You Must Be Drunk if You Think I’m Sticking to Dry January

Sobriety after an attempted coup is just too much to ask

Morgan Jerkins
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Published in
2 min readJan 6, 2021

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Photo: Grace Cary/Getty Images

I started my day crying tears of joy to my therapist about Democrats taking over the Senate and ended it watching a coup attempt in real time. As my heart raced and cortisol shot through my veins, the only thing I could think of was, “Damn, I need a drink.”

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Morgan Jerkins
GEN
Writer for

Morgan Jerkins is the Senior Editor at ZORA and a New York Times bestselling author. Her debut novel, “Caul Baby,” will be published by Harper in April 2021.