Membership
Three ways in. Two are free.
Start with the free Tuesday meeting. Move into the free app when you want more. Upgrade when you're ready for everything. No door locks behind you.
What each door includes
Pick the door that fits today.
Step 1 · Free · no card
Dear Reader
The newsletter. This is how anyone gets into Speak Now, our free Tuesday meeting at 8 pm ET. Sign up and the Zoom link, the speaker and the schedule land in your inbox every week.
- Speak Now, every Tuesday, free
- The weekly schedule
- Upcoming speakers and recovery tools
No card. No account. Just an email.
Get the Tuesday link →Step 2 · Free · no card
Debut Dreamer
The free tier. A seat in the community app with three meetings a week, the resource library, selected Speak Now and Surprise Song Sessions replays, and 8D audio.
- Everything in Dear Reader
- Three meetings a week: Speak Now, Craft Night, Book Club
- The community app on Mighty Networks
- Resource library
- Selected replays
- 8D audio
No card. Free for as long as you want.
Join free →Step 3 · $33.33 a month · first month free
Out of the Woods
All of it. Every meeting, ten plus a week. The full Healing Through the Eras® curriculum. Mastermind, the companion app. The complete replay vault. Welcome mail to your door and a bracelet at every milestone.
- Everything in Debut Dreamer
- Every meeting, every day
- Healing Through the Eras®, all fifty five weeks
- Mastermind companion app
- Full replay vault
- Welcome mail
- Milestone bracelets
A card is required to start the free month. You are not charged until day 31. Cancel any time before then and you pay nothing. No penalty, no questions.
Start your free month →Sponsored seats are available for anyone who asks · ask for a seat →
Card held at signup for Out of the Woods · not charged until day 31 · cancel anytime before then · no penalty
Who we're for
Everyone's welcome.
Swift Steps® is queer owned and women owned. Queer, trans, BIPOC, neurodivergent, every pathway, every era. Human rights aren't up for debate here. You don't have to explain yourself to be in the room.
Camera off is fine · fidgeting is fine · leaving early is fine
Your first month
Day one to day thirty one.
Two minutes to sign up. The app opens. Introduce yourself or don't.
Pick any of the ten plus a week. Camera off is fine.
A handwritten card, a bracelet, stickers, a bookmark, surprises.
Stay for $33.33 a month, or cancel before then and pay nothing.
The pathway
Healing Through the Eras®
Twelve eras. Eleven modules. Fifty five weeks. Every era is five weeks and one feeling. Week five is always integration. Nobody has to start at Debut.
- Debut Beginning
- Fearless Courage
- Speak Now Voice and expression
- Red Heartbreak and healing
- 1989 Identity and transformation
- reputation Boundaries and self protection
- Lover Self compassion
- folklore & evermore Grief and reimagining
- Midnights Reflection and honesty
- The Tortured Poets Department Integration and renewal
- The Life of a Showgirl Celebration and self honoring
The loop
You don't graduate. You deepen.
When we finish era twelve we do not stop. We loop back to Debut. Recovery is not a line you cross. It is a circle you keep walking.
The Red era at 25 teaches you something different than the Red era at 35. Your second time through Speak Now will be a different conversation than your first.
You begin again.
- 01DebutBeginning
- 02FearlessCourage
- 03Speak NowVoice
- 04RedHeartbreak
- 051989Identity
- 06reputationBoundaries
- 07LoverSelf compassion
- 08folklore & evermoreGrief
- 09MidnightsHonesty
- 10TTPDRenewal
- 11ShowgirlCelebration
Sponsored seats
Can't afford it right now?
The Swiftie Scholarship Fund and Sponsor-a-Swiftie cover seats for members who ask. Just ask.
The list
Who's in the room.
Named on purpose, so you can see yourself before you walk in.
Identity
Queer, lesbian, gay, bi, pan. Trans, nonbinary, gender nonconforming. Ace and aro. Men. We're 99% women and not women only. BIPOC. Immigrants and first-gen. Fat and plus-size, this is a body neutral space. Every age. Recovery at 22 and recovery at 62 are both welcome.
Brains and bodies
Neurodivergent: ADHD, autistic, AuDHD, dyslexic, late diagnosed. Chronic illness, autoimmune conditions and chronic pain, including people on prescribed opiates or other controlled meds. Taking your medication as prescribed is recovery, not relapse. Disabled, invisible illness, spoonies. Living with a mental health diagnosis: bipolar, BPD, OCD, PTSD and C-PTSD, depression, anxiety. HIV positive. Eating disorder recovery alongside substance recovery. On medication. Meds are recovery, not cheating.
Pathways
12 step, no step, harm reduction, moderation, sober curious, MAT and Suboxone, Naltrexone, California sober, secular, faith based, no God required. Relapsed and back. Day one is always welcome. Sober from anything: alcohol, drugs, gambling, sex, disordered eating, self harm, toxic relationships. Gambling addiction and sex addiction are addictions. They belong here the same as alcohol and drugs. Recovering from something that isn't addiction: grief, trauma, burnout, a breakup, a cult, a church.
Life
Veterans, service members and military families. Sober parents, single parents, childfree by choice. Estranged from family. Chosen family counts. Bartenders, servers, nurses, anyone in an industry that runs on drinking. Sex workers, current and former. Formerly incarcerated, DUI, legal history. It doesn't follow you in here. Low income. Sponsored seats exist for exactly this. Grieving, divorcing, separated. Survivors.
Fandom
Swifties, obviously. Not a Swiftie yet. You'll get there. Ex-Swifties who stayed for the people. Fans of other artists who just like a music based room.
If you're not on this list, that's a gap in the list, not a gap in the room. Come anyway.
The messy stuff
Bring all of it.
Rage issues. Anger you don't know where to put. Blowing up at people you love. Codependency. People pleasing until you disappear. Jealousy. Lying about how much. Hiding bottles, hiding receipts, hiding the phone. Debt. Shopping you can't explain. Doomscrolling until 4 am. Emotional eating. Workaholism. Perfectionism that's actually fear. Self sabotage right when things get good. Ghosting everyone when you're struggling. Chronic lateness, unopened mail, executive dysfunction. Intrusive thoughts. Dissociating through your own life. Not sure you even have a problem. Functional. "Not that bad." Never hit rock bottom. Drinking alone. Burned every bridge. Made amends and still not forgiven. Still angry at the people who hurt you. Still love the people who hurt you. Stopped trusting meetings. Walked into rooms before and never felt safe enough to say anything real. Relapsed. Relapsed again.
None of that gets you kicked out. That's what the room is for.
There's no way to do recovery wrong here.
Nuance
Recovery isn't black and white.
Somebody with chronic pain taking their opiates as prescribed is in recovery. Somebody on Suboxone is in recovery. Somebody who quit drinking and still smokes weed for their nausea is in recovery. Recovery is the relationship you have with the substance, not the substance.
We don't count your days for you and we don't check your prescriptions. You decide what recovery means for you and we hold that.
The structure
More than meetings.
If you've ever wished there was a Swiftie IOP, this is the closest thing that exists.
Ten plus a week, founded and run by a Certified Peer Specialist.
Healing Through the Eras®. Twelve eras, then back to Debut. You don't graduate, you deepen.
A peer support companion in your pocket for 2 am and parking lots.
Plus a 21-day reset when you need one.
And Surprise Song Saturdays.
A milestone bracelet on your wrist and welcome mail at your door.
The Sober Curator's Sober Culture Club, included.
So money isn't the reason you don't come. Plus a business directory for what you're building.
Come here, go to AA, or both.
For some members this is the whole program. For others it runs alongside AA, LifeRing, SMART, Dharma, group therapy or their therapist. Both work. Keep what works for you and bring the rest here.
Before you join
We talk about politics here.
Most of us lean one way and we don't pretend otherwise. Someone in Texas who can't get their hormones needs to be able to say that in their recovery space. Someone whose rights are on the ballot needs to be able to say that too. Human rights aren't a side topic when they decide whether our members are safe.
So if you need a recovery space where politics stays at the door, this isn't it and that's okay. Keep that in mind when deciding if this is the home for your recovery.
The one rule
Bigotry of any kind ends your membership.
Questions
People ask these first.
Do I have to be sober?
No. All pathways are welcome, including harm reduction, moderation and MAT. Prescribed medication taken as prescribed is recovery. Nobody asks your day count.
Do I have to be a Swiftie?
You have to be okay with a lot of Swifties. The music is the way in, not a test.
Is this therapy?
No. Swift Steps® is peer support, founded and run by a Certified Peer Specialist. For some members it's the whole program. For others it runs alongside therapy, treatment or another fellowship. Both work.
Can I stay anonymous?
Yes. Cameras optional, first name or nickname, and you never have to introduce yourself as anything.
What if I miss weeks?
Nothing happens. Pick up where you are. Replays are in the vault and every era stands on its own.
How do I cancel?
From your Mighty Networks account settings, any time. Cancel before day 31 and you're never charged.