NOT EVEN WINE WITH DINNER is a newsletter and podcast by Kristen Crisp featuring short stories, memories, recommendations, and conversations about sobriety, mental health, life, love, loss and liquor.

Welcome! That’s me with the mouth…

Perfect for talking, perfect for drinking. I’m an alcoholic.

Not Even Wine with Dinner is a collection of bits & pieces about the perils of alcohol, remaining sober, and how we can all help each other just a tiny bit in what is a really big struggle. While I don’t make light of sobriety, I’ve learned to laugh at my past drunken shenanigans and some are too ridiculous not to share. In all seriousness, addiction is no joke. We all, whether an addict or sober, need to be open and willing to take the hand of someone we know and guide them through the journey of sobriety because recovery takes your entire life and is not for the faint of heart.

I only wish that I had something like this to read and listen to while I was hanging my head over a toilet praying to God that I’d never drink again for the thousandth time.

These writings are to honor the memory of my sister Robin who unexpectedly died of cirrhosis in May of 2022. I promised her and myself that I would not let her death be in vain and that I would try my hardest to help someone else not experience what we all did as a family.

This is my attempt to help save a life.

Stay safe, stay sober.

XO Kristen

Me doing something healthy without booze but with my husband Julian at the back and some good friends. Julian and I are owners of Feeding Faith, a humanitarian and Christian aid mission based in eastern Guatemala.

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