JOY WITHOUT THE BOOZE –
Jan. 8, 2026 – At a members-only club in Manhattan, a new generation rejects alcohol but isn’t quite ready to give up the party. “My resolution,” she yelled over the strains of disco to a couple of women who were also pinning down their hopes and dreams, “is that this year, I want to start a revolution of sober party girls.” She spotted a quartet of fellow rising stars of sober TikTok, adjusted her silver tube top, darted across the room and announced her news. “I just came back from Florida where I recorded ‘Rise Above,’” said Ms. Coleman, best known on social media as @soberpartygirlll.
The group squealed in approval and raised their beverages in salute, a few of them eager to discuss their own recent podcast appearances. Rachel Hechtman, 36, who is known to her nearly 24,000 Instagram followers as @soberincentralpark, had just been a guest on “Dopey,” a comedic take on the recovery-podcast genre. Ms. Hechtman’s episode was titled “I Snorted Paris Hilton’s Coke, Dealt at Dartmouth, 4-Month Psychotic Hell, Secret Marriage.” It came out on Christmas Eve.
