When Numb Is Not an Option

Thoughts from late 2020 to 2024 as I was navigating lawyer life without the booze. More recent reflections in my newsletter.

What Connection Looks Like When You’re Quitting Drinking

Three Simple Steps to Disrupt Your Drinking Habits and Rewire Your Brain

Marathon Sunday and What Four Years Alcohol Free Made Possible

Wish List for Cocktail Receptions From a Non-Drinker Who Still Shows Up

The Label Doesn’t Matter If the Plan Is to Quit Drinking

I Finally Saw San Francisco Without a Drink in My Hand

The Curative Power of Ice Cold and Why I Keep Coming Back

Miami Revisited and This Time I Actually Saw the Beach

How About a Do Nothing January That Actually Feels Good

The Feeling of Freedom Two Years After Quitting Drinking

A Vacation Without Drinking

The New Business Travel and the Tools That Keep Me Sober

Make Your Goal Bigger Than Your Ego

Coded Messages I Left Myself Before I Was Ready to Quit Drinking

A Spartan Once Again

I Looked at an Old Photo and Finally Saw Myself Again

So This Is the Person I’ve Been Waiting to Meet After One Year Alcohol Free

Wonder Woman Was a Drinker and So Was I Until I Found My Way Out

Learning to Self Soothe Without Disappearing Into a Drink

Change the Algorithm and Watch Your Life Transform

How One Hard Holiday Season Changed Everything

Everything Hurts for the Right Reasons Now

When Your Great New Habit Gets Boring and What to Do About It

No More Dual Memories

Halloween 5K with the Family on Governor’s Island

This Is Not How Your Story Ends Be the Hero in Your Own Life

Start Slow Aim High and Build a Life That Makes Sobriety Stick

Being Present for the Stolen Moments

I Did Not Realize How Free I Would Feel Without Alcohol

You Cannot Keep the New You in the Same Old Life

First Family Triathlon

Zero Proof Vacation and the Joy of Being Fully Present

The New Saturday Morning and the Life I’m Building Without Alcohol

My Big Day Without Bourbon and Why It Felt Better Than Ever

My Ankle Monitor Is Off and I Am Finally Free

One Month Down and Finally Free From the Mental Load of Drinking

Give That Girl the Future She Deserve

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