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Drinking, Elections, and God

Yes, they go together

Andy Spears
2 min readJan 5, 2025
Photo by Edwin Andrade on Unsplash

It was a December to remember.

Or, at least I remember all of it.

My daughter came home after her first semester in college — good grades and a seemingly good experience with friends — so far.

December seemed a slower month at Medium — less readers as people spent time at holiday parties, I suppose — though my favorite party escape is finding a decadent Medium piece to read.

My top pieces this past month focused on familiar themes — drinking and recovery from alcohol abuse, a little bit of politics, and a splash of a higher power I choose to call God.

Here are the top five earners from last month:

This piece, coming in at number 5, is actually a summary of my top earners from November. It contains notes about Adam Clayton and my dad (no, they didn’t know each other, though both were familiar with alcohol).

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Andy Spears
Andy Spears

Written by Andy Spears

Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .

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