BACKSTAGE
Launching Spring 2026
with
The Sober Curator
You’re ready for more than maintenance.
BACKSTAGE is a private cultural membership for people in sobriety who want more conversation, more connection, and more expansion.
Founding Member pricing is limited to the first 200 people.
What you get first access to:
– Monthly curated experiences
– Early access to events, guests, and collaborations
– A private room of people building something with their sobriety
– Founding Member pricing — locked in for life
– Members-only quarterly zine
You’re sober. You’re stable.
And you’re ready for more.
Not another meeting.
Not more maintenance.
Something that actually expands your life.
This isn’t for everyone.
It’s for people who are done shrinking their lives to protect their sobriety —
and ready to build something bigger.
UPCOMING EVENTS BACKSTAGE
Events
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Recovery Takes Center Stage: A BACKSTAGE Conversation with Sean Daniels
VirtualVirtual EventBACKSTAGE Members Only EventsBACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator: Media Night | Coming Soon Recovery takes center stage in this special Backstage with The Sober Curator conversation with Sean Daniels, playwright of The White
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BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator: Studio Night | Unpolished: Art Journaling with Krysty Krywko
VirtualVirtual EventBACKSTAGE Members Only EventsBACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator: Studio Night | Unpolished: Art Journaling with Krysty Krywko Sobriety creates space. Space where numbing used to be. Space where noise used to live. Space
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Backstage Star Chart 101: Astrology Basics with Rhetta Rowland
VirtualVirtual EventBACKSTAGE Members Only EventsBackstage Star Chart 101: Astrology Basics with Rhetta Rowland Ready to stop pretending you know what people mean when they say “rising sign”? Join Backstage with The Sober Curator for
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BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator: Edutainment Night | Conspiracy PowerPoint Party
VirtualVirtual EventBACKSTAGE Members Only EventsBACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator: Edutainment Night | Conspiracy PowerPoint Party We are giving the floor to the people. And the people have theories. On June 3, BACKSTAGE hosts its
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BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator: Media Night | Drunk on Film with Ted Mandell
VirtualVirtual EventBACKSTAGE Members Only EventsBACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator: Media Night | Drunk on Film with Ted Mandell Before we got sober, Hollywood had already been teaching us how to drink. On June 10,
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Style Your Next Chapter: Dress for the Life You’re Building | BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator
VirtualVirtual EventBACKSTAGE Members Only EventsStyle Your Next Chapter: Dress for the Life You’re Building | BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator What happens when your outside starts to match the person you’re becoming on the
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The Mind Shift Method: Awareness Practice to End Anxiety and Manage Cravings
VirtualVirtual EventBACKSTAGE Members Only EventsThe Mind Shift Method: Awareness Practice to End Anxiety and Manage Cravings Cravings and anxiety love to show up like uninvited guests with a full luggage set. In this Backstage
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BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator: Edutainment Night | iPhone Content Creation with Sheena Kalso
VirtualVirtual EventBACKSTAGE Members Only EventsBACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator: Edutainment Night | iPhone Content Creation with Sheena Kalso You have a story worth telling. You have a phone in your hand. Now let's make
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An Evening with Cara Benson — An Armsfull of Birds | BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator
VirtualVirtual EventBACKSTAGE Members Only EventsAn Evening with Cara Benson — An Armsfull of Birds | BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator Cara Benson did not come to love the easy way. She crawled through New
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Sober LEGO Night Show & Tell + Build with Tamar Routly and Alysse Bryson
VirtualVirtual EventBACKSTAGE Members Only EventsSober LEGO Night Show & Tell + Build with Tamar Routly and Alysse Bryson Listen. Sobriety did not give us less fun. It gave us better fun. And BACKSTAGE LEGO
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The Tchotchke Showdown 2.0 | BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator
VirtualVirtual EventBACKSTAGE Members Only EventsThe Tchotchke Showdown 2.0 | BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator The Tchotchke Showdown is back. And this time it lives inside BACKSTAGE. If you have not yet experienced the chaos
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Backstage with The Sober Curator: FAQ
Is this a recovery program or a support group?
Nope. Not even close. Backstage is a cultural membership for people who are already sober and want somewhere to talk about books, art, business, travel, creativity, and pop culture. Think cultural clubhouse, not meeting. If you are looking for peer support or recovery resources, The Sober Curator has a full resource guide for that. Backstage is something different.
Who is Backstage for?
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What actually happens inside?
Three curated virtual broadcasts every month, all recorded so you never miss one. Media Night covers books, TV, film, podcasts, and headlines worth talking about. Studio Night is hands-on creative time: journaling, collaging, painting, sticker club. Edutainment is the third night, think MasterClass energy but make it sober. You also get members-only content and a quarterly digital zine that is actually worth keeping.
What if I can not make the live broadcast times?
Every broadcast is recorded. You can watch on your own schedule. Being there live is more fun, but it will never be required.
What does it cost?
Founding Members lock in at a special rate that will not be available after the initial 200 spots fill. The founding rate is the lowest this membership will ever be. Get on the waitlist to secure your invitation and pricing before the public launch.
Why only 200 Founding Members?
Because the first cohort shapes the culture of the room. Smaller, more intentional, more curated. Once the 200 founding spots are gone, the membership opens at the standard rate. The founding rate and the founding experience are only available right now.
Do I have to be a certain number of years sober to join?
There is no hard rule, but Backstage is designed for people in long-term recovery who are past the early stages. If you are still navigating the foundational work, we want you to have the right support first. This room is best for people who are stable and ready to build.
Is this only for women?
No. Backstage is open to anyone in long-term sobriety who wants what we are building here. All gender identies are welcome.
What is The Sober Curator and why should I trust you to run this?
The Sober Curator is an award-winning sober lifestyle and pop culture media platform launched in 2020. We have had over one million unique visitors, built a community of 17,000+ email subscribers, and published more than 3,000 articles across six content verticals with 38 contributors worldwide. I am Alysse Bryson, the founder. I have been sober since 2006. I did not build this to help people survive sobriety. I built it because sober life is actually extraordinary, and somebody needed to cover it that way.
How do I join?
Get on the waitlist. Invitations go out Spring 2026. Founding Member spots are limited to 200 people. Once they are gone, they are gone.