Alcoholism
Interviews with a Bunch of Older Sober People
A look back at another year of Sober Oldster questionnaires.
Sobriety
+5
Interview with a 54-Year-Old Sober Person: Rhett Miller
“It’s hard feeling isolated in a roomful of partying people, and the hilarious thing is that that’s my job.”
Sobriety
+5
Interview with a 63-Year-Old Sober Person: Rick Moody
“When I was active, any stiff breeze, any mild bit of reversal, was enough to send me down into the narcissistic ball of pain. Now, mostly, I am just exceedingly glad still to be here.”
Sobriety
+5
Interview with a 56-Year-Old Sober Person: Margaret Cho
“I was definitely born with the ‘need.’ That urge to put something between me and living.”
Sobriety
+5
Interview with a 56-Year-Old Sober Person: Nadia Bolz-Weber
“Not only do I reliably know where I am when I wake up, I never wake up in pools of vodka vomit anymore. It’s so bad for your skin, you know . . . very corrosive.”
Sobriety
+5
Interview with a 56-Year-Old Sober Person: Richard Rushfield
“Like so many, I grew up with broken tools for relating to others, and alcohol became the way I learned how to do that.”
Poet
+6
Interview with a 50-Year-Old Sober Person: Laurie Woolever
“Life is so much simpler, in the best possible way. Nothing is perfect, but I can see things for what they are.”
Poet
+6
