AMAZING STORY –
July 15, 2025 – At 25, Lauren McQuistin decided she needed to quit drinking for good. At the time, she was studying and performing opera at Yale School of Music. Many of her peers were deep in heavy, college-era drinking habits.
But she was addicted, and as she used alcohol to cope, her life became “unbearable.”
There wasn’t a “rock bottom” moment like she’d always heard about. She hadn’t been arrested, fallen into debt, lost her house or spouse or kids. She didn’t even have any of those things. (“Who could afford a house, right?” she tells USA TODAY.) She thought she had to wait for something really bad to happen before getting sober and “on the right track.”
