Welcome to today’s show!

WHAT WE’LL LEARN:

• Laura talks about her upbringing abroad as a secular and cultural Jew and how that helped form her identity
• She also talks about her underlying mental health issues growing up and felt “ostracized” in many circles which led her to start drinking
• Laura shared that her “lack of commitment” to a healthier way of living kept her in a cycle of starting and stopping drinking
• Laura talks about what her personalized approach to recovery looks like
• What were Laura’s early struggles re: AA (although she will refer to it as a viable “option” in recovery)
• What is the Sobriety Collective and how does it help people
• Why Laura focused the Sobriety Collective on building a resource around creativity and creative people, and living in recovery, out loud
• How Laura copes with the isolation and loneliness as a result of sheltering in place
• What mantra’s Laura uses to cope with her mental and emotional health
• What Laura’s message is to the A.I.R. community

RESOURCES MENTIONED

• The Sobriety Collective
• BoozefreeinDC.com
• Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
• @wearesober
• @boozefreeinDC
• @zeroproofnation
• A.I.R. Private Facebook Group 

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