04-08-2025
After four years of being sober, I picked up a glass of prosecco at a party. This is the startling truth about what happened next... ANNIKI SOMMERVILLE
Sobriety coaches and online influencers often say that this is the bit where you should feel smug and more interesting without booze, but honestly for me it was often the opposite.
For four years I was teetotal and socialising was always a pain. At parties, small talk was so small, I never felt that anything ever connected, or that there was an actual point to talking. It was so superficial – the weather, my journey, my clothes, the articles I'd just written.
