“Given our status, being sober and what we do professionally, there wasn’t any expectation for anything other than a sober wedding,” Mr. Hampton said.
Although those couples had made the decision to abstain, he said, they couldn’t rule alcohol out, because they felt guests would be disappointed.
“I admit that I did question having a dry wedding for a short time because I remember attending one when I was in college — I was a party animal,” said Mr. Hampton, who has been sober since 2015.
“But a few months into the planning process, I felt OK about being a little selfish.
“I think it’s selfish of people who get invited to a wedding to expect alcohol when the people who are getting married are in recovery,” said Dr. Lembke, who is also a professor of psychiatry at Stanford.
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” Mr, Hampton, Mr, Marshall, “, ”, ” Dr, Anna Lembke, Lembke
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Stanford
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