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Sober Travel Handbook

Navigating the World Alcohol-Free

by Teresa Bergen (Author)

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"...an honest, realistic, and positive approach to a tough subject, offering sketches of her alter ego Sober Cat throughout...for a lighthearted touch." —Kari Bodnarchuk, Boston Globe

Sober Travel Handbook: Navigating the World Alcohol-Free

For nondrinkers, travel presents special challenges. Whether you're traveling for work, pleasure, or a family event, it can feel like alcohol is everywhere you turn; and for those in recovery, the ups and downs of travel can trigger a relapse. But fear not: drawing on extensive personal experience, as well as interviews with a variety of nondrinking travelers and addiction experts, travel writer Teresa Bergen has created this helpful guide to staying sober on the road. From bachelorette parties to funerals to professional networking events, learn survival strategies for booze-laden travel scenarios of all kinds.

SUBJECT: Travel / Microcosm / Addiction / Drinks

PUBLICATION: Feb 3, 2026

PRICE: $14.99

ISBN: 9781648414633

FORMAT: 128 pp, 7x5", paperback

WHOLESALE: Standard

CARTON QTY: 52

ART: b&w illustrations

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Teresa Bergen is an award-winning Portland, Oregon-based travel writer who specializes in the outdoors, eco, vegan and sober travel. She’s written for many publications, including Travel + Leisure, MSN, USA Today, Saturday Evening Post, South China Morning Post, Willamette Week and The Sober Curator. She’s the author of Easy Portland Outdoors and Transcribing Oral History, and co-author of Historic Cemeteries of Portland, Oregon. Teresa is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers. She has been traveling sober for several decades.

A small, innovative publishing house, Microcosm Publishing specializes in work designed to make the reader feel good about being alive, take an active role in bettering their life, and impact the world around them. Microcosm has developed a reputation for teaching self-empowerment, showing hidden histories, and fostering creativity through challenging conventional publishing wisdom with books and zines about DIY skills, food, politics, and art. Our books are printed in the USA.