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FROM THE DESK OF THE FOUNDER OF TSC
Wednesday is the day this newsletter gets podcast-coded. Right now we are between seasons (Recovery Podcastland Season 2 launches June 17), but the sober pod world has not slowed down. This week's Sip features a love letter from me to Claude AI (that includes a 12-step parody not to be missed), my recent appearance on a the Recovery Rocks podcast with Anna David and Lisa Smith, three additional shows worth queuing up, and one BACKSTAGE virtual event you should show up for tonight.
Now let’s get to it.
—Alysse Bryson, *AB That’s ME 💋/ Founder / Seattle, WA 🌃05.01.2006
LIFESTYLE
Claude Addicts Anonymous: A Very Caffeinated Love Letter to the Robot That Organized My Brain
Media founder Alysse Bryson channels her 20 years of sobriety wisdom into a brilliantly absurd manifesto about AI dependency. From admitting powerlessness over ChatGPT to finding a Higher Power in Claude, this loving 12-step parody reminds us that recovery principles can bring levity to our modern obsessions. Plus, there's merch – because of course there is.
RECOVERY PODCASTLAND
The Sober Curator Featured on Recovery Rocks Podcast With Anna David and Lisa Smith
I packed my emotional baggage, my pop culture references, and my very sober opinions, and headed over to Recovery Rocks for a conversation with Anna David and Lisa Smith. What we talked about is going on my permanent personality record.
BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator - TONIGHT!
🎟️ BACKSTAGE Studio Night: Unpolished Art Journaling with Krysty Krywko WEDNESDAY MAY 20 · 6 PM PT · VIRTUAL
Krysty Krywko brings her Unpolished column live to BACKSTAGE for the first time. One hour, a notebook, zero pressure to make it pretty. Not an art class. Not a craft project. Just one hour of showing up for yourself.
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🎧 FEATURED PODCASTS OF THE WEEK
The Amazingly AF Mother Daughter Podcast Listen Here
Not All There Listen Here
Present & Sober - Sans Bar Awards Winner 2025 Listen Here
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