For those of you that don't know, I actually have been alcohol-free for two and a half years.

And for me, it was, it started back when I was trying to, like, heal my gut.

I was doing this, like, gut cleanse.

And when my provider told me that I needed to stop drinking for the gut. I was doing this like gut cleanse. And when my provider told me that I needed to stop drinking

for the gut cleanse, like I wasn't a heavy drinker to begin with. I wasn't one of those I had like

a glass of wine every night and I, but I still drink socially. So she told me that and I was stressed.

I was like, no. Like I have a concert in two weeks. Like, I got

drink and I had drank all through like college and even high school. And then, you know,

that was almost 20 years ago. So for me, alcohol has always been part of my social life. So for me to

like not drink was a big deal.

And then I realized after a couple months that I actually like loved it. I hated how I felt on

alcohol. I hated the like social pressure to like drink just because it's funny and it like

relief stress and this and that. For me, it just honestly made me feel

miserable. So I shared about it on social media. I was like, I'm, and I don't know like the terms,

maybe Suzanne will share with us, but I don't know if I necessarily would call it sober because I

wouldn't, I wasn't like I was seeking a sober life. I wasn't like I didn't feel like I had a problem or anything.

But for me, I was like, I'm sober and I love it.

Like I can socially exist without having to drink.

And I know that the social part of drinking is a huge reason why people still drink.

So anyways, that's kind of the intro to why we're talking about

this today. I feel like it's really important to discuss sober culture because I think that's

where we're headed and especially as moms. So today I have Suzanne here who is all about

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