My name is Pop Buchanan. I am a writer, the founder of Sober Is Dope, and someone who has spent the last many years trying to turn pain, healing, and life experience into something useful for other people. After getting sober, I started writing because I wanted to share what I was learning about recovery, mental health, and how hard it can be to rebuild your life while still trying to understand yourself.
Over time, that work grew into books, podcasts, articles, and a larger body of work focused on sobriety, healing, the nervous system, and personal growth. I also build ideas through POPR Technologies Inc., where I explore future technology and invention in a way that still connects back to helping people think differently about the future.
At the center of everything I do is a simple goal: tell the truth, stay useful, and keep building things that might help somebody else.
Getting sober changed everything. saved by decade long relationship. it got me through losing my mom to ALS with my eyes open. I started a business. I actually like my life now. life is so much better without alcohol!
I spent over 20 years in the wine and service industry, drinking was just part of the culture. When I stopped, I didn’t leave the industry. I found a different door into it.
my business, The NA Sommelier grew out of that. I took everything I knew about flavor and beverage and built something that fits who I am now, mobile bar events, classes, and consulting for restaurants and bars that want to do non-alcoholic right.
In addition to my na beverage adventures, I love to dance (from line dance to ballroom to ballet), see live theatre, sing, eat, read, travel and play with my partner’s adorable Pitty and Komondor pups. Excited to be a part of this group