What's actually happening when you drink and when you try to stop
Writing that explains why alcohol behaves the way it does and why changing the pattern is more complicated than willpower. Written in plain language, without labels or shame.
Explore by topic
Seven areas, each built around a single question about drinking. Pick whichever one matches where your head is at.
Why Alcohol Feels Sticky
How drinking patterns form and resist change.
Cravings and Urges
What cravings are and what drives them.
Social Pressure and Belonging
Why drinking is social and what happens when you stop.
Stress, Regulation and Choice
State-dependent drinking and emotional regulation.
After You Slip
What slips mean and what to do with them.
Identity and What Replaces Alcohol
What fills the space when alcohol goes.
Experiments and Getting Started
Where to begin when you're not sure you're ready.
First essays publishing soon.
Writing on the mechanics of alcohol change
Deeper reading on how drinking patterns form and change.