Reasonably Optimistic
Reasonably Optimistic
The Washington Post
Dry January? Sometimes drinking is part of the solution.
54 minutes Posted Jan 14, 2026 at 11:30 am.
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Journalist Katie Herzog was 12 years old when she first drank alcohol. It wasn’t until her 30s that she decided to quit. She tried everything — Alcoholics Anonymous, cleanses, therapy, yoga — but nothing stuck. Eventually, she turned to an unorthodox approach: the Sinclair Method.
Katie joins host Megan McArdle to explain this science-based path to sobriety and how it inspired her book, "Drink Your Way Sober."