Sobriety Doesn’t Suck: Your Tribe is Waiting for You

I’m going to a holiday party with my people tomorrow night, and you’re invited to join us! There will be appetizers and festive non-alcoholic beverages, and lots of people to talk to who are also on a sober journey. I am on a panel at this event to lead a discussion geared toward people on all parts of the spectrum of alcohol use and abuse. If you are sober, this party is for you. If you are considering sobriety, we want you to be there. If you know something is not quite right, but you’re not sure what to do about it, you’ll be in good company at a party like this.

If you’re in the Denver metro, I so very much hope you’ll come to the party so I can meet you in person. If you live somewhere else, I hope you’ll look for an event to attend in your area. That’s really the point here. It has less to do with this specific party on this exact night in this particular town, and everything to do with engaging in your sobriety. If you don’t, you’ll drink. It’s as simple as that.

After six months of running the SHOUT Sobriety program for people in early recovery from alcoholism, and years of studying Alcoholics Anonymous and other modes of recovery, one thing is indisputably clear: The only way to find permanent sobriety is to be engaged in the fight to end the stigma and do the work. Some work. Maybe any work. But if you start to feel…