Over the years, those have slowed – my sobriety is not novel and is simply part of who I am. There does seem to be a rising backlash against sobriety. ‘Sobriety is [seen as] this honourable, somewhat smug choice of “I’m better than you”. Indeed, current scepticism around sobriety is perhaps really a reaction to self-improvement culture. And what we have outside of trends, outside of the pendulum swing, outside of social patterns, is our relationship with ourself.’