else I have to say is going to reach you.

I’ve been studying alcohol and alcoholism for over six years now. If you include my own personal first and second hand research, I am in my fifth decade of alcohol, and its impact, taking a high priority in my life. After all that time, all the reading, all the watching and listening, all the stories, all the successes and all the failures I have experienced and witnessed, I am absolutely convinced of one thing:

Self-esteem is the antidote to alcohol.

In an published by in the last week of 2022, 63% of Americans report themselves to be drinkers. That number has remained remarkably consistent since started asking the question in 1939. I have the stated lifetime goal to be a part of the sober majority in America. I want…