The Library of Neurodivergent Alexandria
An open archive of neurodivergent voices: writing, talks, podcasts and stories, gathered by the NeuroHub community.
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When one goes on a night out and doesn't drink, you rarely expect good choices for alcohol free beers other than the usual suspects like a can or a bottle of Lucky Saint or Brewdog Punk AF. So when…
There is a particular kind of Friday evening that asks for a glass of red. Not a celebration, not an occasion; just the slow exhale at the end of a working week, the moment where you sit down and…
I frequently return to Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell as a kind of guide on my life. In parituclar, I am drawn to a section of the text entitled The Revelation of Sonmi-451. It reads as follows: To be…
There’s a persistent myth sloshing around our culture that alcohol is the social lubricant holding civilisation together. Remove the booze, the story goes, and conversation dries up, laughter…
There’s a particular vulnerability in reviewing a “functional” drink when you live sober. You don’t just taste it. You monitor it. You clock the minutes. You pay attention to the micro-shifts in your…
Getting sober is often sold as a before-and-after photo. Before: chaos, pain, mess, regret. After: clarity, joy, healing, gratitude, sunrise yoga. That story is comforting but woefully incomplete.…
When Guinness announced a zero-alcohol version of their iconic stout, I felt a genuine flicker of excitement. Guinness had always been a favourite of mine, something I’d quietly missed since getting…
Getting sober as a neurodivergent person isn’t a straight line. It’s more like a tide chart drawn by someone who feels weather in their bones. Some days the sea is calm. Some days it throws cutlery…
Sobriety is often treated like a moral event. A fall, a failure, a redemption arc neatly wrapped in a bow. But for many people, choosing a sober lifestyle is quieter than that. Less lightning bolt,…
Glass Half Interesting is a blog about sober living, alcohol-free drinks, and the quiet, radical act of choosing what you put in your body. I’m nearly ten years into recovery from drug and alcohol…