EACH ONE, TEACH ONE –
April 7, 2023 – Data from drug abuse statistics dot org say that 16.4% of adults in Virginia over 18 binge drink at least once a month.
While the option not to drink is often on the table, sobriety can still be socially isolating, which is why two women from Chesapeake have created a way to make more people feel less alone.
Every story of sobriety is different. There’s Christina Kimbrough’s story of being sober for about 3 years and struggling with an addiction to alcohol. And then there’s Elena Thorstensen who didn’t have a drinking problem but didn’t like the way alcohol made her feel after the fact.
“I was in the gray area where it was hard for me to reconcile my health conscious lifestyle with drinking,” says Thorstensen.
A hurdle that both of them say they came across was how to create a healthy medium of having a social life without the temptation of drinking.
