Sober Local

Most people think the hardest part of quitting an addiction is stopping the substance. It isn’t. The hardest part is realizing how much of your social life was built around it. Birthdays at bars. Networking events with open tabs. Concerts, holidays, first dates, weekends… all quietly orbiting the same center. So when someone decides to step away from addiction—whether it’s alcohol, drugs, or any other destructive escape—they often run into a second problem no one talks about: Loneliness. Sober Local exists to solve that. We’re building real-world community for people who want connection without substances being the price of admission. Coffee meetups, outdoor hangs, volunteering, game nights, conversations that actually matter. No gurus. No dogma. Just people rebuilding real lives together. Because sobriety shouldn’t mean isolation. It should mean freedom. Live fully. Stay connected.