Your Life Would Be Easier If You Stopped Thinking in Extremes

A black and white worldview is easier, but it costs you

When I got sober at age 24, I couldn’t handle nuance. I needed the world split cleanly in two: alcohol was bad, sobriety was good, and there was nothing in between that I could consider. I didn’t have the luxury of “Maybe I can drink occasionally” or “Maybe it wasn’t that bad.” Those thoughts would have sent me backwards, so I drew a hard line and staye…