Sober Entrepreneurship
33 things I know after 6 years of sobriety and entrepreneurship
4 min readJul 8, 2024
I’ve been sober for 6 years.
Each year, on my soberversary, I publish a reflection.
Here are the first 5:
- Last Year I Drank Tequila
- 794 Days of Water: A Sobriety Story
- Sobriety Is My Superpower
- After 4 Years of Sobriety, I Want A Damn Drink
- Stress Testing Sobriety
During my sixth year of sobriety, I built Celi and found myself relearning lessons in entrepreneurship that I had originally learned from sobriety.
This year’s soberversary piece, Sober Entrepreneurship, lists these lessons.
The format is borrowed from Sasha Chapin’s 50 things I know, which was itself inspired by Mari Andrew’s 100 things I know.
I hope you find something worth borrowing from this as well.
- I know loneliness. In early sobriety and entrepreneurship, isolation is your constant companion. But remember, you’re not actually alone — you’re just hanging out with your future self.
- I know clarity. Thoughts come into focus, crisp and coherent.
- I know our minds are master…