#sober privilege

[sherman-ave]

This Is Sober Privilege

Throughout my collegiate career, I have often noticed sober people’s unwillingness to grant that they are overprivileged, even though they may grant that drunk people are disadvantaged in society. ...

[tralc]

Howard B. Moss, M.D., NIAAA Associate Director for Clinical and Translational Research, says, “We find that young adults comprise the largest group of alcoholics in this country, and nearly 20 percent of alcoholics are highly functional and well-educated with good incomes.

There are others like me out there, and we're clearly capable of meshing with society. It's time to stop pretending that we're some diseased class. link