Why Their Addiction Stories Feel Uncomfortably Real Television has never been particularly good at portraying addiction. Most shows fall into…
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Lane Kennedy is a meditation teacher, DNA-based functional nutritionist, and founder of the Calm Resilience System. She writes about recovery, nervous system regulation, and rebuilding health after stress and illness.
One Peep at a Time. (Yes, I Went There.) It started, as most of my best ideas do, with a…
In Vince Gilligan’s new Apple TV+ series Pluribus, the end of the world doesn’t come with a bang, but with…
Imagine if Sex and the City’s Samantha was an addict and her drug of choice was men. Go on a hilarious,…
There’s something deeply vulnerable about going home to get sober. Not the Instagram version.Not the “30-day reset” version.The real version.…
“The Weight of Air” tracks Poses through multiple relapses, treatment centers, and the grinding dailiness of trying to stay clean.…
There’s a moment in this conversation when filmmaker Benjamin Flaherty describes parents walking out of his documentary screenings with tears in their eyes…
There’s a moment in the conversation when Adam Nimoy says something so simple, so clean, so spiritually efficient that everything else…
In the Hulu series Dopesick, we watch well-intentioned doctors prescribe OxyContin, believing they’re helping. They trust the company. They trust…
This week on This Just In, your sober newscasters Alysse Bryson and T-Boog turn the mic inward with a lineup…
It’s Recovery Month, and what better way to celebrate than finally writing that quit lit book? Ever wondered how to…
(and How Your DNA Holds the Key to Breaking Free) In this column, I’ve always maintained that everything is spiritual…
What happens after the pink cloud fades? Tiffany Jenkins has the answers—and they’re raw, real, and ridiculously relatable. When the…
Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar is the latest in the streamer’s growing obsession with scam culture, a dramatization of influencer Belle…
In the sphere of indie films, where storytelling often delves deeper into raw human experiences, “The Outrun” emerges as a…
Recovery groups can be a true saviour in early sobriety. But they can also be a terrifying prospect for some. Take a short journey with me, not to “the rooms,” but to visit The Parliament of Owls.
In recent years, the opioid crisis has provided fertile ground for filmmakers to explore America’s most devastating health crisis, producing…
Isn’t sobriety boring? How can I have fun without substances? These are common questions that many people grapple with when…
Sober spotlight on Jenny Teeters coving coaching, recovery resources, and her new book, Every Day is a New Day: A Story of Faith
As a prequel to Amy Liz Harrison’s “Eternally Expecting,” Amy was just a California kid in the 1980s, dreaming big and living…
There are so many solid, binge-worthy recovery-focused podcasts out there. But with new episodes coming out weekly, it’s impossible to keep up. The Sober Curator is here to help. Recovery Podcastland lets you in on our favorites. In this post, Sober Curator Ashley Sunderland brings you her curated list of 37 podcasts that are worthy of your time.
“Eternally Expecting” is a poignant and candid memoir by Amy Liz Harrison, who draws an intriguing parallel between the transformative…
I am Daniel and saw “The Spy Who Went into Rehab”. An original comedy penned by Gregg Ostrin on stage…
365 Tao Daily Meditations is a daily meditation book by Deng Ming-Dao. [Tao] means a road, path, way; and hence, the…
Considering a sober lifestyle, even temporally, is a big deal! Here are 24 ways to help bring internal peace to…
Amy welcomes back Carolyn Bunn, Sarah Alaimo, and Alysse Bryson of The Sober Curator to discuss Friends, Lovers, and the Big…
Birthdays are an excellent opportunity for self-reflection, goal setting, and health resets. Kind of like a “personal New Year’s Eve,”…
As someone who has experienced the tumultuous journey of long-term recovery from alcohol and drugs, “Push Off From Here” by…
As someone with long-term recovery from alcohol and substance use disorders, reading Laura McKowen’s ‘We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising…