Sobriety and Authenticity: Erica C. Barnett's Journey

I was headed towards death. And I think that, you know, one thing that alcoholics tell ourselves sometimes are that, you know, we're told by sort of society and cultures that, you know, we, we're sort of using a less dangerous drug than other drugs. And, and, you know, and I think that I, as somebody, you know, in my late 30s, when I got sober, didn't really consider the possibility that it could kill me, even though I knew other people who had died from alcoholism and not from other drugs. But I think I didn't really process that it could happen to me because I still felt like I was invulnerable. And so, yeah, so there's always a lower bottom and ultimately that bottom is death.