Welcome to Seltzer Squad, the podcast about staying sober in the city with your host, Kate Sander and Jess Valentine.

Hi, Jess.

Hello, Kate.

What are we talking about today?

You tell me.

Today I want to talk about major milestones because I have my three years soberversary coming up.

Yay! So happens to land on your birthday. Yeah. I love that. It's so weird.

Yeah. It's both of our special day. Exactly. So I wanted to talk about some things that I've learned

in three years sober. I went through some of my old journals to just kind of read about where I was at and where I'm at now.

And also while going through these things that I've learned, I kind of read about where I was at and where I'm at now. And also, while going through

these things that I've learned, I kind of want to get your take on it from you being, how many

days, ish? Like 160, something like that right now. Yeah. So a good grip of time, but not three years.

So I think it'll be a good hot and cold of... I'm excited to hear all

these things. So in my three years of not drinking, some things have definitely transformed.

And I'd say the first thing that was brought to my attention a couple weeks ago, I was at a

sober event, a bridge club event. And one of the women I met in Bridge Club was at the event. And

she leaned over and she said something about how she still thinks about drinking every single

day. And that was like so weird to me because- Was this the one that I went to with you?

No, it was the one I went to by myself. It was the panel. And I was talking to a girl who I know there, and she said, you know, when do you stop thinking about it every day? And it was so surprising to me because I would say that that happened earlyish on. But I can confidently say I definitely don't think about alcohol every day anymore at all. I don't either.

Like it doesn't even occur to me that it's a thing.

You know, Nan's even asked me the other day.

You know, she mentioned it.

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