Drinking Out of Boredom
Trigger Warning: This episode includes mentions of a medical emergency and a homicide. Sunday morning, and Brenda can't get out of bed. Her head is pounding hard enough that she genuinely believes sh...
29 Aug 43min
When You Quit and They Don't
Trigger warning: This episode contains references to disordered eating and the death of a parent following a medical complication. “I'm actually on day twenty-six alcohol-free right now, the first t...
25 Aug 1h 6min
The Drink Responsibly Myth | Interview - The Shift
Annie Grace grew up in a cabin with no running water, no electricity, and a dad who never drank. A decade later, in a corporate job in New York City, she was pouring close to two bottles of wine a nig...
22 Aug 1h 11min
Why One Drink Never Stays One Drink
Why can’t I just have one drink? For Pamela, that question comes from her struggle to moderate her drinking, and for Claude, it sits in her fear of never being able to drink again. Same question but f...
18 Aug 1h 14min
Twenty-Five Years Trying to Quit Drinking
Judd never considered that he would quit drinking before turning forty. After all, for twenty-five years he would pick the idea up and put it down as regularly as if it were his morning coffee. But on...
15 Aug 48min
Stop Borrowing Confidence From a Glass
What does it take to figure out how to stop relying on alcohol for confidence? Amy needed eleven months alcohol-free, followed by more stops and starts than a city bus has, to decide something needed ...
11 Aug 1h 2min
62 Wasn't Too Old to Stop Drinking
Deb's Naked Life | EP 920 If you're thinking about stopping drinking in your 60s but keep telling yourself you're too old, too set in your habits, or too far gone, Deb's story is the one you need to ...
8 Aug 53min
Who Am I Without Alcohol?
⚠️ Trigger warning: This episode contains references to domestic violence and a mental health crisis. Who am I without alcohol? Does that question sound eerily familiar? Steph and Nicole both find th...
4 Aug 1h 7min
