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Début de l'événement : 09.08.2025

Fin de l'événement : 30.11.2025

Adresse : 33 3rd Ave, New York, NY 10003, USA

Code postal : 10001

Ville : new york

Description : When my sponsor told me about the suggestion to not date for a year, that I should just concentrate on getting sober, I said: “I’m a really good multi-tasker."

I thought that when I got sober, I’d get into the best shape of my life, start going to the gym all the time, train for a triathlon, become super successful and meet the man of my dreams. Basically, my version of what advertising says is the perfect life. I wasn’t thinking along the lines of what some people say: the gift of sobriety IS sobriety. Boring. I mean, I was and I wasn’t; I mostly just wanted to stop being miserable. I did a 90 and 90, got a sponsor, joined a gym, took a class in my career of choice, slept a lot, and met a guy.

When my sponsor told me about the suggestion to not date for a year, that I should just concentrate on getting sober, I said: “I’m a really good multi-tasker,” and “I can get sober and date at the same time.” Luckily for me, she didn’t say it was a rule, because there are no rules in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Nowhere in the Big Book does it say: “no dating allowed in the first year.” It just talked about some people prefer a little more pepper in their sex life or whatever (page 69) and who are we to tell people what spices to proverbially cook with?

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So thank god for that because in my first 90 days, I met a guy. He was a friend of a friend and when we met, he told me that he was going through a big transition in his life.

“What kind of a transition?” I asked, while thinking Oh my God! We have so much in common! We’re both going through transitions! As if a relationship could be built on that alone. Or even a marriage, because I thought that now that I had opened the book of sobriety, everything would change in the blink of an eye. It would be like I just woke up to a new life. That’s how it happens, right? I mean, don’t you kinda hear that all the time? The person’s life was shit and then they got sober and now they’re in this awesome marriage/job/house/car/babies and it all like happened in a year or maybe two? I’m smart and attractive. That shit should happen for me too! I can make that happen. I. CAN. MAKE. THAT. HAPPEN. Higher power who?

So, when I asked the guy what kind of transition, he said poetically, “It’s like my house was taken away so now I have no house, but at least I can see the moon.” And I was like “Wow, coooooool. I totally love the moon.”

For our first date, we went on a bike ride along the river, had lunch where I did not order a glass of wine (the first time that has ever happened) and ordered a coffee instead. I didn’t tell him that I was newly sober . I just told him I didn’t drink, and he said that was cool and he’s thought that maybe he should quite drinking too (uh oh); that he meditates and when he meditates, he feels super clear and drinking gets in the way of that (uh yeah). Then he walked me home and I remember feeling very sensitive and insecure. It was like I was eight years old again with a crush on a boy at school and I forgot how to walk my bike. Or talk. I felt awkward. Which is why, at 16, drinking and boys went hand in hand. Less feeling. More yay.

When I got home, I realized there was no way I could date right now. I knew that if I was rejected or even felt rejected, it would probably cause me to drink. I didn’t have the emotional tools. I talked to my sponsor about it and then called him up and said, “I really like you, but I’m going through something right now where I need to take a year off of dating. I hope you understand.” And he said, “Wow. I should probably do that, too.” Turns out he was going through a divorce and was in no place to be in a relationship or be the man of my dreams/dysfunction right now.

For the rest of the year, I concentrated on going to meetings, fellowship, making new AA friends, eating cookies and milk, binge watching Netflix at night, and it was the most awesome/horrible year of my life. I highly recommend it. I gained 10 or 20 pounds which was weird. Dudes can go through a rough time and get fat and grow a beard and still be considered likeable - but as a woman, it’s harder to hide behind a beard and 50 pounds and be cool. But a girl can dream.

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So, a year later, guess who I ran into? No-house-moon dude. And yay! I was like a year sober so totally awesome and fixed, right? It. Was. On. We went on a few dates, and I honestly can’t remember if we had sex. It was only seven years ago and I know we did sexy things but I cannot for the life of me remember. I don’t think we did, because we would have needed to have the talk and well, let’s just say that the time I chose to have the talk was not a good time to have it. Take it from me when I say DO NOT ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE TALK WHEN HIS HEAD IS BETWEEN YOUR LEGS. That should be in the Big Book. It’s a real buzz kill for one and all. And our relationship (if you can call it that) ended shortly thereafter which was okay because he was seriously still mourning the loss of his ten-year marriage.

So that’s my take on dating in the first year. I do know a couple people who hooked up in their first year of sobriety and 30 years later are still married. That might happen to you. I knew that wasn’t going to happen for me. It wasn’t until year two that I met the man of my dreams AKA qualifier who really brought me to my knees (not in a good way) and into Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous which is like the nicest thing a guy can do. Kidding. But not in a way because Girrrrrrrl, I needed some of that SLAA in my life. Since then, I’ve moved to a place that I am happy to call home, am “healthy” dating and more will be revealed. But the best thing is that I like myself – dare I say love myself? I love my friends, my career, and my life and I don’t expect a man or any person or thing to save me. Because I don’t need saving any more. Thank god. Thank HP. Thank program. And thank you.

Début de l'événement : 25.06.2022

Fin de l'événement : 27.06.2022

Description : I began using Tinder last summer during a Greek island hopping trip. For the past ten years I have booked a few trips with a tour group so that I can meet new people while I’m exploring an unfamiliar city. When I arrived in Greece, everyone in the group was over 70 years old, and although I have nothing at all against older people, they are not going to provide the same generational connection that I would have with someone in my own age bracket.

That’s where Tinder came in. To many women, the idea of using Tinder in your own hometown sounds risky, but using the popular dating app while traveling is a real adventure while traveling solo. Foreigners know that you’re just passing through and most of them are just happy to hang out with an American, practice their English, and learn more about our culture. They are not necessarily looking to hook up or even engage in any kind of romantic rendezvous. So while in Athens, I decided to take a chance.

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I opened up my app. As I mindlessly swiped right and left, I received a message from one of my matches. He was a banker who rode a motorcycle— I was hesitant and intrigued. He asked me if I wanted to meet up for a drink and suggested a wine bar. I did some quick research and confirmed that the place existed and that the area was a safe and popular street frequently visited by foreigners and locals. Once I was sure, I texted him “sounds good!”

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous heading to the restaurant. I had never had a blind date abroad and I wasn’t sure what to expect. To my surprise and relief, he looked just like his photo, very handsome and fit, and the restaurant was absolutely lovely. In fact, it looked so rustic and hipster that it could have been plucked right out of Brooklyn. It had seemed like the Edison bulb trend had extended even to Greece. The menu looked fantastic as well as the drinks. I couldn’t wait to dive in.

We pored over the menu as he patiently explained to me what each ingredient meant to make sure that I would like the dish. He also suggested some wines we should try and explained their origins. The waitress, who was drop dead gorgeous, came over to take our order. He courteously greeted her then ordered what we wanted in Greek. His attention then immediately turned to me.

It was a breath fresh air compared to the nightmarish dates I had been on back home.

The whole evening was a surreal experience. Here I was on a date in Greece with a great guy, sitting alongside other Greek locals, and all because I decided to use my Tinder app. Not only was he a good looking and gracious host, it turned out that we had a ton in common. Although he was a banker by day, his real passion was fitness— CrossFit? to be exact. In a few months he would also be running a Spartan race. I had completed one earlier last year and we talked and talked about our love for all things fitness and outdoors. We talked for hours ordering plate after plate of delicious foods and glasses of wine from all the regions in Greece. It was one of the best dates I had ever had.

At the end of the night, we exchanged numbers and followed each other on Instagram.

Although we knew we’d probably never see each other again, we were both happy to have shared such a surprising evening with a complete stranger.

He was a perfect gentleman when we parted ways. He hailed a cab for me, gave me a kiss on the cheek, and wished me a safe trip home. As I stepped into the cab, he bid me kalispera and I reveled in the evening’s unexpected turn. All thanks to Tinder.

Début de l'événement : 26.05.2022

Fin de l'événement : 27.05.2022