Recovery meets pop culture with Alysse & T-Boog’s Top 5 Buzz-Free Headlines: a recovery-lens look at The Bear, a Sober October Gift Guide you’ll actually want, 72 hours at Bethpage Black with Soba Golf, our Fake Sponsor of the Week (🧴 People Pleaser Repellent™), Sober Celeb shoutout to Questlove, and the Breaking Weird legend: Twiggy the water-skiing squirrel. Plus: a stopwatch sprint through sober events and a T-shirt-worthy one-liner.
Chapters:
Intro: Emotional Support Squirrel Energy
Big Story #1: The Bear — Birth Order, Family Roles & Addiction Genetics
Big Story #2: Sober October Gift Guide 2025
Big Story #3: 72 Hours at Bethpage Black with Soba Golf
Quick Hits: Suzanne Warye’s The Sober Shift + Greenlights review
Fake Sponsor: People Pleaser Repellent™
Sober Celeb of the Week: Questlove
Breaking Weird: Twiggy the Water-Skiing Squirrel
Sober Events Stopwatch Challenge
Thu 10/9: Drag Bingo — Sober AF Tacoma (Alysse attending)
Fri 10/10: Stop the Shuffle — Wilmington DE International Film Festival
Sat 10/11: “Just F**ing Write” virtual w/ Tawny Lara
Thu 10/16: Virtual Risotto Class — Teetotal Initiative Pittsburgh
Fri 10/17: BigVision Acoustic Series — NYC
Put That on a T-Shirt: “Recovery called — she’s thriving and mildly codependent.”