Below are the tools that helped me on my sobriety journey. My hope for every person is freedom from the burden of unwanted dependence and the feeling of lightness that comes from moving past reliance.

Where to start

1️⃣ Listen to Huberman’s episode on alcohol

What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health - Huberman Lab

2️⃣ Read This Naked Mind

This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discove…

3️⃣ Put together a supportive system

• Find a friend/group who is also sober — seriously!
  • Find other sober people
• Seriously consider a program, any program.
  • AA is not the only program to work on your sobriety with. I am working to be a SMART Recovery Facilitator, so I’m biased toward that program. It is science-based, secular, and can also be combined with other programs. More options under Find other sober people.
• Download a tracking app to visualize progress (although, counting days isn’t for everyone)
  • Tracker: I Am Sober
• Follow/download/consume a bunch of supportive stuff
  • Reddit
  • Social media to follow
  • Books
  • TV Shows
  • Podcasts

Find other sober people

• ME: If I’ve sent you this link or you’ve found it some other way, you can call or text anytime.

• SMART Recovery

  • Website: https://smartrecovery.org/
  • This is my favorite program! Non-judgemental, non-punitive, science-based, not religious, can be easily combined with other programs.
  • I’m a certified SMART facilitator if you have any specific questions about the program!

• The Luckiest Club

  • Website:

    The Luckiest Club

  • I was a member of the Luckiest for a few months at the beginning of my sobriety. I found the group zoom calls to be super helpful. Also where I got the quote I use a lot, “it’s not your fault but it is your responsibility.” https://www.theluckiestclub.com/about Check out the “9 Things”

• Recovery Dharma

  Find a Meeting • Recovery Dharma

  • Instagram:

    Instagram (@recoverydharma_nyc)

  • I haven’t been to a meeting yet but it was mentioned often in the Sober Co podcast and I would love to go to a meeting anytime!

• AA

  Have a problem with alcohol? There is a solution. | Alcoholics Anonymous

  • I did not do AA to get sober but I have been to several meetings since.
  • I am very not religious and was still able to get value out of meetings.
  • I don’t agree with some of it, though. I don’t think you need to hit rock bottom to stop drinking and I don’t think you have to think about drinking as a disease you have forever — I don’t identify as an alcoholic.
  • Unparalleled frequency and variety of meetings
    • Meetings catering to specific demographics, like women, artists, BIPOC, etc.

Reddit

Subreddits are great for feeling not alone and for asking questions you’re afraid to ask IRL. Really mixed bag as far as quality of responses, though.