About Alysse Bryson, The Sober Curator
Please enjoy my curated content below on all things sober lifestyle and pop culture. You can take the girl out of the party, but you will never take the party out of the girl.
XOXO,
-AB *that’s me
Alysse Bryson, Founder & CEO The Sober Curator
Host of The Sober Curator podcast
Alysse Bryson, Founder + CEO of The Sober Curator and Magnetic Media Labs, is a strong woman in recovery, an innovative media maven, content creator, marketing guru, and gal about town. With 20+ years of consistent sobriety, this sober gal has a humorous outlook on life and a fierce determination to succeed. The back of Alysse’s baseball card highlights 25+ years of traditional media, with nearly a decade running Seattle Met magazine and six years at KING 5 NBC TV Station. She’s thrown 100s of parties in Seattle, rubbing elbows with local celebs and raising awareness for countless nonprofits. Alysse has one adult son, Jakob (29), and a 12-year-old Boston Terrier, Bella.
Stop her before she volunteers again! Alysse currently serves on the following nonprofit boards: Recovery Café Network, King County Recovery Coalition, Washington Recovery Alliance, The Residency, Stand for Courage, and Ninety and Ninety Pictures. She battled emergency heart surgery at ten years sober (age 40) and beat cancer in 2018 (age 43). Despite life’s curveballs, Alysse is proud to recover out loud and show the world how much fun a sober lifestyle can be.
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Latest articles by Alysse Bryson
Giesen 0% Is Bringing Non-Alcoholic Wine to Daybreaker’s Daytime Dance Tour All Summer
Sober People Still Carry a Drink Everywhere. WanderFull Just Made It Chic.
Backstage With The Sober Curator: The Club You Didn’t Know You Needed
Season 2 of The Sober Curator Podcast Is Live — And We’ve Been Waiting for This
Ashley McBryde Is Bringing Redemption Bar to Canada and We Are Absolutely Here For It
This Lipstick Keyboard Is the Most Sober-Brained Desk Purchase I Have Made All Year
Cyclone Pods Review: A Former Smoker Tests Nicotine-Free Vapes
Sober Is the New Cool White Party Brings Women Together for Connection, Wellness, and Hope
Best Non-Alcoholic Beers of 2026: The Sober Curator’s Definitive Guide
I Nap Five Days a Week. These Cooling Sheets From Rest Made Me Insufferable About It.
Kavayn Review: I Tried Kava for the First Time, and Here’s the Honest Truth
Rob Lowe Has Been Sober Since 1990. The Vampire Theory Is Wrong.
Sober Spotlight: Oskar of DEPTOS Turns Recovery Into Music That Doesn’t Preach
Brené Brown Just Quietly Hit 30 Years Sober. Then She Said the Thing Nobody Says About Joy.
What I Watched in Early Sobriety (Then vs. Now): A Sober Watchlist 20 Years in the Making
These Recovery Books Skip the Rock Bottom and Go Straight to the Rebuild
Claude Addicts Anonymous: A Very Caffeinated Love Letter to the Robot That Organized My Brain
The Sober Curator Featured on Recovery Rocks Podcast With Anna David and Lisa Smith
Sober Tarot Card Readings by The Card Divo for the Week of May 18
Why Entertainment Is Recovery Infrastructure: The Case For Sober Pop Culture After Year Five
Cameron Whitcomb Is Recovering Out Loud — And Monday Night, the Rest of America Catches Up
Sober Celebrities in 2026: The Definitive List of Public Figures Living Alcohol-Free
Sober Spoon Is the Restaurant Review App I Didn’t Know I’d Been Waiting For
Lena Dunham at 8 Years Sober: What Famesick Reveals About the Years She Couldn’t Remember
Jim Norton Sobriety: 30+ Years Clean and What He Says About the Hard Parts
What Rufi Thorpe Said BACKSTAGE That I’m Still Thinking About
The Pacific Northwest’s Zero-Proof Scene Just Expanded in Burien | Dry Spell Bottle Shop
Jamie Lee Curtis Sobriety: 27 Years Clean and the Story She Tells Honestly
The Golden Hour Recipe Cards: Our Signature Mocktail Collection, Now On Your Wall and In Your Glass
One Day at a Lime: Our Favorite Non-Alcoholic Margarita Recipe
The Faux Fashioned: Our Favorite Non-Alcoholic Old Fashioned Recipe
The Velvet NA Spritz: Our Favorite Non-Alcoholic Aperitivo Spritz Recipe
The Art of Bedazzling Ordinary Objects (And Why I Have Strong Opinions About Glue)
Samuel L. Jackson Sobriety: 35 Years Clean and the Role That Changed Everything
Frequently Asked Questions About Alysse Bryson
Who is Alysse Bryson?
Alysse Bryson is the founder and CEO of The Sober Curator, a media platform dedicated to sober pop culture, alcohol-free lifestyle, and recovery-informed living. She is a media executive, content creator, podcast host, and public speaker with more than 25 years of experience in traditional and digital media.
What is Alysse Bryson known for?
Alysse Bryson is best known for founding The Sober Curator and helping define sober pop culture as a modern lifestyle category. She is recognized for her work in media, recovery advocacy, and creating culturally relevant content that shows how sobriety can be vibrant, stylish, and fully lived.
What is Alysse Bryson’s professional background?
Alysse Bryson spent nearly a decade running Seattle Met magazine and later worked at KING 5 NBC, building a career spanning more than 25 years in media, marketing, and event production. She has produced hundreds of events and worked with major media organizations, nonprofits, and cultural institutions.
What is The Sober Curator?
The Sober Curator is a digital media platform founded by Alysse Bryson that covers sober lifestyle, alcohol-free products, entertainment, travel, and cultural trends. The platform helps redefine sobriety as an aspirational lifestyle rooted in creativity, wellness, and community.
How long has Alysse Bryson been sober?
Alysse Bryson’s sobriety date is 05/01/2006. Her personal recovery journey is central to her work and mission to change how sobriety is represented in media and culture.
Why did Alysse Bryson create The Sober Curator?
Alysse Bryson created The Sober Curator to change the narrative around sobriety and provide a space where sober and sober-curious individuals could see themselves reflected in modern media, entertainment, and lifestyle content. She saw a void in content for people in long-term recovery, with content curated specifically for those challenges.
What is Alysse Bryson’s mission?
Alysse Bryson speaks about sober pop culture, media, recovery, entrepreneurship, personal transformation, and building a meaningful life after addiction. She is also known for speaking about identity, reinvention, and cultural change. She has dubbed herself the Kevin Bacon of Recovery and President of Funemployment.
Where can I follow Alysse Bryson?
You can follow Alysse Bryson through The Sober Curator, her podcast, speaking engagements, and her personal website and social media platforms, where she shares insights on sober lifestyle, media, and culture.
Why is Alysse Bryson considered a leader in sober pop culture?
Alysse Bryson is widely regarded as a leading authority in sober pop culture for founding The Sober Curator and helping define sobriety as a modern cultural identity. Through her work in media, events, and storytelling, she has helped elevate sober lifestyle into mainstream cultural conversation. In November 2025, she received the inaugural Cultural Ambassador Award from Sans Bar—the first sober bar in the United States—at the annual Sans Bar Awards, recognizing her pioneering role in advancing sober culture and reshaping how sobriety is represented in media and entertainment.