How to Succeed in Business Without Drinking

A Sober Founder’s Playbook for Building What Lasts

This book is not about recovery. It is about results.

How to Succeed in Business Without Drinking is a practical, experience-driven guide for founders, executives, and professionals who are questioning the role alcohol plays in their work and leadership, and wondering whether stepping away might actually make them stronger.

Written by a two-time founder and Simon & Schuster author who built and sold companies after getting sober, the book explores what happens when clarity replaces numbing, discipline replaces distraction, and confidence is earned rather than borrowed. It challenges the long-held assumption that alcohol is essential to networking, creativity, deal-making, or stress management, and replaces it with a more durable model for success.

Inside, you will find real-world lessons from building businesses sober, including how to navigate client dinners, conferences, and investor meetings without alcohol, how to manage stress and pressure without checking out, and how sobriety sharpens decision-making, leadership, and long-term thinking. The focus is not on abstinence as a moral position, but on sobriety as a competitive advantage.

This book is for people who do not feel fully aligned with drinking culture but also do not see themselves reflected in traditional recovery narratives. It is for builders who want their work, their leadership, and their lives to be sustainable.

How to Succeed in Business Without Drinking is a playbook for doing better work, leading with integrity, and building companies that last, without needing an escape hatch.

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