Purple Dog Sober

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

I don’t remember the first time I felt diminished for wanting something bigger.It wasn’t one catastrophic moment. No one...
03/20/2026

I don’t remember the first time I felt diminished for wanting something bigger.

It wasn’t one catastrophic moment. No one sat me down and said, “You don’t get to want that kind of life.”

It was accumulation.

It was the words.

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I know what it’s like to be lonely, even when you’re surrounded by people — your partner, your children, your friends.I ...
03/13/2026

I know what it’s like to be lonely, even when you’re surrounded by people — your partner, your children, your friends.

I know what it’s like to feel empty even though, from the outside, everything looks full.

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Because fine isn’t the neutral answer I thought it was. It’s avoidance. It’s the beginning of drifting from the things t...
03/06/2026

Because fine isn’t the neutral answer I thought it was. It’s avoidance. It’s the beginning of drifting from the things that matter.

The moment when you trade presence for escape.

Not a dramatic escape. Just a subtle step sideways.

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I don’t feel lost. I feel undiscovered.Like I’m hiding some big secret.Like I did all this work to get sober and here I ...
02/27/2026

I don’t feel lost. I feel undiscovered.
Like I’m hiding some big secret.

Like I did all this work to get sober and here I am no longer glittery, but dull and unmoored, resigned to living life in beige.

The truth is, this manifesto was never meant to be the destination.It was the clearing.And if I’m honest, I was the one ...
02/21/2026

The truth is, this manifesto was never meant to be the destination.

It was the clearing.

And if I’m honest, I was the one who needed to be cleared….

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“Sobriety doesn’t take away women’s emotions — it gives them back in full force: the anger, the grief, the longing, the ...
02/13/2026

“Sobriety doesn’t take away women’s emotions — it gives them back in full force: the anger, the grief, the longing, the desire. That’s why it feels messy — because it’s real.”
— Holly Whitaker, Quit Like a Woman

A numb woman is easier to manage.
A present woman is not.

In order to function, the patriarchy needs women to be distracted. And, there’s a dizzying array of substances and behaviors designed to help with that: alcohol, shopping, scrolling, over-functioning, over-consuming, over-performing.

Sobriety interrupts the spell.

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

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Lake Harriet in the morning. Never gets old 💜
09/16/2025

Lake Harriet in the morning. Never gets old 💜

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, yo...
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.

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I’m so fu***ng happy 😊💜
08/29/2025

I’m so fu***ng happy 😊💜

My latest Substack on the messiness and rawness that is the healing process. Click link in bio to head on over there. Do...
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 💜

Sobriety stripped away my favorite numbing tool—but creativity handed me something far better.A way to feel instead of e...
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.

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