Somehow it took me years to find The Small Bow, A.J. Daulerio’s recovery newsletter, podcast, and daily meeting community. Or its crossover column with Oldster Magazine, “Ask a Sober Oldster,” now 35 installments deep. Consider this your formal introduction.
The ’80s brought us more than just big hair; it gave us movies that dared to show addiction without the glam. But did they really get it right? Dive into a sober rewatch and discover what these films missed.
A Machine Gun Kelly concert in Scranton reminded Julianne why sober community must be built with intention, compassion, and an open door for anyone curious enough to come.
Laurie Woolever spent fifteen-plus years as the right hand to two of food media’s most complicated men, Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain, while quietly falling apart behind the scenes. Her New York Times bestselling memoir, Care and Feeding, finally tells the story she couldn’t tell then. Closing in on nine years sober, she’s proof the most interesting thing about her was never the famous men on her resume.
In Part 2 of her Nashville series, Lane Kennedy examines Seasons 3 and 4 as the show moves beyond overt addiction storylines and into a deeper exploration of emotional capacity. Through Deacon’s long-term sobriety, Gunnar’s relationship patterns, Avery’s Al-Anon-like exhaustion, Juliette’s nervous system collapse, and the emotional weather surrounding Maddie and Daphne, Lane shows how Nashville captures the hidden cost of functioning long after the body and spirit have exceeded their limits.
You know the feeling when you walk into a room and immediately know: these are my people. On Episode 3, I asked our contributors one simple question, why The Sober Curator, and what came back was funnier, messier, and more honest than I expected.
Stephen King has been sober for almost 40 years, and he still doesn’t remember writing an entire novel. Here’s the garbage bag intervention that started it, the fear that got proven wrong, and the 40-plus books that came after.
Sober Curator contributor Julianne Griffin, known as The Sober Swiftie, reflects on the emotional power of Taylor Swift’s “I Can See You” through the lens of recovery, visibility, and belonging. This piece explores what it means to feel seen, supported, and reminded that even when sobriety feels lonely, you do not stand in the hallway alone.
People started DMing Alysse after Season 1 saying they’d finally found a sober podcast that didn’t make them feel like…
If you know what the Big Book is to you, you already felt something when you read that it is going to auction at Christie’s on July 1. The original 167-page working manuscript, with Bill Wilson’s handwriting in the margins, is estimated at $1 to $2 million. The Irsay family is selling it last. Intentionally.
Sober Curator Contributor Sarah Alaimo reviews the third and final season of Euphoria through a sober lens, unpacking its five-year time jump, Rue’s darker trajectory, Ali’s grounded recovery wisdom, and the show’s clearest argument yet: everyone is addicted to something.
Nineteen sober pop culture words walked into a 15×15 grid. Your job is to find them before they find you.June’s…
Summer blockbuster season is here. But instead of buying a movie ticket, we made you a crossword.June’s Clued In is…
The internet swears his ageless face is a blood ritual. The truth is less supernatural and more interesting: Rob Lowe has been sober since 1990, and the story behind that decision says more about staying than quitting.
Brené Brown marked 30 years sober on The Curiosity Shop with Adam Grant. On foreboding joy, selective numbing, and why she still can’t watch The Office.
It’s 7:30 a.m. on Halloween, 2017. While most parents are arguing about whether a sexy witch costume is age-appropriate and…
I recently packed my emotional baggage, pop culture references, and very sober opinions and headed over to the Recovery Rocks…
It is 9:47 on a Tuesday in May. You have eleven years sober. You also have nothing to do. The…
There is a specific kind of comfort that comes from finding out an actor you love has been sober since…
She was high when she said yes. In the spring of 2018, Lena Dunham got engaged to a childhood friend…
I binged all ten episodes of Running Point Season 2 (Netflix) in less than twelve hours. I am not even…
Sober LEGO Night Show & Tell + Build with Tamar Routly and Alysse Bryson Listen. Sobriety did not give us…
Rufi Thorpe came to BACKSTAGE. Here is the five-minute clip, the conversation that broke the room, and the answer I am still thinking about.
Jamie Lee Curtis Has Been Sober Since February 3, 1999. She Calls It Her Greatest Accomplishment. She had rules. Never…
Samuel L. Jackson Has Been Sober Since 1991. The Career You Know Came After. While Samuel L. Jackson was in…
Why Their Addiction Stories Feel Uncomfortably Real Television has never been particularly good at portraying addiction. Most shows fall into…
I have been building something. Not quietly, not slowly, and definitely not without rhinestones. BACKSTAGE with The Sober Curator is…
He was 20 years old, one of the most famous people on the planet, and he was showing up to…
“We can’t be arrogant about our existence. Life is a wonder, a gift, a profound blessing.”Sam Levinson Levinson said: “I…
Anthony Kiedis Is 25 Years Sober. Here’s the Full Story. He spent his last $10,000 on treatment. It was Christmas…
