If shopping is your cardio and you enjoy recovering out loud and celebrating Pride Month, then this is the curated #ADDTOCART list for you. At The Sober Curator, there is nothing we love more than supporting everyone in our recovery community. Love is love. Let’s celebrate the LGBTQ+ community all month long! We think we have curated some pretty great finds from small businesses that cater specifically to our recovery community. Plus, many of these small business merchants are also in recovery. How cool is that?
PRIDE PLAYLIST:
Check out The Creative Sober Pride Playlist on Spotify by Sober Curator and Founder of The Creative Sober Mei McKintosh. That’s right, this is a Pride Playlist you can listen to RIGHT NOW as you peruse the items, we’ve curated for you to consider #ADDINGTOCART.
ATHLETIC BREWING: RAINBOW WALL
Named after one of Athlete Brewing’s favorite climbs in Red Rock Canyon, Rainbow Wall is their Pride Month brew. It’s a slightly hazy, highly citrusy, clean, and crisp Blood Orange IPA with skyscraping flavor and an abundance of heart. Athletic brewed it in collaboration with pro-LGBTQI+ climber Alex Johnson and with it, you can toast the entire LGBTQI+ community with arms open, belays on, and two words: be you.
In 2023, 100% of Rainbow Wall’s profits will go to organizations empowering the LGBTQIA+ community, like The OUT Foundation. Through their efforts, they’re removing barriers to access while empowering LGBTQI+ bodies and minds across the fitness space.
Sober Curator Pro Tip: Rainbow Wall is frequently sold out. Sign up for their email newsletter to be alerted when it comes back in stock!
Dry Humping
Dry Humping by Sober Sexpert Tawny Lara
A lighthearted, cheeky, and judgment-free handbook from sober sexpert Tawny Lara on how to have better sex, better dates, and better partnerships—without relying on alcohol!
When you’re intimidated or overwhelmed, it’s easy to turn to alcohol to feel more relaxed and outgoing. But what if you want to cut back or cut out alcohol from your life? What do you do on dates? How do you soothe worries and hang-ups? And how the heck do you get up the nerve to be naked with someone new?
In Dry Humping, you will learn how to have better dates, sex, and partnerships with tools like:
- Booze-free date ideas
- Scripts for awkward conversations
- Interviews with experts
- Thought-provoking prompts
- Perspectives from a diverse range of regular people
- And more!
You don’t need alcohol to have a fun, carefree, fulfilling dating life. Dry Humping offers you the tools to step away from alcohol, for however long you want to, while also having more fun in and out of the bedroom.
The Happy Traveler. Vintage Travel Bars.
Each custom-curated vintage travel bar includes all the bottles, bar tools, and glassware you need to create and serve your favorite cocktail (be it spirit-free or spirit-forward); all contained in a vintage case. The featured set-up is based on the Dirty Martini Virgin Spritz recipe from Roots Divino. Oh, so fancy in a vintage cosmetic case! See more ideas on Instagram @kpslab or www.kpslab.net
Rechargeable Cordless Magic Rainbow Light Bulb
A rainbow in the dark? Yes, it’s magic—created by hundreds of tiny LEDs. Shop Uncommon Goods.
Personalized Pride LP Record
Display the soundtrack of your love with a colorful, personalized LP made of upcycled records. Shop Uncommon Goods.
SOBER BABES LOVE RAINBOWS!
MADE TO ORDER from our friends over at Sober Babes Club … allow 2 weeks for arrival. The organic crop top is soft, comfy, and what’s more, made of 100% organic cotton. This premium crop is bound to become a favorite for every eco-conscious buyer.
Walk Your Sober Talk for Pride Parades!
Enjoy these Pride Flag ankle socks from Bombas! When you purchase this pack of 7 pairs of socks, 7 pairs are also donated to people in need of socks!
Flour Shop Rainbow Explosion Cake Kit
Williams Sonoma teamed up with Amirah Kassem’s Soho-based Flour Shop bakery to bring you this exclusive kit for whipping up your own version of the Instagram-famous Rainbow Explosion Cake at home. Start by combining the premium cake mix and coloring gels to bake the six rainbow-hued layers, then use the cream cheese frosting mix and colorful candies to frost, fill and decorate your surprise-filled dessert.
GRIT. STRENGTH. PRIDE.
Sobriety Cards knows how to dish out the sass! Check out this Grit Strength Pride card and other cards with attitude at sobrietycard.com
GAY AND SOBER – SHOW YOUR PRIDE ON THE OUTSIDE
Redbubble offers up Gay and Sober Alcoholic Addict Recovery T-Shirts so you can show your pride on the outside!
THE PRIDE OF READING A GOOD BOOK
Do you love to read? Are you constantly adding books to your own recovery library? Our curated recommendations include Sober & Out by the AA Grapevine, The Suicide Race by Mark Turnipseed, and Lust, Men, and Meth by David Fawcett, Ph.D.
GET COMFY WITH THIS PRIDE PULLOVER HOODIE
Experience. Strength. Hope. And Rainbows! This Pullover Hoodie comes in 5 color options and can be found on Amazon.
IS YOUR RECOVERY MAGNETIC?
Sold by RecoveryTees, this Funny AA NA slogan t-shirt is the perfect shirt for someone in recovery, a newcomer, or an old-timer. It would make a great gift idea to celebrate a 12 Step anniversary, belly-button birthday, or sponsor gift.
ARE YOU IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND?
FineArtAmerica.com brings you lots of recovery LGBTQ AA & NA artwork options that can be ordered as art prints, framed prints, canvas, metal prints, and more!
SHOW YOUR GRATITUDE
Designed and sold by Recovery Tees, this Gay and Sober Recovery Notebook is a fun way to recover out loud and organize your thoughts or practice writing a daily gratitude list.
AA GOLD PLATED, HANDPAINTED, RAINBOW MEDALLION
Doing It Sober online merchant brings you the perfect AA Gold Rainbow Tie Dye Anniversary Tri-Plate Medallion – Hand Painted!
CONNECTION MATTERS!
Connect with Queers Without Beers on Facebook! This is a group for those in the LGBTQI+ community who are looking to moderate their drinking or go alcohol-free.
RECOVER OUT LOUD AND RAINBOW PROUD
Available in four colors, this crewneck Gay and Sober Rainbow Sweatshirt found on Amazon might just be your new favorite way to recover out loud.
SOBER LOVE LETTERS
Perfect for she/her, he/him, they/them humans in your life, these Sober Unicorn cards are the perfect way to send someone a note or love letter via the good old US Postal service.
We Are The Luckiest Unisex hoodie
The Luckiest Club welcomes and embraces the LGBTQIA+ community! We show our PRIDE here and reminding the LGBTQIA+ community: You Belong Here.
KEY FACTS ABOUT THE LGBTQ+ RECOVERY COMMUNITY:
According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Recovery Research Institute:
- Gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals are 18 percent more likely to have alcohol use disorder and 20 percent more likely to have substance use disorder.
- 77 percent of lesbian/gay/bisexual people and just 57 percent of those who identify as transgendered have access to healthcare.
- LGBTQ+ individuals are more likely to start drinking earlier and they have a greater likelihood of experiencing substance use disorder in their lifetime.
- There is a higher risk of co-occurring mental disorders such as depression, and higher chances of poor physical health, activity limitations, chronic conditions, obesity, smoking, and binge drinking in the LGBTQ+ community due to their adverse experiences and healthcare status.
- Transgender youth experience higher levels of depression, suicidality, self-harm, and eating disorders.
- Gay men are three times more likely than straight men to have an eating disorder, and lesbian and bisexual women are twice as likely as straight women to suffer from binge eating.
- People with co-occurring disorders are at a higher risk of fatal opioid overdose: this is 3 times higher for those with depression and six times higher for those with serious mental illness.
LGBTQ+ RESOURCES & MEETINGS:
A Disco Ball is Hundreds of Pieces of Broken Glass, Put Together to Make a Magical Ball of Light. You are NOT Broken, Friend. You are a DISCO BALL!
Resources Are Available
If you or someone you know is experiencing difficulties surrounding alcoholism, addiction, or mental illness, please reach out and ask for help. People everywhere can and want to help; you just have to know where to look. And continue to look until you find what works for you. Click here for a list of regional and national resources.
