PERSONAL STATEMENT ON SOBRIETY AND HARASSMENT
August 14, 2026
In light of a recent anonymous message and threat, I want to take a moment to speak openly about something that was once one of my most deeply guarded secrets.
I never had a healthy relationship with alcohol. From the age of 17, my drinking was excessive. I was always the most intoxicated person in the room, but at the time, I convinced myself that meant I was simply the life of the party. Eventually, the party stopped ending. What began as drinking socially became a cycle of alcoholism and binge drinking that consumed nearly three years of my life.
For a long time, I carried a great deal of shame about that chapter. Today, I no longer feel the need to hide it or allow anyone else to weaponize it against me.
In just a few weeks, I will celebrate ONE YEAR SOBER. One full year without a single drop of alcohol. That is something I am incredibly proud of, and no anonymous message, threat, or attempt to shame me will take that accomplishment away from me
-Gage Antonio