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To New Beginnings • Editor’s Letter Winter 2024

A letter on new beginnings of all kinds from our editor-in-chief, Nicole Pietrandrea Hough, winter 2024-25.

Dry January and Beyond

What would your year look like if Dry January turned into 100 days or more? Mark LaFaro explores.

Interview with Derek Brown (Cover, Winter 2024)

As one of the most celebrated bartenders in the country, Derek Brown has made a career of creating some of the best cocktails around. After reevaluating his relationship with alcohol

The Benefits of Coaching In Recovery

Coaching can be a valuable tool in your recovery toolkit. We like to emphasize that you don’t have to do it alone and a coach is a trained listener who

How NA Beer Is Made

The nonalcoholic (NA) beer category has exploded over the last few years, growing 163% from 2019 to 2023 according to IRI, a data and market

analytics company that tracks the

The Gold Band

A story of love, loss and generational healing—
and the magic that happened in the midst of it all

The Relationship I Saved

Writer Mark LaFaro went on a quest to get sober and save his relationship. What happened in the aftermath was not what he expected, or even hoped for, but was

Raising Teens As a Sober Parent

Navigating the world of raising teens as a sober parent has its own unique challenges. As social worker and mom of four, Kelley Kitley, discusses, it also offers some powerful

Interview with LP O’Brien (Cover, Fall 2024)

Mixologist, TV personality, entrepreneur, and beverage consultant, Lauren Paylor (LP) O’Brien, is a star of the beverage world who is taking the alcohol-free scene by storm. A seasoned bartender and

Finding Community In Sobriety

I never experienced a “rock bottom” when I was drinking, but I still always had this nagging feeling that my alcohol use was an issue. I would frequently wonder if