Breaking up from alcohol and other drugs can be tough whilst living in a society that glamourizes and markets booze consistently. Mel, our founder understood the importance of community in the sober curious journey and wanted to make sure people that were seeking a break from booze had an incredible community of cheerleaders to boost moral and share resources, and their experiences with. Mel has also realized, whilst on her own journey, that immersing yourself in the science behind how alcohol influences your body and brain whilst learning alcohol-free ways to celebrate, commiserate, and nurture yourself is imperative to a successful alcohol-free or sober curious journey. And so sober support was born. To welcome all reconsidering their relationship with booze and other drugs into a positive and understanding community and to share imperative knowledge and tools to assist you with your goal to take a break from booze.

Of course. Mel understands the sober curious and booze-free journey is not linear nor straightforward. This is why we welcome anyone who is interested in re-evaluating their relationship with alcohol to be a part of our judgment-free space including those that are still drinking or practising moderation.

Of course! Firstly congrats on being sober for a while, what a huge achievement, I sincerely hope you are proud of yourself. We have plenty of members that have been sober for numerous days, months, and even years. For you, sober support can offer you a chance to evolve your sober journey, meet and connect with like-minded people, continue learning new skills to integrate, refresh basic skills and knowledge to keep you grounded in your choice to live sober and improve your mental health. Most importantly we offer you the chance to connect with like-minded people where alcohol is not the star of the show, connection is.

Our community is an incredibly positive, inspiring, and non-judgmental safe space. If you drink while you are in the program you remain as welcome in this community as you were the day you joined. Many of our members have had numerous slip-ups have found that discussing the circumstances that led to them drinking and sharing what they learned from those slip-ups in our group therapy sessions or in our private members-only chat group empowered them to move forward on their journey. If you drink while in the program, we hope that you will allow yourself to share that with the group when you are comfortable to do so and open yourself to receiving the understanding and non-judgemental support our members and spaces have offered others in exactly the same scenario. And to reiterate you remain as welcome in this community after or while drinking as you were the day you joined!

Sober Support is a holistic approach to an alcohol-free and sober journey.  The workshops and therapy sessions are based on examining all areas of your life and teaching evidence bases approaches to improving your mental health and exploring sobriety.  Whilst I promote AA and think it's a great program, Sober Support does not refer to any of AA’s 12 steps.