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Sober and missing out is one of the most common feelings in early sobriety and one of the most misread. What sober FOMO is Sober FOMO is the belief that not drinking has taken you out from the social and emotional experiences everyone else is still having. It usually starts specific. I miss the team bonding after work. I miss clubbing until morning. I miss the nightcap after dinner with friends. I miss the champagne glass on New Year's Eve. I miss the weekend trips, staying u

Emotional drinking isn't defined by how much you drink but by what the drink is doing for you. Understand what you are trying not to feel, and learn to sit with the feeling instead.

Childhood trauma and alcohol are linked in the research. The ACE score is real, and it is not a prophecy. Here is what it can and cannot tell you.

Tell people you don't drink and some get oddly defensive. That reaction is almost never about you; here's what's usually going on underneath it.

People on Ozempic keep losing interest in alcohol. Here is what GLP-1 does to craving, what the early trials show, and the part it cannot fix.

Naltrexone for alcohol has been approved since 1994, yet most people have never heard of it. How the medication works, and the part it cannot reach.

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.