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Ten years ago, I was a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. I won my first big trial, organized obstacle course races with coworkers, adored my husband and two young daughters, and hid a nightly drinking habit that was increasingly scaring me.
I tried to quit or cut back many times and failed many times. And I swore that if I could really quit and change my life, I would share my story and how I did it.
I wasn’t really a drinker before I became a lawyer. But once I became one, everyone urged me to drink. No one urged me not to. Drinking, and stories about drinking, were everywhere. Joining in seemed not only the path of least resistance, but the path to earning respect.
We can do so much better, both for ourselves and the next generation of lawyers. And we can begin by telling new drinking stories. How the drinking culture affected us, why and how we rejected it, and what we learned from deciding that numb was not an option. My own story will give audiences both the hope and the “how” to change. And I hope it will empower you to tell yours.
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