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My Sobriety Story with Chandni Challa

August 19, 2024 | Admin

“After witnessing the power of personal transcendence, I am committed to this lifelong pursuit.” This series showcases personal stories of addiction recovery and sobriety. Today’s edition is by Chandni Challa, a lawyer, writer, and astrologer. Her newsletter The Great Reality delivers insights on addiction, recovery, and mental health to facilitate spiritual awakening. Her newsletter Moonlight Shakti Astrology provides astrological interpretations…

Untangling the Web of Alcohol Abuse & ADHD

August 14, 2024 | Admin

Finding clarity, learning to love my beautiful brain One of my fondest childhood memories is all the time my brother and I spent at our grandparents’ place. When he retired, my grandpa Clem (my mom’s Dad) built a sprawling log house on a beautiful piece of land outside of the city. Over the years, he…

How I Overcame Food & Alcohol Addictions

August 12, 2024 | Admin

The role of mindset, belief, discipline, and commitment Sober: (i) free from excess, extravagance, or exaggeration; (ii) showing self-control; (iii) sane or rational. That’s what sober means to me. To others, it undoubtedly also means not intoxicated or drunk. The reason I make this distinction is that no matter how much of a drinking problem…

Bottled Emotions: The Illusion of Alcohol as an Escape

August 10, 2024 | Admin

From “brain on a stick” to learning how to feel Six years ago, I was reading everything I could about giving up alcohol. I devoured personal stories, peer-reviewed research articles, and popular self-help books. I had spent my life honing my mind—a skill society rewards. Reading and knowledge became my sanctuary. But what was I…

Growing Through the Years: Life on Life’s Terms

August 5, 2024 | Admin

“You need willingness to walk through all the doors that open.” August 11, 1988. The tile floor and dirt-smeared windows reflect back light in all directions. I sit in one of the ubiquitous metal chairs, felt banners with gold letters facing me from the front wall. It’s not my first meeting, just the one that…

Do You Tell Clients You’re Sober?

July 31, 2024 | Admin

Q&A with psychotherapist Kaitlyn Elizabeth This series showcases conversations with experts who are sober themselves and working in the recovery space. Today’s edition features Kaitlyn Elizabeth, a psychotherapist, coach, and business owner from the Midwest who currently lives in Denver with her husband, son, and their two dog-like cats. Kaitlyn writes a newsletter called dialoguing, where she demystifies therapy…

How to Overcome Resentment in Recovery

July 29, 2024 | Admin

Move through pain, change the channel, find forgiveness. We’ve all been there. One minute you’re enjoying your day, and the next, you’re hit with the emotional equivalent of a bad TV rerun—resentment. It’s like re-watching that cringe-worthy moment from your past on an endless loop. Resentment isn’t a fun experience for anyone, but oldtimers tell us that…

Can Astrology Support Sobriety?

July 24, 2024 | Admin

Expert Q&A with astrologer Kaitlyn Ramsay This series showcases conversations with experts who are sober themselves and working in the recovery space. Today’s edition features Kaitlyn Ramsay, an empowerment coach, astrologer, and writer from Canada now living in Thailand with her dog, Lady. After she quit drinking, she needed to find a way to process the emotions…

Kissed by Ash: How Being Burnt Was Bottom Enough & Finding Sobriety

July 22, 2024 | Admin

For Tyler Content/trigger warning: Suicidality, substance abuse Before baking in a brick oven, one doesn’t consider the chief chore, having to clean the oven. Ash and soot build up after days of burning wood, amassing small mounds in the back of the oven. One of the first things I learned in training as a baker…

Staying Sober in Community

July 17, 2024 | Admin

Welcome! As part of celebrating and growing the Sober App Substack community, this periodic feature showcases recent guest contributors. Check out their bios and publications below, find their guest posts on the homepage, and share your own sober publication or say hello in the comments. Nancy Boyd is a Leadership Development Coach, the 2009 International Coach of the…