Sober Crew Social Club: Drinking, Identity & Life Onboard | Superyacht Laundry
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of alcohol on yacht crew culture and the importance of questioning one's relationship with drinking.
What happens when drinking is no longer making life bigger, better, easier, or more fun? In this episode of Superyacht Laundry, host Cherise Reedman is joined by Laura Kilbey, founder of Sober Crew Social Club, for an honest, funny, and deeply human conversation about alcohol, yacht crew culture, identity, loneliness, pressure, safety, and what it really means to choose sobriety while working in an industry where drinking has long been part of the social fabric. Laura shares how Sober Crew Social Club began, why she stopped drinking, and why people do not need to hit “rock bottom” before deciding that alcohol is no longer serving them. The conversation moves through blackout drinking, crew nights out, anxiety, isolation, onboard safety, emotional coping, social pressure, and the difference between giving something up and choosing something better. This is not a lecture. It is not about telling everyone to stop drinking. It is about giving yacht crew permission to question their relationship with alcohol without shame, without labels, and without waiting for things to fall apart first. In This Conversation: Why Sober Crew Social Club started Drinking culture within yachting Why…
People in this episode
Host: Cherise Reedman
Guest: Laura Kilbey
Topics covered
- sobriety
- yacht crew culture
- alcohol
- mental health
- social pressure
- safety
Keywords
- sobriety
- yacht crew
- alcohol culture
- mental health
- social pressure
- safety
- loneliness
- anxiety
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sober Crew Social Club
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