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We remember dear friend Regina Wells (Regina Gazelle), navigating Pride Month sober, and July’s Up Your Alley event in San Francisco.

Daily Inspiration: Accept no one’s definition of your life, define yourself – Harvey Fierstein

* We were all programmed to some level by family and society to fit a mold

* Parents, church, friends, work, school and media all tell us who we should be

* Unsubscribe from all of that

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* Crazy season events

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Social: Remembering Regina

* Regina Gazelle/Wells

Health: Sobriety during Pride Month

* Social pressure to be elevated

* Pride doesn’t have to be about bars and clubs

* Seek out sober friends, groups, and events.

* If you’re in nightlife while in recovery:

* Be honest about your triggers.

* Go slowly.

* Find ways to be useful instead of just there.

* Keep a drink in your hand—it reduces pressure more than you’d think.

* Sobriety doesn’t have to mean never going out again but it does mean learning when to leave.

Event: Up Your Alley Fair – San Francisco – July 26th, 2026

* Dore Alley is a heavily authentic, sex-positive environment featuring rubber, sportswear, heavy leather, and BDSM gear. Legal nudity is permitted within the event footprint.

* Streets are lined with dozens of adult vendors, multiple sound stages with live DJs, go-go dancers, and kink performance areas.

* The main Sunday fair is accompanied by a massive weekend of related LGBTQ+ nightlife parties, leather events, and club takeovers running from Friday through Monday.

* https://www.folsomstreet.org/up-your-alley

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