rant · moment 11 of 25
Sobriety in December Is Genuinely Hard
from #177 - Sober December | The Tim Dillon Show · #177
3 min
He gets sincere about how tough December sobriety is, encouraging people either to enjoy their drinking and own it, or to find something else that makes life bearable instead of relapsing.
- Tim argues December is uniquely difficult for sobriety because office Christmas parties create the perfect storm for drinking.
- The Christmas party circuit in mortgages meant hitting multiple parties—real estate agents, title companies, bars—each one festive and seemingly mandatory.
- Tim acknowledges people in active addiction should still get an Uber or cab rather than drive, but holds the line on when to actually quit drinking.
- No context justifies drinking more than an office Christmas party, where awkward coworker relationships demand chemical lubrication.
- Gay guys in his area seem to be on crystal meth and doing well financially, so maybe it's not the problem people say it is.
- Sober flirting between men and women is weird, but the office Christmas party is the only event that specifically calls for getting drunk.
- Coworkers occupy an impossible social position—you see them more than actual friends, but the entire relationship evaporates the moment one person leaves the job.
- Tim dismisses the idea that office friendships last: if someone claims theirs did, they're a loser, and a French onion soup months later is the only measure of what remains.