The Rules Are Different

Friends describe Whitney Houston a few nights before her death as “tipsy… partying… a mess at 2am… the champagne was flowing… she was sober.”

Huh? Confusing right?

How does one who is “sober” drink champagne? I understand the confusion about what recovery from addiction looks like, and how recovery bumps up against our notions around how to drink in moderation. For the person working to recover from addiction, the rules are different than for all the “normal” folks out there. Click here for the full blog post on HuffingtonPost.com >