Is Sobriety the New Flex?

But the reason why I wanted to talk about this, to be honest-

Mm-hmm

... is because when I was on the, in the news, like morning news, the Hunter Biden story was everywhere.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

And Hunter Biden was just talking like crazy about his life now versus his life then, and it just reminded me...

It was like, wow, this went from something that was kind of stigmatized-

Right

... to something where it's like your calling card of your authenticity.

Right.

Like, I thought Alcoholics Anonymous was by definition anonymous.

Anonymous.

And I now see everybody talking about it.

Not just that, people online in the recovery internet are helping each other.

So I just wanna play you an example-

Okay

... 'cause it's the kind of thing that really I was like, "Wait, how'd this happen?" Um, this person is called, uh, thelauraharris.

This is on TikTok, saying there's, like, there's no single path to recovery and sobriety.

There is no right way, one size fits all path of sobriety.

There's all this division and attacking the other.

Like, I will literally have people come on my page and say the only way to get sober is AA, which is kind of crazy to me 'cause I'm like, well, I'm here.

Is there division and attacking? I didn't know that.

Apparently.

Right? It scares people away, it discourages people that are already in it, and honestly, it makes sober people look like assholes.

I definitely have heard people who are-

Yes