Kim Ballas on Quitting Drinking, Her Son's Epilepsy + Sober Is The New Cool

Kim Ballas on Quitting Drinking, Her Son's Epilepsy + Sober Is The New Cool

Kim Ballas, founder of Sober Is The New Cool, joins Sober Dave on One for the Road to celebrate 11 years alcohol-free and tell the story of the moment that changed everything.

Kim grew up in Montreal with a Slovak father she adored and a culture of wine at lunch, wine at dinner, and brandy after. She drank her way through her teens, her twenties, a cancelled wedding, two miscarriages and a marriage. Then her 13-year-old son Matthew was diagnosed with epilepsy. The day she stood in her kitchen with a large glass of red wine in her hand, telling him nobody needs alcohol to have fun, she felt a lightning bolt hit her. She put it down for three months for him. She hasn't picked it up since.

Inside: the social anxiety that drove her drinking, the hypocrite moment, why she loved her son more than herself, and how a kitchen-table Facebook page became a global movement.

Quitting drinking, sobriety for your kids, 50s sober journey.


Only by giving can we receive more than we already have.

https://www.instagram.com/sober.is.the.new.cool/

https://www.facebook.com/soberisthenewcool.org/

https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FSoberitnc

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_tmHjBMjRmRj-HECQ3_Feg


If you want to connect with me via Instagram, you can find me on the instahandle @Soberdave

https://www.instagram.com/soberdave/

or via my website https://davidwilsoncoaching.com/

Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice.

https://www.instagram.com/lucy_norfolk_/

www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services

https://nacoa.org.uk/

Show producer- Daniella Attanasio-Martinez

Instagram - @TheDaniellaMartinez

https://www.instagram.com/thedaniellamartinez/

www.instagram.com/grownuphustle/

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