Today we had an agency talent show. Last year I MC’d it while slamming whiskeys between acts. I got great reviews for my on the fly wit. This year I was asked to do it again... (cont.)

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...and nearly turned it down because it’s basically me hosting a drinking event, but did it anyhow. Literally 3 of the 12 of the “talents” involved booze. I made jokes about how my sponsor would be thrilled about me MC’ing something like this, told one person I can help them find a meeting when their ready, and announced I was “going to a meeting now” and basically dropped the mic and left... all in good spirits. Supposedly people were into it.

So yeah, I am definitely 100% out at my agency now with anyone who didn’t know. My logic is that one day some of those people are going to need help, and maybe by being open and making the subject matter approachable, some one will feel comfortable talking to me.

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Proud of you. That's really badass and brave. The only way (for me, at least) was to completely own it. Let people know you're in recovery, make the jokes about it, commit to doing the next right thing. Worked for me!

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This is fucking dope. Props.

Also sounds like a movie scene. Double props.

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ACD1 - Thank you. I’m totally with you that owning it has been really important for me. I posted in another thread that it’s actually been a tool in my recovery. It created accountability with people at my agency, which is about as pro-drinking culture as it comes. Full open bar, no judgement of when or how much you drink, company sanctioned breakfast drinking around the holidays. I was pretty nervous I’d have to change jobs at first because it would be too hard to navigate.

By 100% coming out to my close work homies, it made me accountable to some people who cared about me, even though they are not sober. Once I was a few months in I opened up to pretty much anyone that asked or if an appropriate opportunity came up. It was really helpful and I was relieved at how it was responded to.

Yesterday was sort of the last stand in solidifying it as my identity for pretty much everyone. I know I am lucky to work at a place where I feel comfortable doing that. I know a lot of my sober friends don’t have that luxury

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