Episode 37: The 12 (NA) Beers of Christmas

Holiday drinking is an international sport, a holly-jolly right for all. The Christmas lights go up and everyone gets lit, ho ho ho and a bottle of rum. I’ve suited up and worked my elbow every season since my freshman year of college, but for the first time in 26 years, I took myself out of the game until Christmas Eve following the last underwhelming sip of red wine on Halloween night.

Spending the season sober was a calculated decision, one I had been considering for months – for years, really – as I found my relationship with alcohol changing.