“Sober Academics” is a peer-led, inclusive recovery support group for individuals who practice some form of addiction recovery and who are seeking community in sober academia.
We hold community meetings on Thursdays on Discord, at 9 PM ET (8 PM CT, 6PM PT). To join the Sober Academics Discord Chat/Server: Sober Academics on Discord!
“Sober Academics” is a peer-led, inclusive recovery support group for individuals who practice some form of addiction recovery and who are seeking community in sober academia. We hold community meetings on Thursdays on Discord, at 8 PM ET (7 PM CT, 5PM PT).
Our group endeavors to provide an inclusive meeting place for folks in academia who encounter and counter the double stigma of being sober, and being sober in academia–as well as other kinds of marginalization in higher education and society at large. “Sober Academics” was primarily co-founded as “We Academics” in April 2020, during the peak of the COVID-19 global pandemic. But in the last few years, to stress how community is one of our greatest assets in recovery, and also as sober academics, together as a group we decided to move away from singular philosophies and rhetorical recovery practices, and harmful histories and stereotypes, to advocate for everyone under the banner of unity, and to promise to never be exclusionary.
“Sober Academics” seeks to encourage diverse, equitable, and inclusive language practices as we center the intersectional realities and safeties of participants’ voices, stories, and experiences, as growing community members.
Therefore, this meeting is for persons who identify with being in any aspect of addiction/recovery practice that are also in the alcogenic environment of higher education, whether as staff, faculty, admin, students, or PhD candidates. We welcome any and all pathways, philosophies, methodologies, and practices of recovery; we also welcome folks who practice abstention, harm reduction, and alternative considerations of recovery.
Weekly Meeting Closing Reflection:
To the best of our ability and discernment, we will respect the experiences of the sober academics with whom we have shared this meeting space tonight. We hope to continue to freely share with others and keep community, welcoming and embracing all experiences and pathways of recovery, while also staying true to our own awesome selves.
To join our Discord Server for #SoberAcademics chat and future online meetings: Sober Academics on Discord.
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