From Sober Mom Squads to anti-anxiety workbooks: do new AA alternatives work?

A cohort of online sobriety groups became popular early in the pandemic, and they appear to be here to stay. Illustration: The Guardian

One of Victoria Smith’s first assignments after joining A Sober Girls Guide was to come up with a name for her “self-saboteur”, her inner voice of insecurity.

“The inner saboteur?” Smith thought to herself. “I already learned about that from RuPaul’s Drag Race.”