From Wham! fangirling to sober reinvention, Senior Contributor Amy Liz Harrison finds plenty to love in Janey Lee Grace’s memoir. This four-sobees review explores music, midlife and the many versions of ourselves we bring along for the ride.
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Sobriety Anthems: Songs that Resonate with Recovery Journeys
Explore a curated collection of songs that serve as powerful sobriety anthems, capturing the essence of recovery journeys and uplifting spirits. From timeless classics to contemporary hits, these tracks have the ability to transport you to another state of mind and evoke a range of emotions. Discover the melodies that have us hitting “PLAY IT AGAIN” and hitting repeat, regardless of decade or genre. Happy listening!
What’s your sobriety theme song? If there is a song you think should be on our playlist, we want to hear about it. Send your requests to thesobercurator@gmail.com
Maybe podcasts are more your jam? We’ve got you boo! RECOVERY PODCASTLAND provides a curated list of the recovery-based podcasts that we are following.
Same songs. Entirely different relationship with the lyrics. Senior Contributor Amy Liz Harrison revisits 26 tracks that take on new meaning in sobriety, from karaoke staples to songs that suddenly sound suspiciously like your sponsor. Your recovery era has a soundtrack. Naturally, Journey made the cut.
Why is it that society often labels a woman’s enthusiasm as ‘too much’? Contributor Julianne Griffin dives into this phenomenon with her latest piece, ‘Nobody Has Ever Been Allowed to Like Something This Much.’ From friendship bracelets to recovery, she shares how this judgmental gaze has shadowed her joys. Let’s celebrate our passions, no matter how big or small! What makes your heart sing—no matter what others think?
In her latest piece, Contributor & Swift Steps Founder Julianne Griffin shares a poignant reflection on betrayal and addiction, inspired by Taylor Swift’s “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.” Through a personal lens, she explores the loud silence that follows someone who disappears from your life. Julianne’s story reminds us of the unexpected ways sobriety can manifest in pop culture, and how music often narrates our deepest struggles. How has music helped you through tough times?
Packing a concert bag with purpose! Sober Curator Contributor + Swift Steps® Founder Julianne Griffin shares how Narcan & friendship bracelets are her essentials for making a difference. 🎶💜
Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear just dropped on Hulu, and nobody is calling it what it is: a sobriety documentary wearing a drum kit. AB stayed up way too late watching it so you can too.
Janey Lee Grace watches her younger self come alive on the big screen in WHAM! 10 Days in China and reflects on big hair, pop stardom, touring with George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, and the role alcohol was already beginning to play behind the scenes. Decades later, sobriety gives her a very different view of the young woman living inside that extraordinary moment.
Sabyn Mayfield went three days without speaking and came home with the song of my summer. The Season 1 favorite is back to break down “WORTHY,” his new single with Callie, the black-and-white video that needed zero notes on the first cut, and why the best art gets made when you stop keeping score.
A Machine Gun Kelly concert in Scranton reminded Julianne why sober community must be built with intention, compassion, and an open door for anyone curious enough to come.
Sober Curator contributor Julianne Griffin, known as The Sober Swiftie, reflects on the emotional power of Taylor Swift’s “I Can See You” through the lens of recovery, visibility, and belonging. This piece explores what it means to feel seen, supported, and reminded that even when sobriety feels lonely, you do not stand in the hallway alone.
Ashley McBryde’s NA-forward Redemption Bar is crossing the border this July with its first-ever Canadian pop-up at Cavendish Beach Music Festival in Prince Edward Island. For anyone who has ever loved live music and dreaded the drinking culture surrounding it, this one is for you.
Senior Sober Curator contributor Lisa C. explores the healing power of music in recovery and shares sober playlist picks that speak to anxiety, addiction, resilience, humor, and hope. From Cameron Whitcomb and LAPeCHE to Brian Tonart, MGK, and Jelly Roll, these artists offer songs that help listeners process hard emotions, feel less alone, and find the tracks that make them say, “Play it again.”
In this Sober Spotlight interview, Oskar of DEPTOS shares how recovery, mental health, fatherhood, and the rooms inspired his music — including the powerful lyric, “You don’t have to die to stop living this way.”
Cameron Whitcomb does a backflip on stage. Not metaphorically. Literally. The 22-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter launches himself into the air mid-performance,…
In this candid interview with The Sober Curator, Sleaford Mods frontman Jason Williamson talks with Michael Christopher about addiction, sobriety, cocaine, alcohol, pornography, family, music, trauma, zero-alcohol beer, and what keeps him grounded nearly a decade into recovery.
Cameron Whitcomb returns to the American Idol stage on May 11, 2026, for the finale. Here is the recovery…
Florence Welch Is 12 Years Sober. She Describes Herself as an All-or-Nothing Drinker. Here’s the Full Story. Florence Welch has…
What does it mean to make art from the inside out? Not from a place of performance or persona, but…
Anthony Kiedis Is 25 Years Sober. Here’s the Full Story. He spent his last $10,000 on treatment. It was Christmas…
Few 78-year-olds in rock and roll have as much going on as Michael Des Barres. But before running down the…
The rapper-turned-painter is channeling his darkest chapters into art that feels like a warning, a prayer, and a permission slip…
Album Review: Civil Brother – When No One’s Watching Released Friday, February 6, Civil Brother’s When No One’s Watching is…
“I thought if I stopped drinking, I wouldn’t be able to write songs.” Meredith Moon It’s a fear whispered in green rooms, art studios,…
Music has the power to touch people in ways that words alone cannot. It has the ability to lift our…
No Edits, No Retakes: Witnessing the Spiral from the Stalls Theatre has always loved alcohol. Glasses clink, bottles appear and…
There’s a moment early in the episode when pop artist Ella Collier says something so deeply Gen Z, so emotionally fluent, and so unintentionally poetic…
If you’ve followed Everclear at any point over the last three decades, you already know that beneath the sweet-sounding, radio-ready…
This was a fantastic year for music. I find new music by new artists, which always excites me, as well…
The first time I hit play on Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” I felt it in…
You might know Kid Cudi from his song “Pursuit of Happiness”, one of his earliest hits. Interestingly, the song was…