I didn’t really mean to stop drinking and taking drugs, mostly because I didn’t think I could. With the help of some good, generous, patient people I started over and began my sobriety journey. It was just the beginning; at least of a more nuanced, but I think ultimately more nourishing and rewarding, story. and sometimes they are quotidian and silly (like, orange wine is a thing now… Should I?). Last week the actor Natasha Lyonne wrote on X: “Took my relapse public more to come” later adding, “Recovery is a lifelong process.