Ten things I thought were normal until I got sober — supply math, pre-gaming, the morning panic. I'm not a doctor. I'm just a guy who did all ten of these, and didn't realize nobody else was living like this until I put it down.

In this solo episode I walk through the behaviours that quietly separate problem drinking from normal drinking — the stuff we laugh about in the rooms because we all thought we were the only one. If you're sitting with the question "am I an alcoholic or not," this one's for you. I can't answer that for you. Nobody can. But maybe hearing your own life described back to you helps you decide.

The 10:

1. Supply math — knowing exactly how much is left, to the ounce
2. Pre-gaming — warming up before the thing where you'll already be drinking
3. "Just one" being a foreign concept — one was a starting pistol, not a finish line

and more...

A bit of my story is in here too: in recovery since 2015, a relapse around seven and a half years, and one and a half years sober again today. Grateful to be alive, grateful to be sober.

None of this made me a bad person. It made me a person with a thing. And every one of these stopped the day I stopped.

If you're new, or you've been here a while and needed the reminder — thank you for listening. Follow the show if you haven't; it's the best (and free-est) way to support it.