The Drug Our Culture Can't Kick When society revolves around drinking culture, alcohol dependence can covertly creep into our lives under the guise of "networking," "dating," or other forms of community building. Ericka Andersen knows this all too well. She describes how slippery the slope between socialization and self-medication can be: " Because alcohol is so integrated and just pushed into every facet of our culture, we never stopped to think, 'What is the damage that could be being done?' W

🍹SENSORI Non-Alcoholic Beverages: Three Best Friends Shifting Drinking Culture❤️ Three high school best friends—Shanna Watkins, Ashlyn Knox, and Darean Rhodes—got tired of terrible non-alcoholic options, so they raised $200K and created SENSORI, a Black-owned, woman-owned functional beverage brand that's redefining sober fun. During the pandemic, they each noticed how alcohol's negative effects were showing up in their daily lives. They wanted to stay social and have fun without alcohol being t