Are you all ready for a pop-up episode of Recovery Happy Hour, where we talk about life beyond the bottle and what happens after we stop drinking.

I'm your host Tricia. Thank you for joining me for this Where Are They Now pop-up episode.

It's 2024. It's been a couple of years. Where Are They Now Pop Up episode?

It's 2024.

It's been a couple of years since the show went off the air

and a lot has happened.

And even more has happened since the show

started recording episodes in 2018.

I've been going back and re-listening to old episodes

for the past couple of months, and it is crazy

how much has changed in the world of sobriety and choosing not to drink.

The content of those early episodes was filled with a lot of chatter and requests for more alcohol-free

options in the world and more social places to go to

where alcohol isn't present. At first it was such a novel idea just to be out in a

group not drinking and still having fun.

Sands Bar in Austin and Listen Bar in New York City

were the only two sober bars are sober focused pop-up events

in this booze-fueled industry.

So when Chris Marshall and I hosted Sober by Southwest,

it was one of the first of its kind.

Now, I've got a booze-free bottle shop,

like 15 minutes away from my house if I just want to stock up on

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