Unfortunately the formatting of this ARC made it basically unreadable! For the parts I was able to get through, this was a nice read for the sober curious crowd, but a bit basic. I may end up purchasing a copy to read fully, as I really am interested in the subject matter. Just could not get past the wacky formatting issues in the digital ARC. 3 stars as I think this will be a solid read once I can really appreciate it.

Soberish by Kayla Lyons

Another interesting addition to the sober literature out there - this one more focused on reduction of alcohol, rather than sobriety. As we're becoming more aware of the dangers of Alcohol, there's a rise in people dabbling with sobriety. Having read other books in this genre,I wouldn't say there's anything new or groundbreaking here but could be a good introduction for some people who are sober curious.

I liked this book. I thought it was full of valuable information. I like that is wasn't your everyday stop drinking book. For a sober-curious person i felt like this was a wonderful read.

Thank you for the ARC.

I liked the premise of this book. The idea that people need to think about their relationship with alcohol is such an important one. So many of us drink without considering the impact of it on our health and well-being. This book does a good job in shedding some light on this area and provides the evidence to inform decision making.

But I didn’t find the tips to be anything particularly groundbreaking. I think this is a good entry way into reading ‘quit-lit’ but as someone who has read books of this nature before there wasn’t really anything unique about this one.

Soberish is a helpful guide for people who are wanting to change their relationship with alcohol. That means anyone who is 'sober curious' and wants to cut down to people who view their drinking as a harmful addiction. This is not exactly new stuff. There is advice on setting SMART goals. Wellness strategies such as meditation, body awareness, and journaling are recommended. Such resources can be found in many other places. The tone of the book is refreshing. It's positive, gentle and nonjudgemental, avoiding all-or-nothing language and going for more of a harm reduction approach. In other words, any increased understanding of your relationship with alcohol and the role it plays in your life will be beneficial, As a mental health counsellor, i could see giving it to clients who are starting out on this kind of investigation.

I was very curious about "Soberish", considering how much current attitudes towards drinking are changing and as a result, many people want to reconsider their relationship with alcohol.

I found this book generally helpful--written from Kayla Lyons' personal experience, it attempts to help readers find answers about why are they drinking, as well as help them navigate potentially sober-ish future. There are quite a few useful tools to asses one's attitude towards alcohol, in which contexts we are most likely to reach for it, as well as tips on how to navigate an alcohol-free lifestyle.

What I could live without, was the part in the law of attraction which may leas to spiritual bypassing and resulting in something contrary that was advised in the book--dealing with one's deeply rooted stuff that might lead to self-medicating with alcohol. This section didn't sit right with me at all, and was far away from the practical advice, that it impacted the overall experience of reading "Soberish".

Soberish - Kayla Lyons

I feel this fits very well into the category of 'quit-lit'. It is a very easy to read guide, and not at all stuffy. It is a very interesting read that hopes to educate the reader into a better understanding on the use of alcohol in society and with the help of plans and science to see the benefits of reducing this. Thanks so much Netgalley and Watkins Publishing for this e-arc in return for my honest thoughts and opinions.

Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

An interesting step by step guide to plan an intervention into alcohol drinking.

I found this book insightful and I now plan to put the suggestions into practice.

Soberish by Kayla Lyons is deemed as quit lit and I was so excited for another sober book. Sadly it fell short for me. I completely appreciate books like this in the sobersphere but as someone who is 100% sober and knows I won't (can't) drink again, I personally didn't love how there were parts of this book saying you could moderate and 'just have one' etc.
I do think this is one to read if you're sober curious but not if you're 100% committed to never drinking again, for whatever reason.

Hard to rate as I feel like I'm not the audience for this book being over 50. It will probably resonate more with the 20-something generation to which the author belongs. I don't feel like she has enough life experience to speak to my generation and that felt grating - but looking back at the blurb I see it is marketed at Gen Z and millennials so that makes sense!

There were parts of this book I liked and parts that I didn't but overall this was an accessible and interesting book although not all of the information I found personally useful.

This book is more self help than non-fic but has non-fiction themes throughout. The approach to statistics and facts are useful and interesting and I think that the tone of the book set a good impression as something that wasn't pressuring the reader or pushing that alcohol is necessarily a really bad thing- just that maybe it could be harmful in aspects depending on how you consume it.

I did loose interest around half way, mainly because I am not one for activities in books that I read. I did like the different perspective and the approach to lessening alcohol consumption to just getting rid of it outright. It showed there's different ways to go sober and different attempts.

Most alcohol interventions require abstaining from drinking forever. Interested in reducing your drinking but not stopping forever? Turn to Soberish.

I’ve never read a book like this before so I can’t comment on its originality or innovation. However, Soberish is a good self-help guide for controlling your alcohol intake. It is a step-by-step guide with concrete instructions on how to proceed on a path to conscious drinking. 4 stars!

Thanks to Watkins Publishing and NetGalley for a digital review copy of the book.

This was a really interesting book. I found the sciencey parts the most interesting - I learnt a lot, particularly about the difference in the way men and women's bodies process alcohol.
Kayla Lyons does a great job of explaining things clearly, and without making the reader shut off with lots of technical jargon.
Lots to take away from this book.

I was really curious to read this novel, having read mainly fiction for many years I thought that this would be an incredibly interesting read, which it was.

I am coming up to 40 and do like to have a drink and I can see the cycle of bad habit when it comes to having a drink and how easily it is to slip into "just have a drink tonight", so I really want to clean my habit up and when I saw this I thought it sounded perfect.

Full of interesting and science-based facts, I really enjoyed reading this book. I have taken away some really valuable lessons and how to put these into practice.

I enjoyed Kayla Lyons writing and really resonated with this book.

Thanks to Netgalley, the author and publisher for allowing me a copy of this book.

While this book didn't provide much new information to me personally, I think this is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to reassess their relationship with alcohol. This book provides some great starting points and resources around making realistic changes around alcohol consumption. I really enjoyed the information around the relationship between alcohol and the brain as well as the relatability of the author's own experiences.

Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for providing an e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Self help guide for gen Z , with plenty of science titbits. Vision boards are not for me unfortunately.

I was excited to read Soberish, in many ways we share a similar journey. Except she choose Soberish, and I needed Sober but I'm always happy to see more books aimed at tackling the subject.

I felt this book could've been pulled together differently in honesty. I liked the personal story and I liked the facts and research but it didn't feel like it had been thought through in the order it appeared.

That said, it's an enjoyable, informative and occasionally uncomfortable read for anyone Soberish, Sober, Sober Curious or someone simply wanting to understand their relationship with alcohol better.

This book's strengths are pretty strong: accessible language, great structure, good data, and my personal favourite - it's not condescending in the slightest! It delivers on its initial promise of giving you, the reader, the tools of planning your soberish life based on your wants and needs and current lifestyle.

The are a few weaknesses: some parts are a bit drawn out and could be better synthesized, while others are way too simplified (an example that comes to mind is the portions that talk about meditation; if the reader's first introduction to meditation is this book, then they'll be quite lost, but this isn't a huge issue in my opinion, just a nitpick). On a last note: my favourite parts were reading about the author's own experiences and I kinda wish there was more of that in the book.

Overall, I think this could be an approachable entryway for young people into further researching their reasons for drinking and mechanisms of self help. Plus the cover is really cute! It would surely look nicer on a bookshelf than older self help books.

I found this very useful, especially the gentle and non-judgmental approach to changing your relationship with alcohol. I liked the idea of abandoning an all-or-nothing approach and allowing yourself to find a better balance that works for you, and doing so on an informed basis with some understanding of the science behind alcohol consumption. This will be useful for so many people.

Soberish was great! Teaching addicts that you are on your own sober journey and you aren’t going to need the same routines and tools as the next addict is powerful. We are all alike, yet so incredibly different! Learning what helps you with sobriety and utilizing it is so much more important than just following what helps others. And knowing that you’re not perfect and not punish yourself if you don’t succeed on your first try. You don’t give up learning to speak when your a toddler and can’t pronounce words right, or when your in grade school learning how to ride a bike. It’s the same as an adult learning how to be Soberish. I received this ARC for free from NetGalley and I am leaving my honest opinion in my review. Thank you!