PERPLEXING –
July 5, 2026 – It didn’t look like what I thought a drinking problem was supposed to look like. It looked like beach days, boat days and long afternoons by the pool with friends who were doing the same. I wasn’t drinking alone. I wasn’t blacking out. I never drove drunk. From the outside, it felt normal.
But underneath that, something was shifting.
Then I got shamed for moderation.
What surprised me most was how uncomfortable people seemed with the idea that recovery, or even just reevaluating your relationship with alcohol, might not look the same for everyone.
