Becoming the Sober Woman You Want to Be with Real Sober Mom Laura
The Sober Mom Life
Suzanne Warye
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
After years of feeling like a socially awkward pre-teen, alcohol arrived in real sober mom Laura’s life. It seemed to give her the courage to embody the persona of a ‘hot fun party girl,’ and with it, she left her sense of awkwardness behind. From there on, ‘booze and boys’ took priority over everything else in Laura’s life.
The party didn’t stop when Laura entered her professional life. It didn’t stop when she got married. And it didn’t stop when she had kids. It just kept changing, and eventually it took on a new role - as a coping mechanism for the identity crisis of motherhood and resentments that she was struggling with in her life. Laura began to question: did she have a problem with alcohol?
Laura’s first attempt at sobriety was cut short by Covid. Future attempts, including medication and moderation, felt fruitless. She struggled to understand what she was ‘doing wrong’ when everywhere else could drink ‘normally’.
It was The Sober Mom Life podcast that gave Laura her first peek into who she really wanted to be as a sober woman. Now 2 ½ years sober, she’s been a valued part of the Sober Mom Life cafe ever since!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the sober mom life podcast. I'm your host, Suzanne, of My Kind of Sweet and The Sober Mom Life on Instagram. |
| 0:12.9 | If you are a mama who has questioned your relationship with alcohol at times, if you're wondering if maybe it's making motherhood harder. |
| 0:21.4 | This is for you. |
| 0:23.0 | I will be having candid, honest, funny conversations with other moms who have also thought, |
| 0:29.3 | hmm, maybe motherhood is better without alcohol. |
| 0:33.2 | Is it possible? |
| 0:34.5 | We'll chat and we'll talk about all things sobriety and how we've found freedom in sobriety. |
| 0:41.2 | I don't consider myself an alcoholic. |
| 0:43.9 | You don't have to either. |
| 0:45.8 | And maybe life is brighter without alcohol. |
| 0:49.1 | I hope you will join us on this journey, and I'm so excited to get started. |
| 0:57.7 | Hello. will join us on this journey and I'm so excited to get started. Hello and welcome to the Real Sober Mom Chats on the Sober Mom Life podcast. |
| 1:02.7 | You guys know these stories are near and dear to my heart. |
| 1:05.9 | These are stories from women who are in the Sober Mom Life community, in the Sober Mom |
| 1:10.5 | Life Cafe. And for a lot of |
| 1:12.9 | them, it's the first time telling their story. These are real moms. It's like the real housewives, |
| 1:17.3 | but without the booze. Don't forget, if you want to share your story, come and join us. Inside the |
| 1:23.2 | cafe, we have five peer support Zoom meetings every single week. And it's the kind of honest conversations that you just can't get on social media. We have a private Facebook group full of moms who get it. If you're tired of doing this alone and feeling isolated or you just want momentum, come and join us in the cafe. It's where the real work |
| 1:48.3 | and the real relief happens. Click the link in the show notes to join us. And I host a peer |
| 1:55.8 | support meeting every Friday at 10 a.m. And we can talk through all of the things. |
| 2:01.7 | Okay. |
| 2:02.1 | Enjoy the real sober moms. |
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