
Recovery Rocks
Recovery Rocks is Co-hosted by recovery advocates Lisa Smith and Tawny Lara. A rock and roll-loving Gen X lawyer in 12-step recovery from addiction to alcohol and drugs. An equally rock-obsessed Millennial writer who found addiction recovery through blogging. Give them a couple microphones and you get the Recovery Rocks podcast, a new kind of discussion about the issues impacting those who struggle and recover, reflecting different perspectives, but finding much in common.
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Co-hosted by recovery advocates Lisa Smith and Tawny Lara. A rock and roll-loving Gen X lawyer in 12-step recovery from addiction to alcohol and drugs. An equally rock-obsessed Millennial writer who found addiction recovery through blogging. Give them a couple microphones and you get the Recovery Rocks podcast, a new kind of discussion about the issues impacting those who struggle and recover, reflecting different perspectives, but finding much in common.
Laura Silverman, cartographer and creator of Zero Proof Nation, a global map of non-alcoholic bars and bottle shops, joins Tawny and Lisa for a stroll down memory lane. They talk about the non-alcoholic drink movement and how far it has come in the last seven years.
Music Minute features outlaw country music, Emily Nenni and Joshua Hedley
Sign up for Laura’s Substack
Find Laura on Instagram and LinkedIn
Check out Clean Cause
Order The Sobriety Deck
Listen to The Sobriety Deck Playlist by Hannah Gardner
Order Tawny’s book, DRY HUMPING: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze
Subscribe to Tawny’s newsletter “Beyond Liquid Courage”
Order Tawny’s new NA drink, (parentheses)
Purchase Lisa’s memoir, Girl Walks Out of a Bar


Meet Your Hosts - Lisa Smith and Tawny Lara
Lisa Smith is the author of the acclaimed memoir, Girl Walks Out of a Bar. The book recounts her descent into and recovery from “high-functioning” alcohol and cocaine addiction in big New York City law firms. Lisa’s story launched her to the forefront of the movement to advance wellbeing in the legal profession. Lisa was named one of the New York Law Journal‘s 2020 “Trailblazers”.
Tawny Lara is a NYC-based journalist and author who’s been reporting on the sober curious and mindful drinking movement, as well as society, sex, and music.
The Sobees Podcast Score: 4.5 out of 5
