Today we talk about pressure — cravings, wobble, overwhelm, tears in the supermarket aisle — and why they’re not a sign you’re failing. They can actually be proof that you’re rattling the right cages. Drawing on Irish human rights lawyer CaoilfhionnGallagher’s line, “If you’re being targeted, you’re rattling the right cages,” as to rogue states, we look at sobriety through that lens. When the inner rogue state — cravings, old stories, addictive voice — kicks off, it’s usually because you’re dismantling its power. You’re overthrowing an old regime that once ran your life.