Founder and Contributing Writer – Jason Mayo
Early recovery was dramatic—raw, emotional, cinematic. Everything hurt and everything mattered. But after a while, the chaos quiets. And what’s left? Routines. Dishes. Traffic. Sleep.
No one tells you the miracle of sobriety might look like sitting in a church basement beside a man who once lived in his car, a schoolteacher, or a stockbroker—and somehow feeling more understood by strangers than you ever did by the people who were supposed to know you best.
And somehow, that is the miracle.
I used to think miracles had to be loud. Now I know they show up as a boring Tuesday where no one cries, nothing explodes, and I make it through the day without trying to escape my own skin. That’s magic. That’s peace. And yeah, peace is boring sometimes.
But boring is a hell of a lot better than broken.
So if you’re new and waiting for the lightning bolt—don’t. Look for the moments where nothing hurts. Where you remember to text back. Where you laugh at a dumb meme. Where you say no and mean it. These are the tiny, boring miracles that stack up and quietly save your life.
And trust me—it’s enough.
Jason Mayo is the creator and founder of Sober Not Subtle and the author of In Case of Emergency, Break Childhood. He is a certified recovery peer advocate at a Recovery Community and Outreach Center in New York.
Before working in recovery, Jason was owner and executive producer of award winning visual effects and animation companies in NYC.
He currently writes for The Sober Curator, has been a contributing writer for the Forbes Business Council, creator of the popular Dad blog Out-Numbered, and author of the children’s books, “Do Witches Make Fishes?” and “The Boy and the Billy Goat.”
When Jason isn’t working or writing, you can find him watching Netflix with his wife or grabbing coffee with one of his two daughters. You might also catch him in his studio playing Fortnite as a Partnered streamer on Twitch.
The coolest thing that ever happened to him as a Dad Blogger was being named to the “25 Dads Who Rock” list published by Working Mother – keeping company with Barak Obama, Jay-Z, Will Smith, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Matthew McConaughey and Brad Pitt.
Jason is passionate about advocating for people living with substance use disorder and mental health issues. His goal is to use humor, creativity, and lived experience to make a positive impact on the world.
Jason has been sober since March 25th, 2010.
👉 In Case of Emergency, Break Childhood: A Gen Xer’s Survival Guide to Anxiety, Addiction, and Accidental Enlightenment is available now in paperback and ebook.
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