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You want to make sobriety your own project. Fair. But you do not live alone. You share a home with someone who is directly affected by your habits — the good ones and the bad ones. For better or for worse. We like to say we are independent people, but in a relationship, especially one with a shared kitchen and a shared bed and possibly a child or a dog, we adopt each other. We replicate. We clone. We amplify. There is a reason long-married couples start to physically resemble

Most women are not warned about perimenopause. They're certainly not warned that the decade leading up to menopause will change their relationship with alcohol in ways that no doctor thought to mention at any regular checkup. If you've been having symptoms that appeared out of nowhere and you're still wondering whether it's real or whether you're somehow exaggerating, you're in very good company. And alcohol is almost certainly making the whole thing harder than it needs to b

Every month, High Sobriety Club meets in Munich for an early afternoon filled with good company. This Saturday, we gather at Kap37 — a lovely café-style venue on Kapuzinerstraße. It offers ample space to relax, enjoy music, and soak up the good vibes. What’s Happening Join us on Saturday, 25 April, from 13:00. We’ll have music playing, board games ready, and Monica will bring a selection of fermented, alcohol-free drinks for tasting. The floor is open for everyone to contribu

Adults with ADHD are 5–10x more likely to develop alcohol use disorder. The mechanism is specific, documented, and almost never discussed.

Navigating alcohol culture as an expat in Munich? A grounded, honest guide to grey area drinking, community, and sober coaching in Munich.

A year into brewing kombucha, accredited courses, weekend experiments, and an obsession with fermentation science. Now I’m teaching it.

Monica Iordache - sober coach. Mira, the happy Collie, my dog. There’s a version of this article that starts with a statistic about alcohol consumption in Germany and ends with a list of hotline numbers. This is not that article. This is for the person who doesn’t think they have a problem, not really, but who’s noticed that Sunday mornings feel tougher than they used to. Who orders the second glass on autopilot. Who’s a little tired of waking up at 3am with a low hum of anxi

When we talk about alcohol recovery, we often hear about generational patterns, how children of parents with alcohol use disorder are more likely to struggle with drinking themselves. The conventional wisdom says it's about exposure, learned behavior, and normalized dysfunction. But what if there's something deeper at play? What if we're not just repeating the past, but we're trying to rewrite it? The Hidden Logic Behind Repetition We often say that children of parents with a

Why do sober people make drinkers uncomfortable? Because drinking is a pact, we all lower our guard together. Weekend reflections on the oblivion trap, purpose, and living with intention from High Sobriety Club.