Author: Alysse Bryson

Alysse Bryson is a strong woman in recovery, an innovative media maven, marketing guru, and gal about town. "I'm just a laid-back old school Seattlite...with sober superpowers. You can take the girl out of the party, but you can't take the party out of the girl."

We’ve got a brand new collab with Tonix.Mocktails called “Just a Merry Mocktail Monday!” Get excited! After following @Tonix.Mocktails on Instagram and TikTok, I knew I wanted to become besties with Nik Popkow. Five seconds into my first zoom with Nicole and I knew we were sober kindred spirits. Nik dreams of one day opening up her own sober bar in the LA area and I hope to be there and watch her cut the ribbon when it opens. Welcome, Nicole of @Tonix.Mocktails to The Sober Curator Fam! Dry since 11.14.2019, Nik brings phenomenal skills as a bartender to the…

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The New York Times Bestseller “Drinking, A Love Story” by Caroline Knapp, depicting her 20-year battle with booze, should be in your #QUITLIT library. I recently dusted this book off and pulled it down from the shelves of my recovery library. I’m so glad that I did, as this memoir is truly a classic in my eyes. Caroline’s story changed my life in early sobriety. After re-reading it in 2021, this book still holds as much depth and weight as it did the first time I read it. This memoir was first published in 1996, the same year I gave birth to…

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Zac Clark, Founder of Release Recovery, finds his person, Tayshia Adams, on the most recent season of The Bachelorette. This show airs on ABC. We love a happy ending. I mean, who doesn’t? This is especially true when it means the sober guy of 9 years gets the girl and they live happily ever after. While I am not a die hard Bachelor/Bachelorette fan, I have watched enough seasons to understand the concept. And I’m not afraid to say, I tune in for the drama. Call it a guilty pleasure or maybe my hopefulness of finding true love, this season…

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Arts & Crafts aren’t just for kids! Art therapy improves the mental health of people who are dealing with addictions, anxiety, attention disorders, grief and loss, dementia, depression, eating disorders, physical illness, PTSD, trauma, relationship issues and much more. We learned that we like to keep our hands busy and our creative minds stimulated.

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Michelle Smith is the Founder of Recovery is the New Black, a certified mental health and addictions counselor, and virtual Recovery Coach. Sober since November 24, 2016, her recovery path is focused on honesty, self-love and forgiveness. Michelle is passionate about supporting women. She is armed with tools and resources around substance abuse, mental health, bereavement, eating disorders, trauma and codependency. She lives in Washington State with her husband and two children. Not only that, Michelle is part of the original group of women that have started up The Sober Mom Squad. This dynamic group is made up of moms…

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We sat down with Tonya De’Laine, Founder of the Facebook Group Soul Shack Sisters to get the 4-1-1 on everything she’s up to and it’s a lot! Tonya is a woman in recovery (class of June 201😊8) that offers Wellness, Meditation, and Clarity Coaching. She’s got a SoulRenity Shop that carries handmade Chakra Balancing & Healing Bracelets (the proceeds benefit other women in early recovery) and she just started a brand new podcast called you guessed it…Soul Shack Sisters. Not only that, she does chakra readings, she’s an esthetician, she lives for her yoga time, she’s a wife, she’s a…

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Lagunitas IPA

This hoppy, non-alcoholic IPA from Lagunitas Brewing Company is out now and it’s been a long-time coming! Getting IPNA full-flavored & hop-forward (and with low calories), was no small task. Lagunitas spotted a need for a N/A craft beer that’s both full-flavored and hop-forward. They worked tirelessly to get the hoppy flavors up to their craft beer standards. How long did it take to brew this bad boy? It took them over a year to perfect this brewer-led labor of love. Have you been missing the full flavor, hops-forward malt beverage but without the buzz? Then this may just be…

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F*cking Sober Podcast is the unflinching first person narrative of Anita Drake’s first 90 days of getting sober in NYC. (See what they did there? Say her name slowly…Anita Drake … I-need-a-drink LOL!) And that’s just the beginning of the cleverness this podcast is about to serve up.

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Applause for Braunwyn Windham-Burke, cast member of The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 15, for finally bringing reality to reality TV. If I had a reality TV spirit animal, it would be Braunwyn. You may wonder why I am authorized to make such a grand statement for a woman I have never met. Let me go ahead and break it down for you. Housewives franchise TV watcher 101 The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 1, the original of the Housewives franchise that has made Bravo what it is today, started airing shortly before I got sober. The very…

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In a culture where self-care and maintaining a mind-body balance can feel like a full-time job, Weller CBD Sparkling Water believes the feel-good feeling that comes with wellness should be available to everyone, anywhere. When I found out this company was headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, I already knew I was going to love the product. Boulder is a magical place, and Weller figured out how to put that magic in a can. Welcome to Weller If you are looking for a water beverage with zippy bubbles, zero calories, zero carbs, and zero sugars, this is the sparkling water for you. Each can…

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Kin Spritz, the most popular product in the Kin family, is a sparkling euphoric crafted with fresh citrus, warm spice, hibiscus, and ginger. They claim that they did the work so you can focus on play. So what exactly does that mean? Kin believes fantasy is created in the moment. They promise their products will bestow the joy you desire and the pleasure you deserve daily. Kin trusts in the power of our collective consciousness to shape the future of social connection. They call this path: euphoros. Meaning of the word “euphoros” New Latin, from Greek “euphoros” – A state…

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Meet Spiritless Kentucky 74, a first-of-its-kind, non-alcoholic distilled spirit for your favorite bourbon zero-proof cocktails. Underpinned by the familiar, whiskey-warmed notes of caramel, vanilla, and oak, Spiritless Kentucky 74 allows consumers to enjoy the familiar comforts of a barrel-aged spirit without the intoxicating effects or the accompanying ethanol burn. And guess what? The Sober Curator got an early taste test, and we’re here for it! This new brand may have been founded in 2019, but its efforts started long before that. Three entrepreneurs and entertainers, Lauren, Abbey, and Lexie, who love Bourbon Country, created Spiritless because they believe that less…

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