Sobriety doesn’t promise perfection, peace on demand, or a pain-free new year. What it gives us is something far morepowerful: the courage to stay. To sit with discomfort instead of running from it. To feel what’s real — especially when the new year (post-holiday season) turns the volume up on loneliness, grief, family tension, and impossible expectations. In today’s Morning Call, we talk about sitting on the mat. Not numbing. Not fixing. Not fleeing. Just staying present through the messy, human moments that sobriety asks us to face — and grow from.You don’t owe the world sparkle, charm, orcheer today. You owe yourself your sobriety.