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How this artist found life — and art — after alcohol
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…
@JeremyLMarquez
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 pm
🎉 4 years alcohol free ty for this TED
@urbanwolfep7195
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 am
Congratulations!
@SonjaMorrison-i7j
November 4, 2025 at 6:01 pm
She is not a particularly good artist, as far as I can tell.
@AlphasAlibi
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 pm
Doubt you can do anything close, let alone better, goofy
@SunShap
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 pm
Art is subjective, and differences in style aren’t what make art good or bad. If you didn’t like the art style, you could’ve just clicked off instead of going out of your way to make someone else’s day worse.
Have a nice day!
@MadAboutBrows
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 pm
And you’re not a particularly good person from what I can tell ❌
@MadisonLa369
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 pm
Yeah, it’s rudimentary and juvenile but it shares deeply human experiences and that’s what is at the core of art. People may find it much more approachable to engage with some negative or neutral truths in a fun and unserious way. It’s actually quite effective in that sense.
@bodyofhope
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 am
I think it’s more of a way to share her writing. It’s not meant to be classical art.
@Karenhoopsspithearthrag1975
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 pm
The encouragement I find here always helps me face challenges with renewed strength and optimism 🍩☕
@RefurbishedPrototype
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 pm
Quit drinking 10 years ago. Started smoking scorpions and I’ve never looked back.
@jeanweltmann6658
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 am
started what, sorry?
@TheDarkPacific
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 am
What kind of scorpions? Asking for a friend
@urbanwolfep7195
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 am
Cool woman
@morganjacoby5873
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 am
Someone said that we become a stereotype of ourselves. We do what we do because we always have.