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What can ancient practices teach us about modern recovery? Teresa Bergen talks with Durga Leela, founder of Yoga of Recovery, about sobriety, Ayurveda, yoga, spirituality and the search for purpose. From getting sober in Lake Tahoe to developing an integrative approach to addiction recovery, Durga shares how healing can become deeply personal rather than one-size-fits-all.

Colin Browen has spent a decade chasing ghosts for The Paranormal Files and narrating the worst crimes in America. Turns out the scariest thing he ever faced was his own addiction. Nearly three years sober, he tells The Sober Curator’s Teresa Bergen about haunted pubs, drunk tanks, sleep paralysis and why the spirits got chattier once he put down the bottle.

Some sober merch whispers. Soberminds screams, in the best way. Meet the graffiti artist and founder building a sober streetwear brand out of loss, grit, and a crown hoodie you’ll actually want to wear.

In this Sober Spotlight interview, Oskar of DEPTOS shares how recovery, mental health, fatherhood, and the rooms inspired his music — including the powerful lyric, “You don’t have to die to stop living this way.”