Young and Sober

This episode is not a clean, tied-up sobriety story. Kayla shares what it actually looked like from drinking at 12, to years of alcohol and cocaine use, to a car crash that could’ve ended everything. Sobriety didn’t come from a decision. It came from consequences, court, and being forced to stop. Three years later, she’s still here. Still sober. Still figuring it out. We talk about: Growing up aro...

This episode is a perspective on addiction that doesn’t get talked about enough the people who grow up around it. I sat down with Casey Conrad, a respected voice in the health and wellness space and author of Bitter or Better , to talk about what it was actually like being raised by an alcoholic mother. From the outside, her childhood looked normal, but everything shifted when her mom’s drinking b...

On this episode of Young & Sober , Sydney sits down with her friend Jasmine to talk about the long road that finally led her to one year sober. Jasmine’s story starts with severe anxiety and agoraphobia as a teenager, which led to a benzodiazepine prescription that quickly spiraled into addiction. What followed were years of alcohol, drugs, destructive relationships, psychosis, and repeated at...

Sarah got sober at 22, but it wasn’t a straight line to get there. In this episode, she shares how drinking started at 14 and immediately became more than “just partying.” What began as weekend fun slowly turned into blackouts, fights with friends, getting arrested in college, dropping out, detoxes, and three separate stays in rehab. We talk about: • The denial that followed every wake-up call • W...

For video episodes, you can find this conversation on YouTube. www.youtube.com/@YoungandSober In this solo episode, I’m sharing the full timeline of my experience with addiction who I was before it took over, what my life actually looked like while I was in it, and what changed after I got sober. I talk about the early behaviors I brushed off, the patterns that slowly became normal, and the way ad...

Young & Sober is about choosing a different path early and dealing with everything that comes after. The friendships that change. The identity shift. The uncomfortable growth. The confidence that slowly comes back. This isn’t about perfection or “having it all figured out.” It’s about telling the truth, staying honest, and building a life that actually feels like yours.

To watch the video episode go to https://www.youtube.com/@YoungandSober In this episode of Young & Sober , I sit down with Evan, husband, father of two, real estate agent. But that’s not where his story began. What started as a “normal” high school introduction to weed and alcohol turned into pills, cocaine, stealing a teammate’s wallet, losing college baseball, and burning bridges with his fa...