Sober Podcast 168 - Excuses

This podcast was recorded in response to an email I received. This sober penpal wanted to make a list of reason to be sober, and I challenged her on that idea as not being entirely useful.

What follows is perhaps the most important audio I've recorded in a long time.

To be sober, there's nothing to figure out. We have a brain that asks for alcohol. The rest of the 'reasons' are wolfie.

Have a listen and let me know what you think.

I've also attached the longer unedited version of the audio recording, wherein i actually say "you need to make drinking a priority" instead of "you need to make NOT drinking a priority..." (i cut that chunk out in the final version!). There's also one other place where I start to quote AA and then change my mind ...