Sober Not Subtle – with Jason Mayo
Created by Sober Curator contributor Jason Mayo, SOBER NOT SUBTLE blends personal storytelling, advocacy, and community connection to challenge the stigma around addiction and mental health. Drawing on humor, creativity, and his own lived experience, Jason shares honest reflections that inspire hope, foster understanding, and spark meaningful conversations about recovery.
Jason is the author of In Case of Emergency, Break Childhood: A Gen Xer’s Survival Guide to Anxiety, Addiction, and Accidental Enlightenment, a raw, funny, and deeply human memoir about growing up, falling apart, and finding redemption. His work has earned national recognition, including being named to Working Mother’s “25 Dads Who Rock” list alongside Barack Obama, Jay-Z, and Will Smith.
New York Recovery Resources
Break Free Foundation – Offers scholarships for individuals living with substance use disorders to attend an inpatient facility at low to no cost to them
BigVision – Sober Events & Meetups
Hazelden Betty Ford – NYC Locations
HOPEline: Call 1-877-8-HOPENY | Text 467369
LICADD – Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
National Alliance on Mental Illness New York Metro
New York City Well If you are in a crisis, call one of our counselors: 1-888-NYC-WELL (1-888-692-9355). Text ‘WELL’ to 65173
OASAS the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, New York State governmental agency overseeing all treatment programs in New York
Questions? call (518) 473-3460 24/7
Office of Mental Health New York State Call: 1-844-863-9314
Thrive – A Community Center for Transformation, Healing, Recovery, Inspiration, Validation, and Empowerment
Jason Mayo is the creator and founder of Sober Not Subtle and the author of In Case of Emergency, Break Childhood: A Gen Xer’s Survival Guide to Anxiety, Addiction and Accidental Enlightenment. He is a certified recovery peer advocate at a Recovery Community and Outreach Center in New York.
Before working in recovery, Jason was owner and executive producer of award winning visual effects and animation companies in NYC.
He currently writes for The Sober Curator, has been a contributing writer for the Forbes Business Council, creator of the popular Dad blog Out-Numbered, and author of the children’s books, “Do Witches Make Fishes?” and “The Boy and the Billy Goat.”
The coolest thing that ever happened to him as a Dad Blogger was being named to the “25 Dads Who Rock” list published by Working Mother – keeping company with Barak Obama, Jay-Z, Will Smith, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Matthew McConaughey and Brad Pitt.
Jason is passionate about advocating for people living with substance use disorder and mental health issues. His goal is to use humor, creativity, and lived experience to make a positive impact on the world.
Jason has been sober since March 25th, 2010.
