Hayden Panettiere spent much of her life in public, but some of her most meaningful moments came when she stopped performing and told the truth. Senior Sober Curator Contributor Anne Marie Cribbin reflects on Panettiere’s openness about postpartum depression, addiction and the personal cost of refusing to pretend everything was fine.
We put the Davincified Seattle Mini Paint by Numbers Set to the test at a sober paint and sip night on a backyard patio in the PNW. Six mini canvases, 24 paints, brushes, zero hangovers. Here's what we loved, what it costs, and the one sticker snafu you'll want to avoid.
One person brought Kim to London: her beloved Nattee. What began as a deeply personal journey of grief became a celebration of friendship, sober connection and the people who can make a place thousands of miles away feel like home.
In the final installment of this Nashville series, Lane Kennedy looks at Seasons 5 and 6 through the lens of grief, recovery, nervous system collapse, and the long work of rebuilding a life. From Juliette Barnes’ treatment and spiritual searching to Will Lexington’s body dysmorphia, Deacon Claybourne’s physical consequences of alcoholism, and the emotional aftershock of Rayna Jaymes’ death, Lane…
Dallas is a sprawling city, and many of its best sober-friendly attractions aren’t clustered downtown. From Richardson’s alcohol-free Beyond the Bar to White Rock Lake and the Dallas Arboretum, having your own wheels can give sober travelers more freedom to explore — and an easy exit when the vibe isn’t right.
Three memoirs came out this year from three people who could not be more different, and every one of them was writing about the same thing. We pulled the Sober Curator readers into a room and made them score it.
Surgery, PRP and stem cell injections are increasingly discussed as options for meniscus tears, but they are not interchangeable. Here’s how the three approaches differ in evidence, invasiveness, recovery time and the types of tears they may be best suited to address.
Hunter Biden’s addiction and recovery have unfolded under extraordinary public scrutiny. Now sober since 2019, he is increasingly using his experience with relapse, shame and radical honesty to talk about recovery, resilience and what happens when there is nowhere left to hide.
Brad Pitt’s revelation that he is no longer sober after seven years without alcohol quickly became a debate about relapse, moderation and who gets to define sobriety. Danielle Elliott Smith argues that we may be asking the wrong question entirely.