Welcome to Seltzer Squad, the podcast about staying sober in the city with your host, Kate Sander and Jess Valentine.

Hi, Kate.

Hey, Jess.

Welcome to the third episode.

Yay.

Sobrity 101, part two.

Part two.

So what are we talking about today?

I think we should talk about what's in our quote unquote sober toolbox or just general resources for people that have gotten sober.

Awesome. Let's get right into it. So explain to me what you consider to be a sober toolbox and what

you have in your toolbox. So I just, I mean, whatever, sober vestibule of things that I've picked up, tricks have picked up along the way and things that I supplemented in the beginning when I didn't have a friend who wanted to start a podcast, which is, I think, one of the things on your and my list, obviously, but when I first started, I got advice from people kind of along the way.

That was super helpful. So I'm going to

start with that I always have to have an exit from a place. So if I'm at a party or I'm traveling

or I'm home in North Dakota to see my family, mistakes I've made in the past are to not have my

own, like, responsibility of my own exit.

So that might be calling a cab. If you're at a party, you don't want to be at renting a car.

If you're going to your first sober wedding, make sure that you haven't out because

gremlin hour will happen and you will want to get the fuck out of there. So I think that's

my number one rule is to always kind of be responsible for

your own exit because if you leave that up to other people, sometimes you might be in a sticky

situation around temptation or just like not feeling super sober and strong and you need a way

to get out. There's nothing worse than being at somebody's mercy.

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