Sober Curator Contributor – Spain

Founder/CEO The Sober Cruise

Mark has been part of recovery circles for more than 22 years. After a 30-year career in corporate IT consultancy with IBM UK, he retrained as a CCAR-accredited Recovery Coach, bringing a blend of structure, curiosity, and lived experience to his work. More recently, he worked as a coach at a rehab facility in Southern Spain, where he also ran their aftercare Zoom programme for a year.

He is the co-founder of The Sober Cruise, a luxury travel experience created for people who want to enjoy cruising without alcohol being the focal point. At its heart, The Sober Cruise is about ease and permission — the ease of settling into beautiful ships, thoughtful itineraries, and good company, and the permission to enjoy it all without explanation. The next Sober Cruise will depart from Barcelona in August 2026.

Mark’s interests sit at the meeting point of recovery, travel — especially cruising — long-distance walking, and theatre, all of which inform the way he thinks about presence, connection, and how we choose to spend our time. He writes from lived experience and curiosity, always with an eye toward what helps people feel more at home in their own lives.

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