NOTYOU isn’t a brand. It’s an understanding.

It all started when I was checked into a drug rehabilitation center in 2018.

After being addicted to drugs and alcohol for 5+ years and nearly dying of numerous overdoses, things had to change.

Everything I knew about myself was wrong.

Problems with identity and loneliness consumed me.

In rehab, my peers leaned on each other to get through our addictions and troubles.

Like many people around me, I didn't know who I was… but we knew we were nothing like the others.

After getting sober and being surrounded by other young, troubled kids like myself…

I found out I was not alone… 

NOTYOU is for anyone who has ever felt alone.

Who is lost.

Who doesn’t fit in.

Who feels out of place.

Who doesn’t know who they are.

You’re not alone.

You’re not lost.

You are right where you need to be.

NOTYOU is a reminder that You’re Not Alone, Just Not the Same.

And now, it’s your turn to let the next person know that they are not alone either.

With love, 

Bates Green / Founder of NotYou