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SOBRIETY IN THE CITY is your guide to substance-free adventures and events in cities across the United States. We’re bringing you hidden gems, local hangouts, art exhibits, unique attractions and pop-up events, limited shows, and tours. Being fully present allows us to enjoy life to the fullest. But we’re still taking it in all, just one day at a time.
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Senior Sober Curator travel contributor Teresa Bergen visits Shipshewana, Indiana, a rare dry town in the heart of Amish country. From horse-drawn buggies and the Menno-Hof museum to Amish auctions, bulk food stores, musical theater, flea markets, and kayaking the Pigeon River, Shipshewana offers a peaceful, alcohol-free travel experience rooted in simplicity, curiosity, and small-town charm.
Senior Sober Curator Amy Liz Harrison explores the reality of modern air travel for sober and neurodivergent passengers and highlights 26 U.S. airports with meditation rooms, chapels, sensory rooms, and quiet spaces. While dedicated sober airport lounges do not exist yet, these alcohol-free spaces offer travelers a place to breathe, regulate, pray, journal, text a sponsor, or simply step away from the chaos of terminal bars and boarding-group mayhem.
A golf holiday in Thailand can offer more than time on the green. This sponsored post explores how fresh air, movement, tropical scenery, spa treatments, nutritious Thai food, and a built-in digital detox can create a restorative wellness travel experience for the mind and body.
Teresa Bergen takes readers on an alcohol-free trip through Pensacola, Florida, from shore diving and dolphin tours to parks, historic forts, beach walks, vegan dining, cat cafés, and sober-friendly surprises. Even with its beach-town party energy, Pensacola offers plenty for nondrinkers who prefer their fun in, on, or under the water.
The bartender looked momentarily confused when I ordered my third Diet Coke of the afternoon.”Are you sure you don’t want…
For couples who value mindful travel, an engagement ring can be more than a beautiful piece of jewelry. It can become a symbol of shared values, meaningful journeys, and a love story built with intention. This guide explores how conscious couples are choosing rings that reflect not only their commitment, but the life they are creating together.
Three deaths. Eleven confirmed or probable cases. A ship that spent weeks at sea under international health surveillance before docking…
The Sober Curator Founder, Alysse Bryson, and I celebrated our soberthdays (twenty years for Alysse and fifteen years for me)…
By the afternoon, I sit in a planning meeting for our retreat offerings, half-listening while scrolling through my phone under…
Brothers Mike and Roger Sanchez run a small and homey vegan restaurant and sober bar called HASH on San Antonio’s…
Cruises can represent very good value, but the headline price is rarely the full story. This guide breaks down flights, hotels, gratuities, excursions, drinks packages and hidden fees — with a sober traveller’s perspective on what’s worth paying for and what isn’t.
Ashland was practically founded on a nonalcoholic drink: lithia water. Okay, this southern Oregon town already existed. But in the…
Gallup reports nearly half of U.S. adults now abstain from alcohol, and cruising is quietly reshaping itself around that shift.…
Sometimes the best product reviews don’t happen at your kitchen counter. Sometimes they happen in a luxury cabin in the…
One Day of History, Art, and Presence London is one of the world’s great walking cities, where centuries of history,…
Staying Grounded, Curious, and Present in One of the World’s Great Cities London is one of the world’s most rewarding…
“My name is Teresa and I’m an alcoholic. I’ve been sober for 120 years.” If longevity enthusiasts have their way,…
For many in recovery, planning a holiday brings a particular set of considerations. Menus may be scanned in advance, local…
Wellness travel has officially entered its “main character era.” Gone are the days when a resort could toss a cucumber…
For years, cruises carried a reputation that didn’t suit everyone — a sort of floating pub drifting from one sunny…
Cruising is one of my favorite ways to travel, but being sober on a ship surrounded by bars and drinks…
If you’ve been hanging around The Sober Curator for any length of time, you already know Teresa Bergen. She’s the…
Sober travel is not all created equal. I have been on trips where “dry” translated to lifeless. Where the focus…
A smooth trip begins with clear intention and calm energy from the start. Simple habits shape a steady path that…
There were mornings I could not move. I would wake up on the couch, heart pounding, covered in cold sweat,…
We didn’t know what to expect when we passed the grass-covered Mayan pyramids to meet our shaman in a secluded…
If your passport is begging for a new stamp and your soul is craving connection, Guatemala might be calling your…
You don’t have to be in recovery to feel over the drinking culture that pervades our society. You’re probably fairly…
If there’s one thing we’ve learned since swapping cocktails for mocktails and hangovers for early-morning clarity, it’s this: traveling sober…
It always pisses me off when historians blame the temperance movement for the rise of organized crime. They say that…
