Welcome! As part of celebrating and growing the Sober App Substack community, this periodic feature showcases recent guest contributors. Check out their bios and publications below, find their guest posts on the homepage, and share your own sober publication or say hello in the comments.
is a self-described writer-ish, 9-to-5’er, and dog mama born and raised in east London, United Kingdom. Subscribe to Tacita’s newsletter, , for her “refinedish stream of piping hot brain dump. Golden nuggets and golden fuck its.” When Tacita isn’t writing, she’s busy upholding the stereotype of millennial women by indulging in true crime., MSW, is an author, recovery advocate, and woman in addiction, mental health, and trauma recovery. She writes on Substack, and her next book is coming in Fall 2024. Download Caroline’s sober summer tips here. is an expert dream interpreter, psychic, spiritual growth coach, author, and oracle creator. Find her website here and her newsletter here. is a licensed real estate attorney who lives in Massachusetts with her husband, two kids, and rescue dog. She’s a woman in recovery from alcohol who credits sobriety for waking her back up to her first passion—writing. Allison spends her free time wandering in nature with her dog and cheering her kids on from the sidelines of the basketball court. You can find Allison’s writing at . is a psychotherapist, coach, and business owner from the Midwest who currently lives in Denver with her husband, son, and their two dog-like cats. In , Kaitlyn helps to demystify therapy and therapists—bringing therapeutic concepts out of therapy hour and into your hands. writes a weekly newsletter about being sober from alcohol and other aspects of being human. She’s currently serializing her quit-lit memoir and working on backwards cross-pulls at the roller-skating rink. Julie lives by the sea with her three cats and adult daughter in Ventura, California. is a queer and sober essayist writing from Long Beach, California. She is obsessed with unearthing and unraveling life’s addictive feelings. Her work has been featured in the The Gay and Lesbian Review, and her newsletter, , is published monthly on Substack. is a writer and artist from the United Kingdom. Becky writes about sobriety and other topics from a place of honesty, reality, and truth. They’re also quite funny! Judge for yourself and find more of Becky’s writing at . is the author of Dry Humping: A Guide to Dating, Relating, and Hooking Up Without the Booze, co-author of The Sobriety Deck, co-host of the Recovery Rocks podcast, and co-founder of the vinegar-based botanical beverage, (parentheses). Tawny’s newsletter is . is a sober writer and Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Her newsletter, , is a 2,900+ member community for folks investigating their relationship with alcohol and other drugs, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive patterning, online technologies and social media, overwork and external validation, and problematic relationships. is a Doctor of Chinese Medicine and shamanic practitioner whose spiritual, integrative program of addiction recovery has been implemented in holistic clinics, premier treatment centers, and his private practice. You can access the online version of The Program through his newsletter, .Marina, aka
, holds a BA in Psychology and MA in Speech and Communications. She is a lifelong student of yoga and Tibetan Buddhism, a certified Mindfulness-Based Addiction Recovery teacher and facilitator, and a Jungian Coach. Marina writes , a weekly newsletter about her personal journey through recovery and all the things in life that make our human experience both magical and painful. is a recovery and embodiment coach, nature connection guide, yoga and meditation teacher, writer, and mama. Her newsletter, , is full of tips, strategies, and inspiration for anyone choosing to get sober and embarking on a joyous, abundant life in recovery. lives with her husband and son in Lewes, East Sussex, where she spends as much time as she can connecting to the natural world. She is passionate about writing, has an MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmiths, and is working on her memoir. Ellie is also a sober mentor and soon-to-be sober coach. You can find her newsletter at . writes , a weekly newsletter featuring stories and tools to support changing your relationship with alcohol and being a better human. More than five years sober, Peter offers a seasoned perspective on sobriety and describes his writing as coming from scars rather than cuts.
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Love this list of recovery-centric letters. Makes this recovery-writer heart smile.
So grateful and so inspired to be in the company of all the freedom seeking writers and readers here in this sober space.
Thanks for your endless commitment and service to this community, Dana!