Hi. I’m Dani (she/they).

May 17, 2020, with little fanfare and a half-finished Coors Light, I made the decision to quit drinking.

At the time, outwardly, it seemed as though I was supporting someone else’s recovery journey, but truthfully, I knew my relationship with alcohol was very (v e r y) unhealthy.

For so long, I’ve tried to be invisible. Getting, and staying, sober, has reminded me that I am worthy of being seen.

So, here I am. Putting myself out there to be seen and existing, just as I am.

It’s kinda scary tbh.

Because once I started to really allow myself to be seen and go after and do what I’ve always wanted, I thought: how the hell am I going to keep doing life without alcohol?

Travel, music festivals, going out? Don’t even get me started on dating. Yikes. What does life look like for a queer, sober, latine millennial?

Guess I’ll figure it out one day at a time.