About Me

Hi! I’m Betty Vega (Formerly Elisa Vega) and my Sassbriety date is June 3 2020. I currently live and work in Washington ,NC. I have a 29 year old daughter named Bree and a granddaughter, Charlie. They are both bright lights in my life. Bright lights that I am now able to love and enjoy as life intended.

I drank almost everyday for 30 years. I would be what you would call a high functioning alcoholic. I worked and was relatively successful at everything I pursued. I was an extremely hard worker and always made a good living. At the end of my drinking career, I had opened a my own restaurant that was doing well until covid came…

There is too much, or sadly too little I can write about those 30 years where alcohol was my true love. It was always my 1st priority. I had to make sure I had enough at all times. There was no such thing as a reason for me to drink. Happy, sad, angry, bored, hungry, frustrated, stressed, Thursday, Monday, weekend, humpday… If you’re smiling reading this, you know exactly what I mean. My true love eventually betrayed me. The emptiness and pain became so unbearable that I broke inside. After trying for 2 years to “control” my drinking and failing miserably.

What actually broke inside of me was my ego. It was cracked just enough for me to be able to show up at the doors of A.A. It was a huge humbling and humiliating thing for me. This was a powerlessness I had never felt before. What happened to me next was magical. It was opposite of the dreariness that I expected to find. It is my amazing journey that changes everyday. It is daily miracles. It is happy and sad. frustrating and joyful. It is FREE.

I invite you to come laugh, play, cry, scream and love with me.

-Betty