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I live in a major seaside party destination in the UK. I started using drugs and drinking alcohol to excess before getting sober three years ago.
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A CDC report found that the loss in productivity due to hangovers cost the economy almost $90 billion in 2010.
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I had debt and was struggling financially as a father when I received an unexpected inheritance of $45,000. I learned about finances and investing.
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"Dry January," wherein practitioners cut out alcohol for the first month of the year, has boomed in popularity recently.
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Fifteen years ago, I lived in a German village with a population of 659, including one town drunk. Herman wore a Tyrolean hat every day despite the fact that we were nowhere near the Alps. He was always smiling, drawing attention to his permanently p...
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Gillian Tietz is the founder of Sober Powered Media and the host of the "Sober Powered" podcast. Her seven shows receive 400,000 downloads a month.
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Analysis by Bloomberg suggests the British Treasury has missed out on $17 billion in revenue over the past two decades due to declining consumption.