For Ada, a full-time content creator, beauty expert, and mom who works from home, drinking didn’t look dramatic. It looked like the end of the workday. Four or five p.m. rolls around. The laptop closes. The day’s done. Why not pour a glass? What actually changed the game for her? Tracking her drinks on the best drink tracking app: Sunnyside.
Dry January tends to make more sense when viewed week by week, rather than as a zero-sum, pass/fail challenge. Because the real work isn’t really about sticking to a rule.
For too long, a pervasive misconception has shaped the alcohol treatment landscape: the idea that Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), or “alcoholism” as it’s still too commonly labeled, is a binary condition — you have it or you don’t.
Why do so many people swear off drinking in the morning, only to find themselves drinking while hungover, or reaching for a drink days (or even hours) later? Well, if hangovers worked, they’d have worked by now.
For many, the word sobriety immediately brings to mind meetings, labels, and rules. Not so for psychotherapist and Sober Curiosity founder Jeanette Hu. For her, sobriety was never about conforming to a prescribed path.
Learning, improving, becoming more aware. Those instincts are usually praised—and for good reason. But there’s a version of self-improvement that doesn’t get talked about much. The kind that looks healthy on the surface but feels strangely heavy underneath.
Sunnyside is a system for creating a more mindful approach to drinking to help you reach your goals. Our members are seeing major benefits, including a 30% average reduction in weekly drinks, improved sleep, a healthier diet, money saved, and an overall improved sense of well-being.
Sunnyside is not designed to treat alcohol use disorder (AUD). For resources related to AUD, including how to get support, please visit the NIH website. We’ve also partnered with Moderation Management, a non-profit dedicated to reducing the harm caused by the misuse of alcohol.
Sunnyside is a system for creating a more mindful approach to drinking to help you reach your goals. Our members are seeing major benefits, including a 30% average reduction in weekly drinks, improved sleep, a healthier diet, money saved, and an overall improved sense of well-being.
Sunnyside is not designed to treat alcohol use disorder (AUD). For resources related to AUD, including how to get support, please visit the NIH website. We’ve also partnered with Moderation Management, a non-profit dedicated to reducing the harm caused by the misuse of alcohol.