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Sober Stories

Jul 29, 2022

CONTENT WARNING: In this episode, Bean shares her experiences with domestic violence and with suicidal ideation.

 

Bean Gill joins Sober Stories host Beth Bowen to discuss how a virus taking the use of her legs eventually led her on a path towards sobriety. Bean talks about how she used alcohol to cope with an abusive...


Jul 22, 2022

Lazarus Letcher joins Sober Stories host Beth Bowen to discuss gender, identity, race, and their intersection with sobriety. Beth and Lazarus talk about how Laz used to use alcohol as a way to perform masculinity, Laz’s experience as a trans man before and after sobriety, and how powerful it is to see queer, sober...


Jul 15, 2022

Brittany Kay joins Sober Stories host Beth Bowen to discuss how her sobriety has influenced her mental health journey, eventually leading her to pursue a graduate degree in counseling. Beth and Brittany talk about how her struggle with alcohol came after rehab for Adderall, what it was like finding sobriety in her 20s,...


Jul 8, 2022

Shea Gomez of @noboozebabes joins Sober Stories host Beth Bowen to discuss living an alcohol-free life as a 20-something. Beth and Shea dig into what sober sex is like, and how intimacy when you’re fully present, is different than when you’re drinking. Beth and Shea talk about how sobriety has changed her career in...


Jul 1, 2022

Ruby Warrington joins Sober Stories host Beth Bowen to talk about the rapid evolution of the sober curious movement. Ruby shares the origin story of the term “sober curious,” and what it was like to begin to put words to a new way of conceptualizing ones’ relationship with alcohol. Beth and Ruby talk about...