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30 Winter Mocktails To Get Cozy With

Queue up a fake fire on your TV and have mocktails by a mockfire.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Nov 22, 2024

countdown to pride

sobriety

mocktails in puple, green, red, and orange

food lists

Countdown to Pride: Mocktails in Every Color of the Rainbow

It’s eight days to Pride! Get some inspiration for colorful, tasty nonalcoholic drink concoctions to serve yourself or loved ones!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

May 30, 2023

#affiliatemarketing

sobriety

A collage of items in front of a gradient blue background that includes: flavored seltzer water, skin care products, three different fashion choices, and a set of bowls

first person

10 Things I Spend My Money on Now That Isn’t Drugs or Alcohol

When I got sober, I also thought I would be saving so much money. What happened instead is that I found different ways to spend my money.

danijanae —

May 16, 2023

mental health

sobriety

The National albums High Violent, Alligator, Trouble Will Find Me, and Sleep Well Beast

music

Ranking The National Songs by How Much I’ve Cried to Them

Trying to get sober was like pulling teeth.

danijanae —

Apr 17, 2023

Bubble Trouble

sobriety

four cans of prebiotic sodas surrounded by chips

food and drink

Ranking Prebiotic Sodas by Taste (and Asking a Doctor What They Even Do)

Finding drinks that scratch the alcohol craving itch for me is essential, and right now that thing is prebiotic sodas.

danijanae —

Mar 10, 2023

Bubble Trouble

sobriety

an overhead shot of a nearly empty cup of soda, surrounded by gummy sodas and bottle caps

first person

Seltzer Tastes Like Punishment

There are so many good songs about drinking but none about seltzer, have you noticed that?

Autumn Fourkiller —

Mar 7, 2023

mental health

Sober Series

A figure is reclining on the ground against a purple, watery background

first person

Here’s How Our Lives Have Improved Since Quitting Drinking: A Candid Conversation Between Sober Queers

“I love that sober sex is so much better for me. Even masturbating is better.”

danijanae —

Aug 5, 2022

Sober Series

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Abstract human figures in purple hues are clustered together

first person

On Staying Sober and What TV Gets Right and Wrong About Alcohol

“I feel like being the only sober person in a group is so much pressure.”

danijanae —

Jul 29, 2022

#affiliatemarketing

Sober Series

A water coloring of two divers under the water

first person

“When I Got Sober So Many Relationships Just Ended”: Sober Queers on Friendships and Community

“I came to realize I am a terrible parent when I’m drunk.”

danijanae —

Jul 22, 2022

Sober Series

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a watercoloring in purple hues of a figure at the end of a tunnel of light

first person

Three Sober Queers on Their First Drinks and Workplace Drinking Culture

“It’s funny, much like coming out, I always look back on these moments and think ‘Ah that’s when I should have known I had a problem’.”

Tracy Levesque —

Jul 15, 2022

sobriety

Four chilly, ice-filled glasses of fruity mocktails

food lists

18 Fruity, Spritzy, Bright Mocktails for Spring

Get ready for spring chilling with these mocktails in shades of pink, orange, and yellow!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Apr 17, 2022

sobriety

A pink building stands against a starless night sky with a full moon, and hands reach out. A handwritten note reads "No stars in a city means no room for wishes."

first person

It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere

You can’t see the stars in the city I live in, so I would spend my nights out on my balcony, drinking, letting my eyesight go slack and drift into…

danijanae —

Feb 10, 2022