Clinical Sober Circle with Jill & Bouchra

You got sober, now what?

If you’re alcohol-free but still:

• White-knuckling stress
• Irritable under pressure
• Numb more than you’d like
• Carrying anger you don’t fully understand
• Feeling relief when meetings end but tension returns

This circle is the next level.

This is not about quitting alcohol. You already did that.

This is about building the internal system that makes sobriety sustainable.

 If you are here, you already know the pattern you are done with. 

Research in trauma psychology, attachment theory, and neuroscience shows alcohol often functions as:

• Stress regulation
• Emotional anesthesia
• Social armor
• Anger suppression
• Relief from internal pressure
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Many men grew up in environments where:

• Crying was discouraged
• Anger was punished
• Vulnerability was unsafe
• Emotional language was never taught

When emotion has no outlet, the body stores it.

When the body stores it long enough, it looks for relief and alcohol becomes the fastest exit.

We address the root.
 

 Each gathering follows a fluid but intentional structure:  

• Emotional literacy 

• Nervous system regulation 

• Reduced relapse risk 

• Integrated anger 

• Access to grief without collapse 

• Clearer boundaries 

• Stronger internal stability

This is not about becoming softer. It is about becoming stable.

Men who:

• Are alcohol sober
• Attend or have attended AA
• Want deeper emotional capacity
• Are tired of white-knuckling
• Want tools, not just talk
• Are ready to do real work