The speaker distinguishes between abstinence and true sobriety. Not drinking isn't enough if you're still angry and reactive. Real sobriety means emotional recovery, not just avoiding alcohol.
I always tell people that I work with, like, there is a difference between abstinence and sobriety. We need to understand that. Just because I am not— I have not had a drink, right, like, doesn't necessarily mean that I'm sober. If I'm out there— Amen. If I'm throwing a fit because the, the lot— you know, the clerk at the drugstore is taking too long and they're— the line is building up, like, that means I'm actually— I'm not actually sober. Yeah. I might be abstinent, but I'm, you know, there's that dry drunk title, right? So it's like, that's where if we can start to embody our sobriety,
