FROM THE DESK OF THE FOUNDER
Hi friend,
Yes, this is landing in your inbox a few hours late. Wednesday got away from me.
I’d love to tell you it was something glamorous. It was mostly email.
Which makes this week’s podcast feel a little too on the nose: Lynnae Brown on how to stop letting work swallow your whole life without quitting your job. I took notes. Clearly I need to reread them.
Also in here: Amy Liz Harrison’s 26 oddly specific sober moments (the friend who presents a LaCroix like a bottle of Dom is a real person, and you know her), the Texas retreat I still can’t stop talking about, and a No-Drink November calendar that is genuinely stacked.
Better late than hungover.
Now let’s get to it…
—Alysse Bryson, *AB That’s ME 💋/ Founder / Seattle, WA 🌃05.01.2006
UNBUZZED FEED
26 Oddly Specific Sober Situations You’ll Probably Recognize
The champagne toast you didn’t ask for. The dinner bill that includes everyone else’s cocktails. The friend who treats LaCroix like a luxury gift. Amy Liz Harrison finds the humor in 26 oddly specific moments of sober life.
SOBER CURATOR PODCAST
You Don’t Have to Change Jobs to Change Your Experience of Work with Lynnae Brown
🎧 At 40, ten years sober, I had emergency heart surgery. Workaholism is a sneaky one. Nobody gives you a chip for it. They give you a promotion.
So this week’s guest got to me.
Lynnae Brown is a work navigation strategist. She burned out in 2018 running a mental health employment program and couldn’t leave, so she figured out how to stay without losing herself. Her line: you don’t have to change jobs to change your experience of work.
Sarah Alaimo, our sober HR lady, is back too, with the advice she’s given forever: please, please, please don’t leave until you have something else.
Lynnae’s first question for anyone stuck: do you even want the promotion? If not, a lot of what you’re doing is optional. The gala. The extra niceties. The 7-to-7.
WHAT A TRIP!
The Women's Retreat That Didn't Need a Bar Cart
Five women, one Texas ranch and zero hangovers. Here’s what Shari Leid’s alcohol-free Flip the Box® retreat gave me in September, and why her April 2027 edition in the Hill Country belongs on your calendar. Use code MEMBER for $500 OFF.
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No-Drink November Sober Events + Retreats
11/07 OCEANSIDE (CA): A Sublime Life Sobriety Festival LEARN MORE HERE
11/12 VIRTUAL: BACKSTAGE With Megan A. Schikora, Author of A Woman in Pink LEARN MORE HERE
11/12 NYC (NY): BigVision Annual Benefit 2026 featuring Jason Biggs LEARN MORE HERE
11/13 EVERYWHERE: World Kindness Day LEARN MORE HERE
01/04 - 01/10/27 MEXICO: 6 Day Mexico Tour Yucatán on Tren Maya 2027 LEARN MORE HERE
01/14 - 01/18/26 MEXICO: This Dry January, let’s get see Oaxaca City sober. Join our friends at Tomonotomo LEARN MORE HERE
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