The Sober Steady
Building capacity, regulation, and resilience beyond early sobriety.
The next session begins June 1, 2026
Join the waitlist today and be the first to hear about early bird registration!
Here’s the scoop.
The Sober Steady supports the often-overlooked phase after early sobriety, when motivation dips and emotional challenges surface. This 90-day program helps you build capacity, regulation, and resilience so sobriety becomes sustainable rather than exhausting.
Over 90 days, you will:
Build emotional regulation and so sobriety feels steadier, not exhausting
Learn practical tools to navigate stress, boredom, loneliness, and setbacks without numbing
Develop sustainable habits and systems that support long-term sobriety
Access weekly recorded teachings focused on the middle stage of sobriety
Join two live calls each week, one for co-working, one for coaching
Grow sober connections and a sense of belonging with others in this stage
Weekly Call Schedule
TUESDAYS 11 am PT / 2 pm ET / 7 pm UK
Guided co-working session.
THURSDAYS 10 am PT / 1 pm ET / 6 pm UK
Group coaching and breakout rooms.
Curriculum
The Sober Steady is a participatory experience. It’s designed for people who are no longer in early sobriety (beyond 90 days or have taken The Sober 90), but who know that staying sober requires new skills: regulation, resilience, and the ability to recover when life gets hard.
This is not a passive or self-paced course. The Sober Steady asks you to show up—with curiosity, honesty, and willingness to practice.
Over 90 days, we’ll work with the following themes:
Staying sober beyond early recovery
Understanding the middle stage of sobriety and why steadiness, regulation, and resilience matter here.
Emotional regulation & nervous system awareness
Learning how stress responses show up and how to return to center when you’re dysregulated.
Habits, structure, and consistency
Building supportive rhythms and systems that don’t rely on motivation or willpower.
Managing stress without numbing
Completing the stress cycle and responding to pressure in healthier ways.
Boredom, loneliness, and stillness
Developing tolerance for quiet and unstructured time while nourishing connection.
Resilience through setbacks and rejection
Recovering from missteps without shame spirals or self-abandonment.
Identity, change, and emotional steadiness
Navigating the shifts that happen as sobriety becomes integrated into daily life.
Integration and long-term sustainability
Bringing the skills together to support a steady, ongoing approach to sobriety.
Meet Your Teachers
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Eric Johnson
IFC Certified Executive Coach, MBA - Indiana University, Certified in EQi 2.0 and Keirsey Temperament, Former Fortune 150 CMO
Eric is an adventurer, writer, and certified coach. He is also the co-host of the podcast “Inside Job.” Sober since 2014, Eric draws his inspiration from his background as a leader in corporate America and as a teacher and coach at one of the world’s top business schools. He also believes that Mother Nature and 90's grunge music are among the greatest sources of wisdom.
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Laura McKowen
Certified Recovery Coach (IAPRC), Family Issues in Recovery Certification (IAPRC), Neuroscience of Joyful Recovery Certification (IAPRC), 200 RYT Certified Yoga Instructor, MBA - Babson College
Laura is the author of the bestselling memoir, We Are The Luckiest and Push Off from Here: 9 Essential Truths to Get You Through Sobriety (and Everything Else). Sober since 2014, she is a leading voice in modern recovery, has written for The New York Times, and her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, the TODAY show, and more.
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Janell Sklapsky
Janell Kathryn is an educator and community leader with over 15 years of experience teaching youth and adults across public, private, and online education.
She is a Relational Somatic Therapy Practitioner and Certified Grief Tending & Ritual Facilitator, holds a Bachelor of Education, and has training and lived experience in yoga, meditation, and trauma-informed practice.A devoted student of many modalities, Janell carries a deep, integrated bundle of learning shaped by years of study, practice, and service — guiding how she teaches, leads, and holds shared space.
She is a Sun Dancer and holds leadership and service roles in community spaces beyond TLC.
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Louise Atthey
ANLP-accredited NLP Business Practitioner, Sober Club Accredited Coach
Louise left a career in financial services to pursue writing, sober mentorship, and a more wide-open path. Sober since 2009, she loves travel, life music, friendship, and walks with coffee. Most of all, she’s excited by the tomorrow she used to dread. Louise lives in the south of the UK with her two kid-adults and her black lab, Lola.
90 Days to Steady, Resilient Sobriety
Here’s what you’ll get…
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Supports the often-overlooked phase after early sobriety, when motivation dips and emotional challenges surface.
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Learn powerful tools and practices to build your sobriety habit.
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One guided co-working call to work on homework and ask questions, one coaching call with breakout rooms.
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Daily accountability through simple check-ins in our app for habit tracking.
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Access 24x7 support through your phone.
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Throughout the course, you will have access to all TLC’s sobriety support meetings. We offer over 55 meetings per week, including 50+, Movement, BIPOC, Queer, Men’s, Women’s, and Newcomer meetings.
Cost
Not a TLC Member Yet?
$577 or 2 payments of $293.50
Includes The Sober Steady
✔ 4 months of access to the full TLC Community
✔ Daily support meetings, programming, and connection
Already a TLC Member?
Regular Price:
$499 or 2 payments of $254.50
📍 Important: TLC members must register inside the TLC Community under TLC Courses to receive the member price.
Registration is only available through the web (not the TLC app).
Learn about our refund policy or apply for a scholarship.
Join The Sober Steady if...
You’re beyond the first 90 days of sobriety (or have completed The Sober 90) and want to build steadiness for the long term.
You’re no longer in crisis, but sobriety still feels effortful, fragile, or emotionally draining.
You’ve stopped drinking, but old patterns like stress, people-pleasing, numbing, or burnout are still showing up.
You notice dips in motivation, energy, or mood and want tools to regulate your inner world when life gets loud.
You want ongoing support, honest conversation, and practical tools—without shame, dogma, or pressure to perform.
If you’re brand new to sobriety, The Sober 90 is the best starting place.
The next session begins June 1, 2026
Join the waitlist today and be the first to hear about early bird registration!
