Soberistas Reviews 8

I have seen and met many people who have become sober through this website. In a society that doesn't address alcohol as problematic but points blame at the drinker, this charity uses connection with others to question their alcohol use. In this way we can address worries about alcohol and explore ways to improve our relationship with booze.

I've given Soberistas five stars because it was a major part of my stopping drinking alcohol, which has made such an improvement in my life. I joined in 2013 and stopped for good in 2017. Many grey area drinkers feel an imbalance between their 'love' of alcohol and the deleterious effects it has on them. Joining Soberistas gave me the information and encouragement I needed to even try stopping. You don't feel so alone or unusual. Now with eight years as a non-drinker I am very thankful I discovered this site. Staying in touch with the site keeps me mindful of the harm alcohol does, so I will continue to be a member. I think it's good value for money.

My personal experience of soberistas is extremely positive.
As someone who was at the wrong end of the drinking wedge , it turned my life around. So much so that I I’m now over 2000 days sober .
Whilst its members are predominantly female, it’s very inclusive and being a male on the site hasn’t made any difference in my experience. My wife ventured onto a different site with similar goals but was put off by people sniping at each other.
I’ve never been judged and now have a large friendship group including male and female members and I’ve met lots of them on zooms and real life meat ups .
The membership cost compared to the cost of buying alcohol is tiny but the personal gain is more than I can put into words .
If you’re sober curious or it’s getting/ got to be a problem, I couldn’t recommend SOBERISTAS highly enough.
Great site run by passionate people who know what they are talking about.

Full of support from others on this journey, there is always someone listening.
Many long term members who gave me hope at the start of my journey.

Soberistas is the most amazing place. A huge community of kind, generous people all supporting each other to improve their lives by getting sober. It is led by a very special person, Lucy Rocca. Lucy is passionate, extremely knowledgeable and completely dedicated to her cause. I am now 5 plus years sober, in fact, on 1 November 2025 I will be 6 years free from the destructive influence of the poisonous chemicals in alcohol. Soberistas literally saved my life. Thank you Lucy, thank you Soberistas

I logged onto soberistas in November 2022 and have been a member ever since.I would not have been able to have the joy of my life now if it wasn't for this community.Soberistas helped turn my life around.I am eternally grateful
I was in a desperate place not being able to quit by myself, and this was my answer,and continues to be...
A group of people that totally understand and support all the way through.The 100 day challenge is what gets a lot of people sober.
I have made so many like minded friends male and female through this sight,and had the pleasure of meeting Lucy,Co founder,what's real is her story resonates with all of us.
Give it a try .You won't regret it.😊

Soberistas has helped thousands of people on their journey to sobriety. Contrary to what you may have read on other reviews, Soberistas is not just for females. Although, it’s true, that the majority of it’s members are females there are some very active male members, who are not in any way made to feel anything other than welcome and part of the community. The membership is extremely reasonable and affordable for anyone who can afford to have a drinking problem - off the top of my head - I pay about £20 every 3 months…….with a bottle of wine costing at least £5, that’s four days worth of alcohol for me when I was drinking.
It’s a non-judgemental platform where you will receive as much support and advice as you want. We have all walked the path you are choosing to walk and we’ve all had different experiences. If you choose to have additional support, Lucy, the founder, is a qualified counsellor and you can have 1-1 sessions with her or join her group sessions, currently on a Sunday.
Choosing to stop drinking alcohol has been THE best gift I have ever given myself and Soberistas has been a vital part of my experience. Why not try it for yourself?

I would have given a one star for my personal experience, but having seen people on the site get help from it a three it is.

Essentially, the concept is good but the site is a constant sales pitch by Lucy Rocca for her "services". The services being variations on life coaching.

Then, despite there being 73000 registered members, my educated guess is that there are probably around 50 regulars creating blogs, a lot that come and go on the chat and there are also various WhatsApp groups that I did not use and so cannot comment on. So plenty of ways to engage which is good.

As there are so few regulars, it is a bit clicky and if you have not twigged (Sober(S)ISTAS) is female centric. As a male, despite being in theory welcomed, in practice not so much. I can understand this though, as it seemed a lot of the people on the forum had suffered at the hands of males and therefore being a male on the site was always going to be potentially problematic. Perhaps it should be just a female thing? Throwing it out there as an idea.

The site is stated as being a "friendly, worldwide community of non-judgemental people". I left because this was simply not the case. Being sworn at by a fellow forum member was pretty undefying, but she got away with it and I left. Good news. I got a pro-rata refund on the membership that I was not expecting.

I mentioned about management. The site seems to be run by two people. Lucy Rocca and a fella called Sean. For a community of so many people that has been going for a long time it is shocking, in my view, that the people running it have to come to the community to finance an upgrade on the website. However, I did dig deep and contributed a three figure sum to the cause. It was not good, again in my view, that receipts or acknowledgements for bank transfers were not always done, but had to be asked for.

I found it a sad reflection on someone that I felt sorry for and wanted to help in an hour of need, that I paid £230 for a meal for Lucy and her partner and for a person, that is Lucy, that preaches an alcohol free life to then spend, I understand for her partner, £45 on a "wine flight" experience on top of the paid for meal and not to even mention it in the brief thank you I got was in my opinion a pretty poor show.

Breakdown of the meal that I contributed £230 to below:
Dinner x 2 £160
Wine flight x 1 £45
Aperitifs and drinks at table £25
Mineral water £4
Extra cheese course x 1 £15

Total £249.00

To conclude, a years subscription to the Soberistas site is £49 as of March 2023. Might be worth it, but there a plenty of communities doing similar that are free. I left leaving a review for a month to see how I felt after this time. In other words the review is not a typed in the heat of the moment thing.