A Boss Fight With Booze

Booze Boss Fight

“Don’t Do Drugs” is what they told me. “Don’t Do Drugs” is what they thought. But no one ever mentioned alcohol, and it’s way worse than anyone imagined.” Janey Lee Grace Badass & Sober 2018 If you’re like me, you’ve played a few video games in your life, and you’ve probably experienced what it’s like…

window sign about drunk driving

Angels and Demons

“I personally believe this: We have only today; yesterday’s gone and tomorrow is uncertain. That’s why they call it the present. And sobriety really is a gift… for those who are willing to receive it.” Ace Frehley — Badass and Sober since 2006 The best way to avoid drinking is never to start, but that…

Lips that touch Alcohol will not touch ours

Don’t Drink I Tell Yeah.

“We have been taught that freedom is the freedom to pursue our petty, trivial desires. Real freedom is freedom from our petty, trivial desires.”  ― Russell Brand, author of Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions As attitudes started to change about alcohol’s effect on society, we drew battle lines between those who wanted to drink and…

Adding (t) to your Title

I’ve just activated the emergency button on my Apple Watch with a shaky finger, and it has already alerted my sleeping son. (Hopefully!)  It’s December 2019, Covid has not raised its ugly head in the west yet, but I still think I am dying.  This can’t be — my life can’t be over so soon…

the rocky history of booze

Rocky History of Alcohol

“It doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a day-to-day thing. You gotta reprise every day.” —Tim Allen – Badass & Sober since 1998 For thousands of years, fermented grain, fruit juice, and honey have been used to make alcohol. Archaeologists found the first example of an alcoholic beverage dating back to 7000 BC. They recovered it in…