09/30/2026
If I were doing Sober October, this is exactly what I’d do to prepare. Starting today, not on October 1st.
1️⃣ Get curious. Listen to the Andrew Huberman, Ph.D. episode on alcohol and health, for science plus my private podcast, Heather Lowe, Sober Coach for Women Permission to Pause for understanding and enlightenment.
2️⃣ Clear the house. Get the alcohol out. If you can’t, move it to the basement or garage. Out of sight, out of mind.
3️⃣ Restock the fridge. Buy the good stuff: sparkling water and AF w**e. These are chilling in my fridge rn Solubrae Nouvie and Grüvi
4️⃣ Plan things to look forward to that won’t trigger you. Movie nights, mahjong, morning yoga, coffee with friends, a day of thrifting, a bookstore crawl.
5️⃣ Get your feelings up and out. Journal, take a walk, call a friend. The w**e used to do that job, so give it a new one.
6️⃣ Get out of your head and tell someone.
7️⃣ Find your people. A person or a group to do this with. (Hi, Heather Lowe, Sober Coach for Women Insiders 👋)
8️⃣ Let it be practice, not perfection.
9️⃣ Don’t think beyond October. Do one day, then another. No labels. No deciding what this means for the rest of your life.
You don’t have to know where this goes. You just have to begin.
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