How I Broke My Drinking Habit (w/ Edith Zimmerman) | How to Be a Better Human | TED

How do you fill your time after deciding to get sober? For journalist and cartoonist Edith Zimmerman, the answer was rediscovering activities she enjoyed as a kid. She chats with Chris Duffy, host of the “How to Be a Better Human” podcast, about how she quit drinking, learned to replace bad habits with healthier ones — and how you can do the same.

This episode is part of a series of bonus videos from "How to Be a Better Human." You can find the extended interview on the TED Audio Collective YouTube Channel.
Listen to this episode wherever you get your podcast: https://link.mgln.ai/stYvHE

Host & Guest
Host: Chris Duffy (Instagram: @chrisiduffy | https://chrisduffycomedy.com/)
Guest: Edith Zimmerman (Instagram: @edithzimmermans | https://www.edithzimmerman.com/) 

Links
Humor Me by Chris Duffy https://t.ted.com/ZGuYfcL
Edith’s Substack: https://drawinglinks.substack.com/

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