by William Stafford The old have a secret They can't tell others, for to understand you have to be old. You need that soft velvet over...

Should I stay or should I go now? My mind clashes over the decision. In two weeks the most popular website on the internet, Sobriety at...

There are spiritually liminal places in the world - Iona Abby on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, the south summit of Mount Denali in...

The past year has been full of novelties. First sober concert, first sober beach trip, first sober Mardi Gras. It’s been surprisingly fun...

When you were a kid, did you have a place? A place you could escape? A place you could be free to explore who you really were? Mine was...

It is both hard and easy for me to believe I have now gone a year without drinking alcohol. I had struggled for so long, wanting to...

It is an age old question, posed on the last beautiful episode of Ted Lasso, and timelessly pondered over in the hearts of wives and...

I’m something like ten months sober, and until yesterday I had yet to dream about drinking. (At least a dream I remember.) But last...

Boating and drinking are synonymous. You think boats; you think boat drinks. Buffet has an album by the same name for gosh sake. So when...

This week we say thank you for watching and allowing yoursef to be open to the conversation around alcohol. Judith shares some great...

I’ve heard it said recently sober people can be terribly annoying. I am no exception. There is a giddy sense of excitement about this...

I have always argued that proper cocktail ice, preferably the tiny squares, make for a better dinking experience, clinking in the glass...

Judith and I are making mocktails and chatting about the moment of clarity that comes when you truly put the peices together in your own...

You’d have thought at 30, I would have looked back at the ridiculous, lush college antics and the 20s learning-to-fly instability...

Have you ever questioned why your connection to alcohol is so strong? Have you considered how alcohol affects your friendships &...

Warning: Do not read this unless you want to stop drinking. Let me start by saying I do miss alcohol. I don’t miss the actual product. I...

Lent is often centered around giving something up. Maybe you have decided to give up alcohol for Lent. Maybe you did it to lose weight,...

I rode in the Eve parade in 2001. I had to be helped off the top deck when it ended and I wound up going to the ER the next day for an IV...

I love a good metaphor. There is nothing like understanding something complex for the first time in the midst of some simple little...

Outward observation: Everybody is doing it. Inward dialogue #1 (we will call her Sheila): Why would I not? Inward dialogue #2 (will will...