Count Denver’s Jefferson Park neighborhood as being Awake. Wide Awake. In name and in fact. Why? Awake sober bar and coffee shop. That’s why. And the timing couldn’t be better. Indeed, with the pandemic wreaking havoc in the world — and substance abuse rising accordingly — it’s most definitely an apropos moment to launch a sober hangout. That’s the feeling… Read More
When colleges start offering Succeeding with Sobriety 101, the class will undoubtedly feature the United States of Freight‘s Dan O’Sullivan. In fact, his efforts will most likely serve as its core curriculum. Why? Because what he’s done doesn’t just affirm the value of successful sobriety; it actually employs successful sobriety to generate further success. We don’t mean simply employing successful… Read More
Friendly House certainly has some high profile friends. Then again, when you’ve been successfully operating in Los Angeles for nearly 70 years, you’d better have some high profile friends. This year, those friends joined Lena Dunham as she emceed a fundraiser for the recovery center. The cause couldn’t have been more worthy. Neither could the gathering. The friends of Friendly… Read More
Do you have what it takes to cycle across three separate states just to help a stranger or two? Don’t sweat it. Few folks do. Very few. Except, that is, the folks in Run 4 Recovery. A good-guy-on-the-go named Robin McGeough founded Run 4 Recovery for one very simple reason: to give back to the recovery community to which he… Read More
Healing Properties alumnus Chris Adams is a bona fide sober success story. Not only has he been clean for over a decade, but he spent those 10 years getting married, fielding a family, earning two degrees plus launching a start-up, all the while holding down a full-time job. We ended Part One of our interview just as Chris received his… Read More
