Sobering centers offer an alternative to arrest for charges of intoxication, where individuals can be safely monitored as they come down from intoxication to become sober. Sobering centers seek to better connect individuals to needed support and services and to leverage police resources in a way that offers the most effective but least intrusive response to public intoxication. This podcast provides insight on the experiences of two sobering centers in Texas from the directors of those centers and from the police chiefs that leverage them.