Soberistas

03/11/2026

🍂🎄 Tonight’s SHE RECOVERS® | Soberistas gathering - 7pm UK time

With Thanksgiving approaching for our American friends and Christmas already appearing everywhere, tonight we’ll be chatting about making an action plan for the festive season.

Family expectations, social occasions, feeling overwhelmed or being on your own - whatever the holidays bring up for you, we can talk about it. We’ll share what helps us protect our sobriety, look after ourselves and find things to enjoy that don’t revolve around drinking.

Whether this is your first alcohol-free holiday season or you’ve had plenty of practice, you’re very welcome. Come along to share, listen and connect - no pressure to have your camera or mic on if you'd rather just listen.

See you tonight at 7pm UK time ❤️
Lucy xx

PS. This is a women-only gathering. You'll need to create an account on Soberistas to access the Zoom invite (you'll find it in our Featured Blogs section). You can sign up right now to our 10 Day AF Exploration completely free - no credit card required - and you'll be able to access tonight's Zoom and next Tuesday's too, both for free! https://soberistas.com/register

25/10/2026

Could you help us keep Soberistas going? 💜

When you’re struggling with alcohol, it can feel as though you’re the only person who thinks, drinks or feels the way you do.

Then someone says, “I did that too.” And suddenly, you feel a little less alone.

That’s what Soberistas offers: a private online community where people can speak honestly, find understanding and support each other towards an alcohol-free life.

Running that community costs money, and we’d be very grateful for your support. You can help in either of these ways:

💜 Make a donation through GoFundMe
Whatever you can comfortably spare will help us keep Soberistas running.
👉 https://www.gofundme.com/f/soberistas-build-an-app-to-help-you-stay-sober

🛍️ Raise free donations through easyfundraising
Choose Soberistas as your cause, and participating shops will donate when you make eligible purchases - without it costing you anything extra.
👉 The app is the easiest way to raise for Soberistas CIO when you shop on your mobile. It’s completely FREE and available on iOS and Android, so please get it now to make sure you don’t miss out on any donations for us!
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/easyfundraising-app/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=pmc&utm_content=app-fb-1

Already signed up to easyfundraising? Here’s the useful bit!

If you’re anything like me, you’ll completely forget to use it when you shop! 🤦‍♀️ Switch on the Donation Reminder and a little message will pop up when a donation is available. Click it before you buy, then shop as normal.
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/donation-reminder/?utm_source=easyfundraising-website&utm_medium=raisemore&utm_campaign=product-adoption&utm_content=Dradoption-socialshare

Thank you for helping us keep this community here for the people who need it. A share of this post would be lovely too 💜

Lucy xx

PS: easyfundraising is only available to people who live permanently in the UK.

Get the Donation Reminder. It alerts you when donations are available.

14/10/2026

What comes to mind when you think about Stoicism? Buttoned-up people who never show their emotions and deny themselves any pleasure?

There’s so much more to it than that! This Sunday, we’re exploring how Stoicism can support us in sobriety: from its three practical areas of desire, action and assent, to how it can help us through moments of crisis.

🕕 Sunday 18 October · 6pm UK time

Sober Sunday School is for Soberistas members only. Want to join us? Become a member through the link in our bio. You can join for free!

14/10/2026

What comes to mind when you think about Stoicism? Buttoned-up people who never show their emotions and deny themselves any pleasure?

There’s so much more to it than that! This Sunday in Sober Sunday School, we’ll explore the practical, life-affirming side of Stoicism - and how it can support us in sobriety.

We’ll look at:

- A brief history of Stoicism
- Three practical areas of Stoic practice: desire, action and assent
- How Stoicism and sobriety can work beautifully together
- How Stoicism can help us in moments of crisis

🕕 Sunday 18 October at 6pm UK time

Sober Sunday School is for paying Soberistas members. If you’re a member, I’d love you to join us. If you’d like to take part, become a Soberistas member now and join our community. https://soberistas.com/membership

Paying members will be sent their Zoom invite on Sunday ahead of the event.

06/10/2026

02/10/2026

What happens when you stop drinking - and realise alcohol wasn’t the only influence shaping your life?

Soberistas founder Lucy Rocca joins Veronica Valli on the Soberful podcast for an honest conversation about people pleasing, relationships, boundaries and learning to trust yourself.

Drawing on her memoir, Under the Influence, Lucy reflects on giving her power away, losing herself in relationships and discovering what she actually wants.

If you’ve stopped drinking and found yourself asking “Who am I now?”, this conversation is for you.

🎧 Listen now
https://youtu.be/PvpEHXyxOxc

15/09/2026

I'm delighted to be facilitating the Soberistas + SHE RECOVERS AF Support Meeting later today at 7pm UK. If you're a member of Soberistas, you are very welcome to come along at no cost.

And if you're not yet a Soberistas member and you'd like to attend, simply sign up for free to the Soberistas 10 Day Alcohol-Free Exploration and visit the designated forum thread for these weekly gatherings. This week, we'll be talking about values and why they are such a vital part of the jigsaw in life after booze.

Here's the link👇 where you'll find the Zoom invite. Hopefully see you at 7pm this evening, Lucy xx

https://soberistas.com/.../welcome_to_the_soberistas_she...

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07/09/2026

At 8am, not drinking can feel perfectly achievable.

Then the day happens.

You’re tired. Work has been stressful. Someone has annoyed you. Dinner needs making and suddenly the thought appears: One glass would take the edge off.

By 6pm, the promise you made that morning is competing with the possibility of immediate relief.

This is where support can make all the difference.

🧡 Inside Soberistas, you can reach out when the temptation begins and talk honestly to people who understand that internal battle. And if you do have a difficult day, you can come straight back - without shame, judgement or demands for perfection.

If every previous attempt has taken place inside your own head, support may be the piece you’ve been missing.

Throughout September, annual Soberistas membership is £69 instead of £89 - around £1.33 a week for a full year of support.

Use code SOBERSEPTEMBER when you join.

Stop trying to carry it alone. Join Soberistas today.
Offer closes at midnight on 30 September 2026.
https://soberistas.com/membership

01/09/2026

Please join us in giving a very warm welcome to Dr Linda Harris - our fabulous new Ask the Doctor expert at Soberistas! 🩺💗
Dr Linda began her career as a GP in 1993 and went on to develop a specialist interest in substance misuse. Much of her career has been dedicated to supporting people affected by alcohol and other drugs, improving access to care and ensuring that people are listened to, treated with dignity and empowered to make positive changes.
Beginning this month, we’ll publish Dr Linda’s answers to all your questions in the middle of every month.
If you’re a Soberistas member and have a question about alcohol, sobriety, medication, withdrawal, or your physical or mental health, simply visit our Ask the Doctor page and fill in the form:
👉 https://soberistas.com/ask-the-doctor

Welcome to Soberistas, Dr Linda! We’re absolutely thrilled to have you. 🥰

23/08/2026

The thing I hate most about my job…

Asking for money. 😩

I am proud. I am stubborn. I have a massive work ethic and an ingrained belief that if something needs doing, I should roll up my sleeves and get it done.

So asking for help feels horribly uncomfortable.

But yesterday, a Soberistas member wrote that she is now 13 years sober because of Soberistas.

THIRTEEN YEARS.

That is not just a number. That is a life reclaimed.

When I launched Soberistas in 2012 on an absolute shoestring, I simply wanted to create the place I had needed myself: somewhere people struggling with alcohol could speak honestly, without judgement or shame, and receive compassionate understanding from people who genuinely got it.

Today, Soberistas is a registered charity providing accessible, round-the-clock peer support to people who want to get—and stay—sober.

But we cannot continue doing that through hard work alone. We need funding to pay our operational costs and protect this essential service.

So I am swallowing my pride and doing the thing I hate.

I am asking for your help.

If you believe people deserve a safe and compassionate place to turn when alcohol has begun taking over their lives, please consider donating to our fundraiser via the link in my bio. 🙏

If you cannot donate, sharing this post would also mean the world. You never know who might see it—or whose life it might help to change. Here is the link: https://gofund.me/2e13c7d41

Thank you ❤️
Lucy xx