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A Path From 'Blackout' Drunkenness To Sobriety And Self-Acceptance

A Path From 'Blackout' Drunkenness To Sobriety And Self-Acceptance Before Sarah Hepola got sober five years ago, she considered alcohol to be "the fuel of all adventure." On how her drinking life changed as her friends got married and had kids When you drink a lot like I did, you surround yourself by other heavy drinkers — and what becomes normal is what's around you. So sometimes even my mother-friends would still go out and get drunk with me, because it was like they wanted to show me that they hadn't lost it; they weren't just homebodies who sat around watching Netflix. On how sex changed after she got sober When I stopped drinking I actually thought I was never going to have sex again, because it just didn't make any sense to me — like, how would that happen?

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