Dry bar!

~ Jason Schwartz

I’m so grateful to be doing recovery work in this community.

Below is a teaser from a BuzzFeed story. Read the whole thing here.

Brillig Dry Bar is a new pop-up bar in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that doesn’t serve alcohol.

Brillig Dry Bar is a new pop-up bar in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that doesn't serve alcohol.

Courtesy of Nic Sims

The bar’s name is a reference to Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky.

Brillig is the brainchild of former chef Nic Sims, who runs the pop-up out of her husband’s coffee shop. Sims told BuzzFeed News that she quit drinking over 20 years ago.

Brillig is the brainchild of former chef Nic Sims, who runs the pop-up out of her husband's coffee shop . Sims told BuzzFeed News that she quit drinking over 20 years ago.

Courtesy of Nic Sims

Sims said that the “recovery community” has been important to her since her teens and includes many of her family members and friends.

Published by Jason Schwartz

I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I no longer work at Dawn Farm and am now the Director of Behavioral Medicine at a community hospital, and a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time.