The Sober Summer Series: Your First Sober Barbeque
The Sober Mom Life
Suzanne Warye
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Fridays on the pod are now dedicated to all things summer! Sober summer, that is. Each week we’ll talk through a different summer experience so that you’ll feel ready to face it without a drink.
Today we’re tackling how to prepare for your first sober barbeque, or cookout, or any daytime non-pool gathering where alcohol will be present. We’ll talk through how to prepare yourself before, during and after the event so that you can set yourself up for success. You’ll walk into that first sober barbeque knowing what you’re drinking, what to say, what to do with your hands, and even when to know that it’s time to leave.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Sober Mom Life podcast. I'm your host, Suzanne, of My Kind of Sweet and The Sober Mom Life on Instagram. |
| 0:12.9 | If you are a mama who has questioned your relationship with alcohol at times, if you're wondering if maybe it's making motherhood harder. |
| 0:21.4 | This is for you. |
| 0:22.9 | I will be having candid, honest, funny conversations with other moms who have also thought, |
| 0:29.3 | hmm, maybe motherhood is better without alcohol. |
| 0:33.2 | Is it possible? |
| 0:34.6 | We'll chat and we'll talk about all things sobriety and how we've found freedom in sobriety. |
| 0:41.3 | I don't consider myself an alcoholic. |
| 0:44.0 | You don't have to either. |
| 0:45.8 | Maybe life is brighter without alcohol. |
| 0:49.1 | I hope you will join us on this journey, and I'm so excited to get started. |
| 0:55.9 | Hello, welcome to the Sober Mom Life. Today is our little mini-sode and the weekend reset has now |
| 1:02.6 | become your sober summer series. Say that three times fast. You probably can if you're |
| 1:08.1 | sober. Look at that. Sobriety just doesn't stop. It's just the gift that keeps giving. No, but for real. If you're listening to this when this first comes out, that means we have gone through Memorial Day and you might be feeling like, okay, summer is upon us and you might not be feeling quite ready |
| 1:29.5 | if this is your first sober summer. This series is for you, even if this is your second |
| 1:36.0 | sober summer and you just need some reminders, you know, here's what I'm going to tell you, |
| 1:40.8 | because these minisodes are like 10 to 15 minutes long. The regular episodes will still keep coming on Monday. |
| 1:46.8 | Those aren't going to be necessarily summer focused. |
| 1:50.2 | Yeah, we'll still have the real sober mom chats. |
| 1:52.3 | We'll have sobriety. |
| 1:53.7 | We'll have authors, you know, people of note. |
| 1:57.3 | And so those will just keep coming. |
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