Sober Garden at the Alaska State Fair
Ready to start a new State Fair tradition? Check out Recover Alaska’s Sober Garden. Join us on Saturday, August 31, in the Borealis Plaza Tent. Local bartenders will be battling it out in a mocktail competition! Try them out and let us know which one is your favorite. We will also have music and fun yard games to play. We …
RecoveryFest 2019
Help us kick off Recovery Month with some incredible inspiration and talent from musicians Quinn Christopherson, Nicholas Carpenter and Kittiwake! Recovery Month is an opportunity to celebrate with our community and share the message that recovery does work. Together we can end the stigma associated with alcohol misuse disorders giving more people the opportunity to find and get support. Party …
Why the ‘sober curious’ movement is big business for millennials
Millennials are drinking less alcohol these days, whether it’s to break a bad habit, minimize hangovers or improve overall health. As the “Sober Curious” movement gains steam, it’s no surprise that alcohol-free cocktails are vying for a permanent spot on the bar scene. Alcohol-free cocktails aren’t cheap, averaging at $13 at places like Getaway Bar in NYC. And many young …
How Getting Sober Finally Made Me Cool
Making the decision to get sober can feel like you’re trading in your identity as a Fun Person to instead become a bummer. But I’m going to tell you a secret, something so annoying, so frustrating, and so correct that it blew my mind: Being sober made me cool. Listen: I KNOW. Drinking doesn’t make you cool is exactly what PSAs told …
Voluntary temporary abstinence from alcohol during “Dry January” and subsequent alcohol use.
In bivariate analysis, success during Dry January was predicted by measures of more moderate alcohol consumption and greater social DRSE at baseline. Multivariate analyses revealed that success during Dry January was best predicted by a lower frequency of drunkenness in the month prior to Dry January. Structural equation modeling revealed that participation in Dry January was related to reductions in …