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
Episode Transcript
Hey there super sober heroes.
It's your host sober Steve, thepodcast guy here today with
1,397 days of sobriety toannounce officially that gay A
is going on an indefinitehiatus.
I am so thrilled with what I'veaccomplished with all of you
over this podcast over the past.
(00:22):
225 plus episodes.
When I first started thispodcast, I launched it when I
was 90 days sober, and as I wasday counting, I was looking for
gay and queer podcasts aboutrecovery and hearing different
shares and experiences, andthere weren't any that were what
I was looking for at the time.
I was one of the firstinterview.
(00:42):
Based sober gay podcast outthere, and I am so thrilled over
the past three and a half,almost four years that there
have been so many more out therethat are joined.
I've had so many guests on thepodcast who have shows of their
own, and I can just recommendsober queer podcasts all day
long.
Because we have this space now.
(01:02):
We have so many different showswith so many different
viewpoints, and with my own showyou have over.
200 different viewpoints acrossthe episodes.
However, my personal life hastaken a turn where I am focusing
my efforts rather than virtuallyonline trying to be on Instagram
and social media, selling andworking and doing service with
the entire world, trying to getback in my own local community
(01:26):
of Sarasota, Florida.
So those of Florida can be atricky and right now.
I feel like this is where I'mbeing called for with my
energies is to be giving back tolocal organizations or doing a
local service and connectingwith my local community in
person.
Check out the show notes forrecommendations for other
podcasts that are queer andsober, or scroll down and the
(01:48):
app will recommend additionalones to you.
Also, if you haven't checked outall 230 ish episodes, go back
and check out some of them.
I've had some amazing episodesthroughout the years.
All of'em have been amazing intheir own way.
But even going back through thecatalog to ones that have been
the years of down in thebacklog, scroll down and check
them out because there is agreat sobriety here on this show
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as well as in all the othershows out there.
And thank you all for whatyou've been giving me as.
Holding me accountable in mysobriety, 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 anindefinite hiatus.
I have other organizations I'veoffered to collaborate with so
they can use my platform.
(02:31):
So if they decide to take me upon that, there's possibly new
content coming through there andother partnerships.
I'm open to one-offs and bonusepisodes, and this crazy journey
of sobriety can take meanywhere.
I'm not saying goodbye forever,I'm just saying Tata for now.
TTFN.
And if you wanna keep in touchwith me and my personal life and
(02:51):
all the work that I'm doing inand 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 soberand thanks for everything.
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