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Sobriety is Sweeter Than I Ever Imaged with Real Sober Mom Gina

August 03, 2026

Today’s Real Sober Mom Gina never thought she’d live life as a sober woman. Now, at six months sober she looks back and asks herself: “What was I doing?”Gina had no idea that sobriety could feel so good. She didn’t know she would feel so much more present as a mom. She didn’t know she could still ‘have fun and be fun’ without alcohol, and she didn’t know how much self forgiveness she would be able to access in sobriety. Gina white knuckled the first few months of her sobriety and felt ve...

The Sober Summer Series: Content Birthday to Me

July 31, 2026

I just had my 46th birthday, and as I reflect on my goals for this year, to be ‘happy’ isn’t one of them. For me, happiness now seems unsustainable, fleeting, and performative. I’m seeking different feelings entirely in this year of my life - contentment, gratitude and joy. If you’re preparing for your first sober birthday and you don’t feel happy at the moment, don’t let that mean anything about your relationship with alcohol and sobriety. It can be easy to put on nostalgic rose colored...

Being a Lantern for Recovery with Jessica Guerrieri

July 27, 2026

Fiction author Jessica Guerrieri is back on the pod to tell us everything about her incredible new novel Both Can Be True! Jessica’s work as a sober author is so deeply moving, and in her sophomore novel she tackles the all too familiar sensation of disappearing into motherhood and the addiction that can often take hold from that place. Jessica and I talk about the raw realities of book publishing as sober authors, why Jessica felt called to write fiction that centers on women and addict...