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Secretly Sober 🤐🤐🤐

23 Jun 2023 · 1 min

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Short YouTube monologue by Amber Hollingsworth arguing that attempting sobriety in secret is ineffective because isolation removes accountability; she recommends openness and regular external influence to maintain sobriety ("turn the light on to addiction").

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Think about all the times you tried to get sober and you decide you're going to do it yourself and not tell everyone what happens. It's too tempting because it's only you holding you accountable. And it's way, way too hard. Because even if you mean it, you're going to have a bad day. One day you're going to have low willpower. That's why you need to be open. I call it turn the light on to addiction because it only lives in the darkness. But put those other things in place that keep you thinking right. You're looking for influence here to keep your head on straight. The more regularly you have that influence, the likely you are to stay on track.