Hola Sober SEPTEMBER

A CHAT WITH KELSEY MOREIRA

WRITTEN BY SUSAN CHRISTINA

I was de l ighted to have the chance to spend t ime wi th the fabulous Ke l sey More i ra , the founder and fear l ess l eader of Doughp thi s month. When I was looking for a CEO or bus iness l eader who 'happened to be sober ' the tal ented Ke l sey jumped out at me , l i sted as a Forbes Top 30 Under 30 and someone who has pi tched her cooki e dough to the sharks on the TV show 'Shark Tank. ' Ke l sey ' s journey f rom a blackout drunk on a bench in Barce lona to the success ful bus inesswoman that s i ts before me i s one that involves , courage , bravery , vi s ion and natural bus iness acumen that in sobr i ety i s soar ing .

She took the l eap i n 201 7 and j umped o f f the corporate Inte l l adder and se t up th i s amaz i ng company tha t i s rock i ng the cook i e space and the r ea l i t y i s tha t none o f th i s wou l d be unf o l d i ng i f Ke l sey had not f ound sobr i e t y . Ke l sey opens the d i scus s i on by be i ng hones t and f rank about the dr i nk i ng year s document i ng he r dr i nk i ng f rom when she was 15 year s o l d expe r iment i ng wi th the pa thway o f be l i ev i ng i t he l ped he r f i nd ba l ance through the i nt ens i t y tha t was a young 16- year -o l d t ech- savvy k i d on a program a t Int e l . She cont i nued a t Int e l through co l l ege (@ Ar i zona S t a t e ) and became a fu l l - t ime emp l oyee a f t e r gradua t i on . Int e l was not the onl y cons t ant , a l coho l was he r cons t ant compan i on and she was tha t k i d tha t the f ami l y wor r i ed about and seemed to say week l y "Oh my gosh, what happened to Ke l sey !" " Ni ght s whe r e my par ent s , f r i ends , or then- boy f r i end wou l d have to rush to my a i de and wor ry about me . I thought dr i nk i ng wou l d make me c oo l . Li t t l e did I know, I would become super f reaking cool once I s topped dr inking . "

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