Seattle Sober Living Blog

Happy Thanksgiving from SSL
Holidays can be a complicated time in recovery. Many of us are reminded of our past, challenges we faced and times we showed up in ways we wish we could change. Recovery opens the door to this change. It allows us to accept our past mistakes, learn from them and bring...

SSL Halloween 2023
This year for Halloween the three SSL houses met up for fellowship and to enjoy a movie as a group at a local theater. Between recovery events, meetings and house sponsored activities we encourage connections with the entire SSL crew. Many of our housemates come from...

Seattle Recovery Day 8/27/23
Location can make a difference in recovery. Having a strong network of people who understand addiction through compassion and experience helps with accountability, support and growth. On Sunday at T-Mobile park the recovery community was invited out to watch the...

Seattle Sober Living, Encouraging Recovery, Health and Connection
Seattle and a sober lifestyle Seattle is a great place to build a strong routine. In early recovery it can be an adjustment to keep this in perspective. We often start recovery having a low or altogether absent sense of discipline. At SSL, one of the aspects of...

Lakeside Milam Alumni Speaker Meeting 4/6/22
We're all going. Lakeside-Milam alumni hope to see you there! http://www.lakesidemilam.com

Staying At Home, Still Having Fun
I wanted to post a couple of videos. We're getting really creative entertaining ourselves around here! https://youtu.be/5IfSxOGxIrs

How we are adjusting to COVID-19
Hi everyone. We've made a lot of adjustments to continue to provide an accountable and robust community of sobriety during these difficult times. With in person recovery meetings and gyms shut down, we are: Organizing and maintaining accountability around Zoom...



Coronavirus Memo
Hi everyone. I'm posting a memo we've passed to all tenants, posted at all houses, and emailed to all families. If anyone has questions around what we are doing around hygiene or social distancing please contact me at any time. COVID-19 Memo Dear guest of Seattle...


Staff Highlight: Landon
There’s someone at Seattle Sober Living we are all very grateful for. His name is Landon Bracken and we’re acknowledging his strength, dedication, and growth in this month’s blog. Landon came to SSL in August of 2016. His path had been a difficult one and his...


Staff Highlight: RJ
Meet RJ Spain, a House Manager at our West Seattle Men's Location I grew up in rural Illinois in a middle class family. I started using drugs and alcohol at the age of 16 which eventually took me down a dark path of self-centeredness. I began to have many...
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