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Purple Dog Sober

Sobriety & recovery coaching with a creative twist. I help women use creativity to heal & recover.

09/19/2025

We live in a culture that’s obsessed with hacks—life hacks, productivity hacks, even “sobriety hacks.”

But recovery isn’t something you can shortcut.

The way you do the small things, the promises you keep (or break), the boundaries you hold (or release), the quiet choices no one sees (or the triumphs you shout from the rooftop), shapes everything else.

Click link in bio to keep reading 💜

09/16/2025

Lake Harriet in the morning. Never gets old 💜

09/12/2025

Too often, sobriety gets framed like a test of endurance. You’re told that if you don’t go to 90 meetings in 90 days, you’re doing it wrong. That you’ll relapse. That your sobriety doesn’t “count.”

Honestly? That’s such a stagnant, joyless view. Just because something is hard doesn’t automatically make it worthwhile.

For many of us, it’s not even possible. When I got sober, I was a single mom with two young kids. I was committed—deeply committed—to my sobriety. But I was also driving to hockey practices, volunteering at school, and managing life as a household of three. To be handed the hurdle of “90 in 90” felt overwhelming, almost punishing.

Keep reading, see link in bio 💜

08/29/2025

I’m so fu***ng happy 😊💜

08/09/2025

My latest Substack on the messiness and rawness that is the healing process. Click link in bio to head on over there. Don’t forget to subscribe. Love you 💜

06/27/2025

Sobriety stripped away my favorite numbing tool—but creativity handed me something far better.

A way to feel instead of escape.
To turn the mess into meaning.
To remember that I am still allowed to make beauty out of broken things.

When I couldn’t drink, I picked up a pen. A paintbrush. A blank page.
And little by little, I began to create my way back to myself.

06/19/2025

I’ve been stuck in this place, overthinking, overplanning, trying to codify every single step to protect myself from failure. It sounds responsible, even thoughtful, like you’re planning for the future. But most of the time, it’s just a quiet refusal to take up space in your own life. A way to delay discomfort while pretending you’re in motion.

Ready to make a change? Join the conversation on Substack. Link in bio 💜

06/18/2025

This is what my next piece looks like right now. Messy. Raw. A little untamable.

This is my natural state. It’s part of the process I go through every time I create.

I used to drink to cover up all the parts of me that I felt were not enough. I used to think this state was not enough. That I had to have it all figured out before I started.

Now I know it’s the place where I gather strength. Anyone else find clarity through chaos?

06/15/2025

I didn’t just quit drinking, I had to figure out who the hell I was without the liquid courage, the easy numbing, the script I’d been handed. Sobriety wasn’t the end of the party. It was the beginning of something real: me, showing up for my own life.

If you’re in that space, questioning, curious, scared, brave, you’re not alone. The work is hard. But it’s worth it.

👉 What part of your identity are you learning to reclaim? Drop a comment or DM me - I’d love to hear.

06/06/2025

What started as a few notes in a sketchbook has turned into something bigger.

The Manifesto Sessions is a writing series I’ve been quietly building. It’s a collection of essays about emotional sobriety, self-trust, and what it really looks like to start over.

It’s not a how-to. It’s not a guide. It’s a conversation about the messy, beautiful, uncomfortable parts of recovery, identity, and growing into a version of yourself that feels more honest.

Each essay is rooted in one belief from the Purple Dog Sober Manifesto, and each one is a step toward clarity.

If you’re craving something real, something you can feel your way through, I’d love to have you join me there.

🖤 krystykrywko.substack.com

06/01/2025

Me too, babe 😊

You might be feeling all things right now, ever since you ditched your nightly bottle of wine, leaving you wondering - Why am I so emotional after getting sober?

Because you’ve taken off the emotional bubble wrap.

Without alcohol numbing your feelings, everything comes in sharper. The tears. The rage. The anxiety. It’s all real and raw. And it’s normal.

But here’s the thing: you’re not broken. You’re just feeling in real time, maybe for the first time in a long time.

You have a choice now:
✨ Keep numbing with other things—scrolling, food, overworking

✨ Or start learning how to feel your feelings without getting stuck in them

Vulnerability is hard, but it’s how you grow.

It’s how you build trust in yourself.
It’s how you connect.

And you don’t have to do it alone.

This is what I help women with, building emotional resilience, naming what’s real, and learning to sit in the discomfort without reaching for a drink.

If you’re in that place - raw, unsure, and figuring it out

🟣 I see you.
🟣 I’ve got you.
🟣 Let’s talk.

👉 Click the link in my bio to book your FREE 30-min STRONGER SOBER session.

05/30/2025

🔥 New on Substack: Purple Dog Sober

This isn’t your typical sober blog.

It’s not about playing it safe or being “good.”

It’s about waking the hell up.

I write for women in midlife who are done with the numbing, the performing, the disappearing act.

Sobriety is part of it, but so is burning down the stories that kept us small.

💬 If you’ve ever used wine, work, perfectionism, or people-pleasing to survive—you’re not alone.

💻 Come read, subscribe, rage, reflect: krystykrywko.substack.com

Let’s stop shrinking. Let’s start telling the truth.

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