num_pages: 352
description: What happened next? Its the question Jill Stark has been asked most often since the publication of her acclaimed memoir High Sobriety.As one of the original pioneers in the quit lit space Jill started a national conversation about the role of alcohol in our lives turning the lens on her own rocky relationship with booze and forensically dissecting the culture that gave rise to it.Now ten years after the books first release she fills in the gaps on where life took her after she unwittingly became the poster girl for sobriety. In this updated edition Jill charts her struggle to become a moderate drinker the crippling hangxiety that led to her quitting alcohol for good and the ever-evolving journey of self-discovery sobriety has taken her on.Surviving six long lockdowns alcohol-free Jill also looks at how a global pandemic tested her sobriety and shone a spotlight on the way alcohol has been sold as the panacea for all our troubles. At the same time it helped accelerate a seismic change in the nations drinking habits with the rise of the sober-curious movement and a booming non-alcoholic drinks industry proving there is a growing appetite for abstinence.After so long feeling like a social pariah Jill embraces the joy of living life on the outer and meets a new generation of sober rebels who are radically redefining what it means to be alcohol-free. Now she feels prompted to ask the question has sobriety become cool?
language: English
title: Higher Sobriety: my years without booze
publisher: Scribe Publications