We're Sofia and Sly. Between us, we bring two things this conversation rarely gets: lived recovery experience and the science of what food actually does to the addicted brain.
Sly knows the rooms, the steps, the sponsor calls at midnight, and what it actually takes to stay sober one day at a time. She also found keto long before we met, not because someone told her to, but because she felt the difference herself. Sofia came to this from the science, yes, but also from her own relationship with food, sugar, and the exhausting cycle of using eating to cope. The research confirmed what she had already experienced firsthand.
What we found, separately and then together, is that these two worlds belong together. And that combining them systematically unlocks something more powerful than either could offer on its own.
Ultra-processed foods, sugar, refined carbs: these aren't just unhealthy choices. For many of us in recovery, they're the substances we turned to when we put down the others. They spike and crash our blood sugar, hijack our reward systems, and keep us stuck in the same cycles we've been trying to break. The body doesn't know the difference between a drug and a drug food.
The ketogenic lifestyle changed things for us. Not as a diet, but as a foundation. A way of eating that calms the noise, steadies the mind, and makes the real work of recovery more doable. The emotional work. The spiritual work. The relational work.
12 Step Keto is what happened when we brought it all together: the time-tested structure of classical 12-step recovery, paired with the metabolic and mental health benefits of nutritional ketosis. It's practical. It's grounded in both lived experience and science. And it's built for people who are serious about change.
This isn't a quick fix. Recovery never is. But if you're ready to stop fighting your body while you fight your habits, you're in exactly the right place.