How Sobriety Helped Me Wake Up Politically

This upcoming election is important AF. To process my incessant anxiety, I wrote about my political awakening that happened as a side effect of sobriety. Read an excerpt below. Click here to read the full essay in The Temper.

I grew up in Waco, Texas, where the food is deep-fried and the politics are deep red. Politics often makes for a confusing topic, …