She hummed softly in agreement before sipping her drink, thinking back on how wild she'd led her life in her late teens. Things had gone off the rails, she guessed, and with nobody to rely on, it became too easy to use alcohol as an excuse.
"I thought about giving up, going cold turkey sober but I just... it felt like caving in. I thought that if I could do this responsibly and purposefully, it'd feel like more control than if I quit completely. Probably a crock of shit, huh?"