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

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 Fan Mail 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 y...

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8. Tracey

8. Tracey

Send us Fan Mail Tracey's drinking increased in college with the social aspect. She would take breaks now and then. Tracey now coaches those who want a mind shift as she has from non-drinking. Find...

21 Feb 202423min

7. Jen

7. Jen

Send us Fan Mail Jen never questioned her drinking in college and was able to go for a run after a night of drinking. Later began to feel tired all the time and while her working out was suffering to...

4 Feb 202425min

6. Adam

6. Adam

Send us Fan Mail Adam started drinking heavy in college and after years of his drinking escalating he began therapy and physical rehabilitation. Find Adam on the Get Found Recovery Podcast. Connect w...

30 Jan 202426min

5. Stacy

5. Stacy

Send us Fan Mail Stacy began taking sips of the adult drinks when she was as young as 7 or 8. She began drinking heavier in her late teens and early twenties. After some depressive episodes she went...

28 Jan 202427min

4. Chrissy

4. Chrissy

Send us Fan Mail Chrissy had an up and down relationship with alcohol for years before focusing on her mindset to be able to stop drinking. Find Chrissy at www.chrissyjaniga.com & @chrissyjaniga on IG...

16 Jan 202422min

2. David

2. David

Send us Fan Mail David started drinking young and after years of drinking an accident got him to rethink his drinking. David talks about what helped him go alcohol free and what continues to help him...

4 Jan 202417min

3. Wendy

3. Wendy

Send us Fan Mail Wendy started drinking in her teens and binging in her 30s. After slowing with advice quitting drinking in her 50s shes in the best shape of her life. Connect with AF Superpowers: W...

4 Jan 202426min

1. Jaime

1. Jaime

Send us Fan Mail Jaime drank in her teens and into her college years along with her now husband. Jaime talks about going alcohol free, what it took for her to stop, her advice and the positives of go...

30 Des 202321min

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