Dry January? Sometimes drinking is part of the solution.
Dry January? Sometimes drinking is part of the solution.  
Podcast: Reasonably Optimistic
Published On: Wed Jan 14 2026
Description: 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."Subscribe to The Washington Post here.