The Complex Nature of Sobriety: Beyond Abstinence
CNN has been producing New Year’s Eve specials since the 1980s, but their most popular broadcasts have aired since Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen started to host the specials in 2017. For the 2022 special, CNN went with a sober format because the previous year’s broadcast resulted in Cohen getting visibly inebriated as he delivered an insensitive rant. While many CNN viewers applauded the network’s
The Intersection of Sobriety & Happiness: A Sober Lifestyle Perspective
Since 2022, thousands of young adults in the United Kingdom have observed “Sober October,” a lifestyle trend that began as a social media hashtag that replaced “Dry January,” the post-holidays period when many British people stay away from the excesses of December. Sober October is also part of the “sober curious” trend among young people who feel they can find happiness in sobriety instead of