Sustain Your Sobriety Without Trying To Do It All Alone
The Hangover Free Club is an online sobriety community, offering you a space to stay connected and make sober friends who will keep you accountable, be there for all your "sober first" moments and help you move forward in your alcohol free lifestyle.
Yes, it's a community, but it's so much more than that. The Hangover Free Club is a family of cool people to live your sober life with.
Staying alcohol free doesn't have to feel hard or lonely. At THFC, you won't just show up as a square on a screen, which can make you feel like a wallflower. You will be integrated into a tight-knit squad where real friendships are forged.
Are you ready for a crew of sober peeps that have your back who will motivate, inspire and hold you up when you need it?
Having a community to support you and having a sense of connection instead of isolation, is the key to sustaining your hangover free life and avoiding the self-sabotaging that can happen without having people to talk to.
But that's not all it's about. Once you remove alcohol from your life, you step into a life of so much more clarity and you start to ask bigger questions. You begin to seek to understand yourself, and others, in a deeper, more meaningful way.
The Hangover Free Club isn't just a community, it's a portal to your evolution as a human who doesn't drink.
This is an empowering space that celebrates the hangover free lifestyle and helps you connect, grow and feel seen and supported as you navigate the road less traveled.
When I first got sober in 2008, I was eager to find ways to connect with people that didn’t involve drinking.
I didn’t want to go to AA and there wasn’t really much else in the way of sober meet-ups. Not much is different today, although the landscape is changing.
So, I started going to the gym every day, attending church on the weekends and going to places like Barnes and Noble, Starbucks and the movies.
The problem was that I was too shy to talk to people, afraid of what they would think if I said I wasn’t drinking and a lot of what I was doing felt isolating, although it did keep me from drinking.
I just wanted people to talk to who didn’t want to meet for happy hour or drinks and who could understand how I felt. I craved friendships that went deeper than the surface level conversations at bars or over drinks.
Most people who quit drinking don’t really know where to turn for support and to meet sober friends. I hear from people all the time that no one in their immediate circle really understands what it’s like to be alcohol free or really gets the journey they are on.
They make it through the initial hard part of putting the booze down and string some time together, but often end up feeling lonely, left out and abnormal.
The truth is that it can be hard to feel connected in a world that seems to revolve around alcohol.
It's important to have a sense of community and connection, especially for those who are newer to living without alcohol.
Let’s be honest, we are all pretty good at self-sabotaging ourselves and have likely experienced the sinking feeling of not sticking to what we said we would do. This only becomes harder to do when you try to do it alone.
But staying sober doesn’t have to be hard or a lonely road.
What if you had a crew of sober peeps in your corner, supporting you with all those sober-firsts you are going to be faced with?
What if you had a group of alcohol-free people routing and cheering for you as you navigate the waters of a sober life, ready to be there when that voice in your head tries to convince you that “you could have just one?”
Wouldn’t it be nice to have people you can celebrate your wins with when you make it through a craving, dinner, event, trip or wedding without drinking who will do a victory dance with you?
How would it feel to know you always have a place to go and talk to get the guidance that you need, in the moment that you need it and to have accountability to stick with the changes you have worked so hard to make?
Because here’s the deal:
You’re going to have questions and challenges as you keep traveling down this path.
Anxieties are going to come up when you are on the brink of something new, where the waters are unchartered territory for you.
Doing it all alone without a true support system of people who understand what it’s like is exhausting and scary.
Fears and doubts are going to arise and creep in with thoughts like:
Am I really doing this forever?
Am I really NEVER having a drink again?
Can I really do this?
What if I screw it up?
You are going to wonder what to do in certain situations and want to bounce your ideas, thoughts and questions off of someone who truly understands what it’s like to be in your shoes.
How do I handle my international trip or vacation?
What do I do at the airport?
Should I go to the bachelor party?
What do I do at the dinner party or work function?
How will I get through this wedding?
How do I make new friends?
Should I get rid of all my old drinking buddies?
What do I say/do when < fill in the blank > happens?
The next thing you know, you’ll be negotiating with yourself thinking maybe you could have just one, this one time -- when you know in the back of your mind that you tried that SO many times before without success.
You could even convince yourself that it’s too boring not to drink because you are tired of sitting at home on the weekends with nothing “fun” to do.
Often people don’t know how to redefine fun and they focus on what they think they are losing instead of what they are gaining.
We keep people pleasing and saying yes when it’s a no because we are afraid to have (hard) conversations.
Boundaries in sobriety are key, but often most people don’t know how to have them, where to put them or what to say when they need to be enforced.
We get what’s called drinking amnesia, which is to say: we forget how bad things actually were.
The “pink cloud” fades and life feels a little bit harder OR some kind of stress enters into your life that you might not have been prepared for like a death, illness or job loss.
It leaves a lot of room for the drinking voice to rear its ugly head and get a little louder than you were prepared for.
Couple this voice with the shitty committee in your head that has always said you’re not good enough, and all of a sudden your sobriety can become hard to manage by yourself.
This is where The Hangover Free Club comes in...
It is designed to help have a place to face all your fears, which can't be done over night.
You’re not only going to need people to talk to, but you’re going to want support. You cannot and should not do it alone.
Living a hangover free lifestyle is so much more than not drinking. It’s a lifestyle to calls you to learn more and seek out new information, interests and friends who truly align with you.
The Hangover Free Club is a virtual support group dedicated to helping you stay connected to other sober people so you can keep waking up everyday with no regrets and proudly rock the hangover free life you’ve worked so hard for.
THE HANGOVER FREE CLUB IS LIKE A GYM MEMBERSHIP FOR YOUR HANGOVER FREE SOUL, OFFERING YOU THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO KEEP FLEXING & GROWING YOUR ALCOHOL-FREE MUSCLES.
What You Can Expect
COMMUNITY THAT BECOMES FAMILYYou will be gathering online as a group to learn and grow together. Each month there is a group coaching call with Carly Benson, Expert Sobriety Coach, and the whole group where you will hear from one another and feel so much less alone. You'll also be invited into our dedicated group app, which is where so much of the magic happens. You'll have a family at your fingertips to share your daily life with as it comes up for you, in a private, sacred container where we are all rooting for one another and truly getting to know each other. We'll be right there in your pocket for the highs, lows and even for you to share your fav memes, food and animals pics.
SOBER EDUCATION & PERSONAL GROWTH
Quitting drinking is just the beginning. Once you've successfully removed alcohol and hangovers from your life, you start to step into a whole new way of being, full of clarity and thirst for more knowledge. You'll find that you have time on your hands again and you'll often want to fill it with things that contribute to your personal growth. You want to learn everything you can about how to show up to your one beautiful life in the best way possible. At The Hangover Free Club, we help you quell this thirst, with education on topics relevant to your new lifestyle and will bring in experts to teach you how to keep leveling up your life.
SUPPORT & ACCOUNTABLITY
A big part of living the hangover free life is believing in yourself and your ability to do it. This community aims to inspire you, uplift you and remind you of your greatness. It is designed to help you stay committed to all the hard work you have put into becoming sober, which is such a huge accomplishment. One that takes a lot of support, love and commitment to one's self. We will commune as a group together to lift each other up and discuss what's coming up for us in life. The Hangover Free Club is your safe haven to turn to when you need friends to talk to who will keep you accountable and remind you of how far you've come.
As a member, you get...
Monthly Group Coaching Call
Each month we will have a live Group Coaching Call together on Zoom. You’ll meet with Carly as a group for a Q&A as well as share circle. The beauty of getting to know one another more closely is that you will feel more comfortable showing up and sharing on these gatherings where you’ll get coaching and support that meets you where you’re at and will give you a sense of camaraderie together. These calls will take place the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 5pm PST/8pm EST.
Dedicated Private Group App
You will gain access to a private group app that's been fully customized just for us to offer you support, community and sharing. We use this instead of a Facebook group as it's much more advantageous! We can use the HFC app to connect daily with each other. You will have live, real-time interactions with each other as well as Carly right at your fingertips. The HFC app is honestly where the magic happens – you really get to know one another even better in here and you become family for each other. We laugh, we share and we live our lives together. This may be the single best part of the club!
Monthly Masterclasses With Experts
Each month you’ll gain access to new Masterclass trainings from Carly and other subject matter experts to help you expand your knowledge, understanding and evolution as a human who doesn’t drink. On our monthly group coaching calls, you’ll also be given the opportunity to ask questions about what you're learning. These will be prerecorded lessons that you’ll gain access to in your membership portal at the beginning of each month. Topics will all be thoughtfully curated to enhance your alcohol free lifestyle. Meet some of your teachers and see our kick off topics below.
Virtual Self-Care Kits
Along with your Masterclass trainings, you will also receive a virtual self-care kit that will include things such as: all-levels yoga classes, breathwork, meditations, Mocktail of the Month, journaling prompts or suggested books/articles to read and discuss as a group. The kits are designed for you to do from the comfort of your own home and will also feature a Sober Sermon recording from Carly, riffing on a concept to support you and your mindset about your hangover free life.
Direct Ongoing Mentorship
You will receive direct ongoing mentorship from Carly on the Group Coaching Calls as well as inside the HFC group app, where she will be actively contributing and offering support. By joining the club, unlike a lot of other groups out there, you are gaining direct access to her and her 11+ years of sobriety experience and educational training. Not to mention you’ll also have access to learn from the Masterclass teachers and all of their expertise.
Access To Pass Materials
You'll have access to a membership portal for as long as your a THFC member, which is where you'll be able to find all past materials including Masterclasses, call recordings, self care kits and any club related material.
Meet Your Masterclass Teachers
Rynda Laurel
The Founder of VRYeveryday is teaching the May Masterclass: Biochemical Recovery: Supplements For Your Recovery & Mental Health
May
Rynda has 27+ years of continuous sobriety & is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to learning natural ways we can supplement the body and brain to truly become happy, joyous and free. She's the founder of Vry Everyday, a supplement company with the mission to help support emotional wellness, mental health and biochemical recovery using nutrition, supplements and various wellness modalities, which she'll be sharing with us for the May masterclass.
Sasha Tozzi
Healer & Hypnotherapist who will be teaching the June Masterclass: The "Second Sobriety": Learning How To Heal From Codependency
June
Sasha is a healer and Hypnotherapist specializing in emotional wellness, self-love and codependency healing. She writes daily on Instagram and is an expert in Rapid Transformation Therapy, which is a form of hypnotherapy that helps you reprogram your subconscious mind. We are thrilled to have her coming in to teach our June Masterclass, helping us to understand and heal from codependency, which is often referred to as the "second sobriety."
Laurasia Mattingly
Meditation Teacher & Founder of Sit Society who will be teaching the July Masterclass: A Loving Kindness Meditation Practice
July
Laurasia is a meditation and mindfulness teacher based out of Los Angeles and she's also the Founder of Sit Society. Her passion lies in teaching people to live by the way of the heart. Having previously suffered from debilitating anxiety, meditation and mindfulness taught her to move from the mind and into the heart. She quit drinking alcohol as part of her spiritual evolution & she will be teaching our July Masterclass on loving kindness meditation.
Britt Frank
Psychotherapist & Trauma Specialist who will be teaching the August Masterclass: The Role of Trauma in Alcohol Abuse & Recovery
August
Britt is a therapist and trauma specialist who is committed to dismantling the mental health myths that keep us feeling STUCK and SICK. Her work focuses on empowering people to understand the inner mechanisms of their brains and bodies. When we know how things work, the capacity for CHOICE is restored and life can and does change. She'll be teaching our August Masterclass on Trauma.
Janelle Fit
Fitness Instructor & Mom who will be teaching the September Masterclass: What Happens To Your Body & Fitness When You Quit Drinking
September
Janelle is a Certified Personal Trainer from New Jersey who is known as a real, relatable and funny Mom of 4. She lost 53 pounds, quit drinking & smoking, and transformed her body from the inside out. She teaches people how to be creative with their workouts & that with the right mindset, a willingness to change and hard work you can reach your health and fitness goals. She will be teaching our September Masterclass.
Dr. Jeff Simone
Clinical Pharmacist & Founder of Reaction Recovery who will be teaching our October Masterclass: Nutrition For Recovery
October
Jeff is a Clinical Pharmacist, Certified Nutritional Supplement Advisor and the founder of Reaction Recovery. He lives a life of sobriety and teaches on all things recovery with an emphasis on how to heal the addicted brain using nutrition and supplementation. He is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to how to take care of and heal your body and brain using foods and supplements and will be teaching our October Masterclass.
Enrollment for The Hangover Free Club is closed now. Hop on the waitlist to be notified when enrollment opens again!
Meet The Founder & Head Teacher: Carly Benson
Is an Expert Sobriety Coach, Certified Professional Life Coach, Certified This Naked Mind Coach and an 300 RYT Yoga Teacher, specializing in recovery & holistic coaching. She has been sober from alcohol and cocaine since August 2008 and through her own recovery has spent countless hours forging through personal development trainings, books and research.
After taking such a non-traditional route to her own transformation and sobriety, her mission has always been to inspire others to quit drinking by coming alongside them to help them find their own unique paths and create lives they no longer want to escape. Carly has a very successful 1:1 coaching program and has been working with clients for many years to help them quit drinking.
She earned her 300-hour RYT through the Baptiste Institute, trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with the Beck Institute and is a Senior Certified This Naked Mind Coach.
WHO THIS IS FOR...
The Hangover Free Club is for people who are sober and...
Feel like they are going at it alone in their sober life sometimes.
Are looking for a sober community to experience hangover free life with.
Want to move forward in their alcohol free lives and would love to keep evolving and learning.
Want to feel a sense of belonging and support from people who get it.
Need more accountability and want a place to share what's coming up for them.
Can feel thoughts of alcohol or even cravings creeping in and want to stay on track.
Are newly sober, and want to keep their momentum going.
Have been sober for sometime but just feel like something is missing.
Don't feel connected to AA or meetings but still want to feel a sense of connection.
Are tired of being a wallflower or just a square on a screen and want to have a safe place to actually be seen and heard.
Are looking to evolve and keep working on themselves and their freedom
Want to have a place they know they can turn to at all times.
Need a space that they can live their sober lives and feel plugged in on a daily basis.
If you were silently saying yes to any of this, then you are in the right place, my friend, and you did not land here by accident.
As a bonus, when you enroll, you'll also receive my Art of Intentional Living Talk ($199 Value)
This powerful session is designed to help you uncover and rediscover your core intentions and desires as you work to integrate them into your daily life. You’ll discover how to start taking action from a place of clarity and alignment with your intentions. The fact is that every single one of us CAN have a life we are totally passionate about - without addictions, hang ups & habits that weigh us down. This session will help you do just that!
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Do I have to be sober to join?
The Hangover Free club is for those who are already sober from alcohol or for people who have worked with Carly. This is to protect the energy of the group. If you are still drinking or you are struggling with making your sobriety stick, please head here to check out our coaching program as you may need more hand-holding & subconscious reprogramming than THFC offers.
Q: When are the Monthly Group Coaching Calls
The 3rd Wednesday of the month at 5pm PST/8pm EST.
Q: What if I can't make the call?
They will be recorded and you'll have access to listen to any calls you miss while you are a member.
Q: What is the format of the coaching call?
These calls will be 60-90 minutes long and will be held on Zoom. The beauty of this program is that you will truly get to know one another and we will be able to go deeper on these calls together as a result of this. Each call will have an opening reading and intention setting prior to our sharing circle where everyone will have time to get support.
Q: Are these like AA meetings?
No, not at all. AA was not part of Carly's recovery path and this club is in no way affiliated with AA. However, we do support all pathways into recovery and honor what works for you individually.
Q: How long will I have access to the materials?
You will have access to your member portal, Masterclasses, call recordings, self care kits and private group chat for as long as you are a member.
Q: What happens when I join?
You'll gain full access to membership portal where you will find a Welcome video, all your monthly goodies and Masterclasses for the current and prior months. You’ll also receive access and instructions on how to use to the private group app as well as the upcoming schedule & Zoom access for group calls.
Q: Is There a Facebook group?
No, this group community happens inside What's App and offers a private chat instead of a Facebook group, which is a much more friendly environment for you to grow in your friendships with each other. Not to mention, it's way more private!
Q: Do I have to be on video?
No, you have the option to join without video. However, part of sobriety is learning to show up, even when you are scared, so you'll be encouraged to share to get the most out of your membership.
Q: Do I get direct mentorship from Carly?
Yes! That is a major perk of being part of this club. It's her inner circle, in a sense, and she will be active in the group chat as well as on your group coaching calls. A lot of other groups out there don't give you access like this, but Carly loves to be involved and available to you as part of the group. You'll have an Expert Sobriety Coach in your pocket, essentially.
Q: How many people are in the club?
We have an awesome community inside HFC already. It's not about numbers as much as it is about participation and we have plenty of room for you to join us. We will be monitoring the size of the group to make ensure we have the best experience.
Q: What is the refund policy?
There are no refunds, however, you can cancel your membership at any time. If you signed up for 6 months, you will have the choice to renew when your 6 months is up.
Q: What's the cancellation policy?
You can cancel your membership at any time by sending an email to info@MiraclesAreBrewing.com. However, we think you'll love your new hangover free friends and find so much value that you'll stick around for a very long time.
Q: Will enrollment open again?
Most likely, but probably not for a bit. What we can say for sure is that the membership price will increase, so don't wait!