33. From Rock Bottom to Zero Proof: Peggi Cooney's 6-Year Sobriety Anniversary and How She Turned Pain into a Purpose-Driven Life

Send us a text In this powerful episode, we sit down with Peggi Cooney, author of This Side of Alcohol, to celebrate her 6-year anniversary of sobriety on July 12, 2025. Peggi opens up about her deeply personal journey—from early trauma and late-onset drinking to walking away from alcohol at 58 and rebuilding her life with purpose. She shares how burnout and secondary trauma from her social work career contributed to her drinking, and what finally pushed her to stop. We talk about how her yea...