Can Rock Climbing, Weight Lifting and Free Lattes Keep People Sober?

July 25, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET When Kylie Corbitt got out of a 30-day addiction treatment center, a familiar problem was waiting outside. “My entire network was all people who used,” she said. “I didn’t even know what it meant to be truly sober.” Her methamphetamine use had intensified slowly during the Covid-19 pandemic, as she lost a job she had held for a decade, grieved the death of the grandmother who helped raise her and grappled with depression. With little structure to her days, each one felt like “Groundhog Day,” Ms. Corbitt said; she would tell herself that she’d get high one last time and then seek help. “And it just never ended,” she added. Treatment interrupted this cycle, but her life wasn’t set up to support her sobriety. Ms. Corbitt, who is 37 and lives in Milton, Mass., tried Alcoholics Anonymous but struggled to feel a sense of fellowship, finding some meetings “a little judgy.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/well/sober-clubs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0VA.BWpV.0iKfNyGiC-iB&smid=url-share