The Sober Rebel Club For Women – Bay Area

The Sober Rebel Club For System-Impacted Women - Bay Area
Hiking • Paddle boarding • Movie Nights • Wellness • Friendship • All Alcohol-Free

Welcome, Rebel — this is your space for alcohol-free adventure, connection, and community in the Bay Area.

Whether you’re sober, rebuilding after alcohol, or simply craving friendships that don’t revolve around drinking, you belong here.

The Sober Rebel Club is a community created by women, for women — rooted in healing, nervous-system support, movement, and real connection.

This is a trauma-informed space where women can build strength, joy, and belonging together.

✅ What We Do

We gather for empowering, alcohol-free experiences designed to support the mind, body, and soul:

• Women’s hiking groups
• Paddle boarding adventures
• Botanical garden walks
• Trailhead hikes + stretch sessions
• Journaling & reflection circles
• Weekly virtual support calls
• Sober movie nights
• Race training & fitness meetups
• BYOT (Build Your Own Taco 🌮) nights
• Resume/LinkedIn Labs
• Resource sharing for sober living
• Book clubs that empower women
• Nervous-system healing tools

Every event is designed to foster emotional safety, connection, and healing.

✅ Who This Group Is For

This group is for women who want a community that feels real, safe, and aligned:

• Women living alcohol-free
• Women in recovery
• Women who are system-impacted
• Women healing from burnout, anxiety, or overwhelm
• Women looking for calm, clarity, and connection
• Women ready to build a healthier, alcohol-free life
• Women who want movement, nature, and friendship

No prior experience with sobriety, yoga, hikes, or coaching required.
Just come as you are.

✅ Why “Rebel Women”?

1. Because choosing sobriety in a culture that glamorizes alcohol is rebellious.
2. Because women deserve a life that is peaceful, powerful, and free.
3. Because we rise higher when we rise together.

You’re not just quitting alcohol —
you’re reclaiming your life, your nervous system, and your joy.

✅ Who Leads This Group?

Vanessa Ragains, founder of Beyond BARS Coaching — a trauma-informed nonprofit supporting reentry, recovery, and nervous-system healing.

Vanessa teaches trauma-sensitive yoga, emotional regulation, and sober coaching, and brings lived experience, deep compassion, and integrative wellness tools into every gathering.

This is not just a Meetup group — it’s a community of Rebel Women ready to live fully, freely, and sober.

✅ What You Can Expect

• Zero alcohol
• Zero judgment
• Trauma-informed safety
• Supportive women
• Nervous-system grounding
• Accessible movement
• Real conversations
• Deep connection
• A place to belong

💸 You can donate to The Sober Rebel Club For Women here: 🔗 https://givebutter.com/SoberRebelClub

# 📏 Group Rules & Guidelines

A safe, empowering community for women practicing a sober lifestyle.
To keep this community grounded, uplifting, and safe for all, please review the guidelines below:

## 1️⃣ This is a Sober-Positive, Judgment-Free Space

This group is for women living alcohol-free or sober-curious.
We celebrate progress, not perfection.
Shaming, judging, or policing another woman’s journey is not allowed.

## 2️⃣ Kindness + Compassion Always

We treat every member with respect, empathy, and curiosity.
Hate speech, gossip, or aggressive communication will result in removal.

## 3️⃣ Trauma-Informed Community Standards

Many members are healing from trauma, addiction, recovery, or major life transitions.
We do not:

• Offer unsolicited advice
• Push spiritual, religious, or diet-based agendas
• Criticize a member’s appearance, body, emotions, or history

We do:

• Listen
• Support
• Honor boundaries
• Build each other up

## 4️⃣ Confidentiality Is Sacred

What is shared in this group — stays in the group.
No screenshots, reposts, or discussing members’ personal lives outside events.

## 5️⃣ Inclusivity Matters

All women are welcome: LGBTQ+, BIPOC, neurodivergent, disabled, sober-curious, early sobriety, long-term sobriety, and everything in between.
We rise together.

## 6️⃣ No Alcohol or Substance Use at Events

All events — virtual and in-person — are alcohol-free.
We are here to build connections through presence, movement, and fun.

## 7️⃣ Respect Event Spaces + RSVP Etiquette

Please RSVP only if you plan to attend.
If plans change, cancel ASAP so spots open for others.

## 8️⃣ No Selling or Soliciting

This group is not for business recruitment, MLMs, or promotional selling.
You may share personal projects only with permission from the organizer.

## 9️⃣ Safety First

If at any event a member feels unsafe, overwhelmed, or triggered, please notify the organizer privately.
We will always protect the well-being of the group.

## 🔟 Rebel Spirit Rule

We show up authentically — messy, joyful, tired, hopeful, whatever season we’re in.
This is a community for REAL women healing in REAL time.

Here's to Your Sober Rebel journey 🧭!