GUEST POST | From Bar Crawls to Wellness Crawls: My Sobriety Journey
For years, drinking felt like the key that unlocked confidence, fun, and connection for me. But eventually, I realized it was holding me back from the life I truly wanted.
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GUEST POST: My Journey to Sobriety, Recovery, and a Bigger Life
Written by Carrie Hoffman My name is Carrie Hoffman, and I’m proud to be a woman in long-term recovery. I grew up in the Midwest, USA, in a very Christian, conservative family, but I always felt pulled toward exploration, creativity,…
GUEST POST: The Day I Got Scared Sober (and how I found myself back)
Written by Nancy McKay Activation Warning:This essay includes references to suicide ideation, alcoholism, and trauma. Please take carewhile reading. Desperation, Grace, and the Long Road Back to Myself For a long time, I didn’t think I had a drinking problem.I…
GUEST POST: Finally Seeing Alcohol for What It Really Was
Written by Sarah H. After years of questioning my relationship with alcohol, a podcast episode with a functional medicine doctor changed everything. Introduction My name is Sarah, and I am an (almost) 37-year-old living in San Francisco, California. January 1st…
GUEST POST: Moderation would never work for me… By Seana Smith
Written by Seana Smith This is my sober story… I was 55 years old when I stopped drinking. It had only taken me 25 years of stopping and starting, stopping and starting, stopping and starting, before I finally managed to…
GUEST POST: Finding Life Beyond the Bottle… By Yliana Hernandez
Written by Yliana Hernandez The Early Years: When Partying Became Normal My relationship with alcohol began at fifteen, during my high school years when weekend benders became my routine. I lived a double life—partying hard from Friday to Sunday, then…
Unique Sunset Cruise in San Francisco Bay | Don’t miss this!
SOBERTOPIA® x RENEW COLLECTIVE present:Zero Proof Sunset Cruise in the Bay! Set sail into the sunset with SF Bay Cruise, on an alcohol-free cruise hosted by Izzy (founder Sobertopia ®) and Rachel (founder Renew Collective). Join us on this one-night-only, unique experience: An alcohol-free sunset cruise…
GUEST POST: Never a moderate drinker… By Melissa McGovern
Written by Melissa McGovern Never a moderate Drinker For as long as I can remember, I was never a moderate drinker. I had friends who could have one or two drinks and be done and it just amazed me. I…
GUEST POST: This is my sober journey… By Willow Slater
Written by Willow Slater “I think I’m done drinking” I told my husband at the breakfast table. It was the morning of August 22, 2021. “Like, forever?” he asked. “I’m not sure about forever, but I am planning to do…
Check out my Top-9 favorite male sobriety accounts on Instagram!
The traditional paths, AA and rehab, aren’t the only ways anymore to get sober / become alcohol-free. Nowadays, there is quit lit, podcasts about sobriety, sober coaches and communities, and Instagram, with its many sobriety accounts! Last year, I shared…