FROM THE DESK OF THE FOUNDER
Hi friend,
This week the theme snuck up on me: people telling the truth on purpose.
Kim Bellas played the TOX trailer for 40 women at her Sober White Party in New York, and the room went silent. Not polite silent. The kind of silent where everyone is suddenly very busy feeling things. Kerri Lynn Miller spent 10 years making that film, and Kim's got the story.
Then there's the quit lit. Tony Harte reviews Jason Mayo's In Case of Emergency, Break Childhood, which might be the most Gen X book title ever printed. And Carolyn Bunn takes on Bunnie Xo's Stripped Down, a memoir that proves your past does not get to write your final chapter.
If all that truth-telling has you needing a breather, Mark Carlin makes the case for transatlantic cruises as the ultimate sober reset. Five crossings in, he's onto something.
Pour something cold and keep scrolling. It's a good one.
Now let’s get to it…
— Alysse Bryson (*AB That’s Me 💋) / Seattle, WA 🌃 05.01.2006
#QUITLIT
In Case of Emergency, Break Childhood: A Gen Xer's Survival Guide to Anxiety, Addiction, and Accidental Enlightenment
Senior Sober Curator Contributor Tony Harte reviews Jason Mayo’s In Case of Emergency, Break Childhood, a brutally honest, darkly funny and deeply relatable memoir about childhood trauma, addiction, relationships and the slow loss of control. More than a retelling of one man’s downward spiral, the book invites readers inside the thoughts and emotions behind it.
WHAT A TRIP!
Why I Keep Taking Transatlantic Cruises
After five transatlantic crossings, Mark Carlin understands why this slower style of travel works so well in long-term sobriety. With restorative sea days, steady routines, meaningful connections and less pressure to drink or spend, a transatlantic cruise offers something many vacations do not: the time and space to truly settle.
ENTERTAINMENT
"TOX" Is More Than Just a Film
When Kim Bellas screened the TOX trailer for 40 women at her Sober White Party in New York City, the room went silent. The founder of Sober Is the New Cool on Kerri Lynn Miller's 10-year journey to make a film about addiction, perfectionism, and the search for worthiness.
#QUITLIT
Bunnie Xo’s "Stripped Down" Memoir: Addiction, Sobriety and Reinvention
In Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic, Bunnie Xo shares her journey through childhood trauma, sex work, meth addiction and survival—and the choices that helped her build a new life in sobriety. Sober Curator Contributor Carolyn Bunn reviews this candid memoir about recovery, resilience and proving that your past does not get to write your final chapter.
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See you Wednesday!
