FROM THE DESK OF THE FOUNDER
Hi friend,
We all got an extra hour this weekend. (Well, except for certain parts of Canada.) I spent mine the way any retired professional drinker should: asleep, on purpose, with no regrets.
Lily Allen has been doing something braver. She’s seven years sober and touring without a drink in her hand. If you remember her 2000s era, that’s a plot twist worth its own documentary.
Speaking of plot twists: Senior Contributor Teresa checked into the Wilson House in East Dorset, Vermont, the birthplace of Bill W. She came back with stories about rocking chairs, late-night fellowship and a pink clawfoot tub.
I had questions about the tub. She has answers.
Also inside: Patti Clark talks with Matt Butler about K-Hole, the documentary dragging ketamine’s party reputation into daylight. And Julianne Griffin explains how a pod of orcas in Puget Sound did what years of anger couldn’t.
And yes, I’m saying the H word at the bottom. Holiday shopping. I made it painless. Gift yourself, a friend or a loved one with a membership to BACKSTAGE.
Now let’s get to it…
— Alysse Bryson (*AB That’s Me 💋) / Seattle, WA 🌃 05.01.2006
WHAT A TRIP!
Visiting the Wilson House in Vermont: An Overnight Stay at Bill W.’s Birthplace
At Bill W.’s birthplace in East Dorset, Vermont, recovery history comes with rocking chairs, late-night conversations and a pink clawfoot tub. Senior Contributor Teresa checks into the Wilson House to explore the people, artifacts and everyday fellowship that keep it alive.
BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator
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THE GIFT THAT ACTUALLY GETS OPENED
Every December, someone in your life gets a bottle they won’t drink and a candle that smells like a dentist’s office. Let’s not.
BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator is the membership for grown-ass sober adults who want more on the calendar than another sad club soda. Book Club, The Story Session writers group, Claude Anonymous, a rotation of special guests and a room full of people who get it. Digital only membership is $19/mo or $190/year (two months free!)
And every member gets access to The Sober Curator Mixtape: five curated editorial mini zines. BACKSTAGE Print & Gitial members get them tucked in a cassette case, mailed every month. Print & Digital membership is $35/mo or $350/year (two months free!)
Get it for yourself. Get it for the friend who just hit year one. Get it for the sister who keeps saying she’s “taking a break.”
WHAT A TRIP!
From Rage to Recovery: My Sober Orca Epiphany
Contributor Julianne Griffin shares what a pod of orcas in Puget Sound taugher her about rage, healing, and finally coming home to herself. (And yes, it includes the Free Willy Trailer)
SOBER SPOTLIGHT X MOVIE NIGHT
Inside the making of K-Hole Documentary: “The Hidden Harms of Ketamine” | A Conversation with Matt Butler
What happens when a drug’s party reputation overshadows its lasting harm? Patti Clark talks with Matt Butler about K-Hole, the documentary bringing lived experience, families and clinicians into the conversation about ketamine and recovery.
ALSO THIS WEEK ON TSC 📰
There’s No Place Like Home: Finding Yourself in Sobriety Read more here→
Lily Allen Is Seven Years Sober and Finally Touring Without a Drink in Her Hand Read more here→
Christopher Lloyd's Sobriety Memoir, Joey McIntyre's Honest Hard Day and More Sober Celebrity News Read more here→
The Women's Retreat That Didn't Need a Bar Cart Read more here→
The One with Matthew Perry: A Sober Take on Netflix’s New Documentary Read more here→
See you Wednesday!
