In today’s Morning Call, Sue reflects on a line quoted at Davos by the Prime Minister of Canada, drawing on the words of Václav Havel: “everyday participation in a lie.” Havel was speaking about systems that don’t survive through violence, butthrough routine compliance — ordinary people quietly going along with something they no longer believe. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it. This episode explores how that same mechanism shows up in the alcohol industry, in social rituals we’re expected to perform, and in the subtle pressure to conform even when something isn’t working for us anymore.

Sobriety, Sue argues, isn’t loud rebellion or moral superiority. It’s quiet resistance. A refusal to participate. A clear-headed opting out of a ritual that no longer serves. This Morning Call is an invitation to pause, take your sign down, and chooseintegrity over compliance — one day at a time. Not today, lady. Not today.