gAy A: The Queer Sober Hero Show
gAy A delivers inspiring stories about queer people in sobriety who are achieving amazing feats in their recovery, proving that we are all LGBTQIA+ sober heroes.
If you are looking for a safe space where all queer people, no matter their gender, sexual orientation, age, length of sober time, or method of recovery are valid, this is the sober show for you. If you are sober, you are a hero!
This show is not affiliated with any program or institution, so you will hear stories from alcoholics and addicts where people mention getting sober using recovery methods such as rehabilitation, both inpatient and outpatient rehabs, sober living, hospitals, and some of us who got sober at home on our own. Guests may mention twelve step programs like AA, CMA, SMART Recovery, or other methods, while accepting that no one answer is perfect for everyone.
This podcast will provide valuable insights for any interested in learning more about queer recovery, from those of us with years or even decades of recovery under their belt, to people just beginning their sobriety journey, to even the sober curious or friends and family of alcoholics and addicts.
Each week, host Sober Steve the Podcast Guy tries to answer the following questions in various formats and with different perspectives:
· How do I get and stay sober in the queer community?
· Can you have fun while being sober and gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, or queer?
· What does a sober life as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community look like?
· Where do sober gay and queer people hang out?
· How can I have good sex sober?
· What are tips and tricks for early sobriety?
· How can I get unstuck or out of this rut in my recovery?
· How will my life change if I get sober?
· Can you be queer and sober and happy?
· How can I untangle sex and alcohol and drugs?
gAy A: The Queer Sober Hero Show
TTFN
Hey there, Super Sober Heroes 💖
It’s your host, Sober Steve, checking in with 1,397 days of sobriety and a big announcement: gAy A is going on an indefinite hiatus.
After nearly four amazing years, 225+ episodes, and hundreds of powerful stories from across the queer sober spectrum, it’s time for me to shift my energy inward—toward my local community in Sarasota, Florida.
When I launched gAy A at just 90 days sober, I couldn’t find the kind of podcast I needed—so I made it. Now, there are so many incredible queer sober podcasts out there, and I’m proud to have been part of this growing movement.
This isn’t goodbye forever—just a "ta-ta for now" (TTFN). The podcast feed isn’t going anywhere. The archive is packed with vulnerable, empowering, inspiring interviews from our incredible community. So if you're new here, or if you’ve missed a few episodes along the way, this is a perfect time to catch up.
Stay Connected:
🧠 Follow my personal journey: @JustSteveSRQ
🎧 Explore the full archive: 225+ episodes of queer sober inspiration
Hey there super sober heroes. It's your host sober Steve, the podcast guy here today with 1,397 days of sobriety to announce officially that gay A is going on an indefinite hiatus. I am so thrilled with what I've accomplished with all of you over this podcast over the past. 225 plus episodes. When I first started this podcast, I launched it when I was 90 days sober, and as I was day counting, I was looking for gay and queer podcasts about recovery and hearing different shares and experiences, and there weren't any that were what I was looking for at the time. I was one of the first interview. Based sober gay podcast out there, and I am so thrilled over the past three and a half, almost four years that there have been so many more out there that are joined. I've had so many guests on the podcast who have shows of their own, and I can just recommend sober queer podcasts all day long. Because we have this space now. We have so many different shows with so many different viewpoints, and with my own show you have over. 200 different viewpoints across the episodes. However, my personal life has taken a turn where I am focusing my efforts rather than virtually online trying to be on Instagram and social media, selling and working and doing service with the entire world, trying to get back in my own local community of Sarasota, Florida. So those of Florida can be a tricky and right now. I feel like this is where I'm being called for with my energies is to be giving back to local organizations or doing a local service and connecting with my local community in person. Check out the show notes for recommendations for other podcasts that are queer and sober, or scroll down and the app will recommend additional ones to you. Also, if you haven't checked out all 230 ish episodes, go back and check out some of them. I've had some amazing episodes throughout the years. All of'em have been amazing in their own way. But even going back through the catalog to ones that have been the years of down in the backlog, scroll down and check them out because there is a great sobriety here on this show as well as in all the other shows out there. And thank you all for what you've been giving me as. Holding me accountable in my sobriety, and I hope that I've helped you along the way. I also know to never say never, and this is not the end of the show, I am saying I'm taking an indefinite hiatus. I have other organizations I've offered to collaborate with so they can use my platform. So if they decide to take me up on that, there's possibly new content coming through there and other partnerships. I'm open to one-offs and bonus episodes, and this crazy journey of sobriety can take me anywhere. I'm not saying goodbye forever, I'm just saying Tata for now. TTFN. And if you wanna keep in touch with me and my personal life and all the work that I'm doing in and around Sarasota, check out my Instagram at just Steve Srq,'cause that's where you'll find me doing me. So thank you all and stay sober and thanks for everything.
