“There’s a huge spectrum of people who are reevaluating their relationship with alcohol. “Our deep conditioning in our society is that we need to have alcohol to somehow up level experiences,” Christy said. “There’s an underlying assumption that something’s wrong or that it’s this sad thing when someone quits drinking,” Billy said.
The couple decided that alcohol no longer served them, so instead of treating it as a loss, they opened the bar. Bohemian eyes line the back wall, which is filled with bottles of spirits and wines, all zero-proof. The bar is owned by Christy and Billy Wynne. Awake Sober Bar and Coffee House founders Christy and Billy Wynne stand in their Jefferson Park cafe.
