Ep. 278: I Sat Down With 5 Friends to Share Why We Really Drank—And What Sobriety, Healing, and Joy Look Like Now

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

Casey McGuire Davidson: Sober Coach

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever wonder why you really drank? Not the surface reasons (like stress, fun, social pressure, or the witching hour), but the underneath stuff—the big and small things you were trying to avoid, numb, or cope with? In this very special episode, I sat around my kitchen table with five incredible women who work with me in my Sobriety Starter Kit private member community—Marriott, Katie, Jess, Heidi, and Emily—for a raw, honest, and emotional conversation about the deeper work of sobriety. For the full shownotes, kindly go to this podcast episode link: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/the-deeper-work-of-sobriety-why-we-drink-and-what-helps-us-heal/ 4 Ways I Can Support You In Drinking Less + Living More If you’re ready to finally take a break from drinking (and do the deeper work that brings real healing), come join us inside the Sobriety Starter Kit. We’ll be there waiting to welcome you in 💛 Save your seat in my FREE MASTERCLASS, 5 Secrets To Successfully Take a Break From Drinking Grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free. Connect with me for free sober coaching tips, updates + videos on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok @hellosomedaysober. Love The Podcast and Want To Say Thanks? ☕ Buy me a coffee! In the true spirit of Seattle, coffee is my love language. So if you want to support the hours that go into creating this show each week, click this link to buy me a coffee and I’ll run to the nearest Starbucks + lift a Venti Almond Milk Latte and toast to you! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hellosomeday 💕 Support the sponsors of The Hello Someday Podcast You can find all the special discounts mentioned on the show right here: https://hellosomedaycoaching.com/sponsors/ Leave me a rating and review on Apple Podcasts!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I read every single review and they really help the podcast algorithm decide to share my show with a wider audience. Just click here, scroll below the latest episodes, and you’ll see the link to “rate and review this podcast”. I’ll be forever grateful to hear from you and to read reviews like this one from Laura, “I’ve listened to so many sober podcasts and The Hello Someday Podcast is by far THE BEST Sobriety Podcast out there for women. This podcast was key to me quitting alcohol. Casey’s practical tips and tricks are invaluable, with advice I haven’t heard anywhere else. If I could give this podcast 27 stars I would!!” Connect with Casey McGuire Davidson To find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Hello Sunday podcast, the podcast for busy women who are ready to drink less and live more.
0:10.2	I'm Casey McGuire Davidson, ex-red wine girl turned life coach, helping women create lives they love without alcohol.
0:18.4	But it wasn't that long ago that I was anxious, overwhelmed, and drinking a bottle
0:23.1	of wine a night to unwind. I thought that wine was the glue, holding my life together,
0:28.6	helping me cope with my kids, my stressful job, and my busy life. I didn't realize that my love
0:35.0	affair with drinking was making me more anxious and less able to
0:39.2	manage my responsibilities. In this podcast, my goal is to teach you the tried and true secrets
0:45.5	of creating and living a life you don't want to escape from. Each week, I'll bring you tools,
0:52.1	lessons, and conversations to help you drink less and live more.
0:56.6	I'll teach you how to navigate our drinking-obsessed culture without a buzz,
1:01.0	how to sit with your emotions when you're lonely or angry, frustrated, or overwhelmed,
1:06.9	how to self-soothe without a drink, and how to turn the decision to stop drinking from your
1:12.6	worst-case scenario to the best decision of your life. I am so glad you're here. Now, let's get
1:19.2	started. Hey there. Today is a very special episode, and we are talking about drinking as the
1:26.5	presenting problem to be fixed that we think
1:30.1	when we stop drinking when we finally decide to try a period of time without alcohol it's
1:36.1	typically because we have anxiety or we're sick of hangovers or forgetting the evenings or
1:42.1	looking like crap or something like that. And we don't realize
1:46.8	that for most of us, there are some underlying problems, which I always think about as what do you
1:54.0	not have to think about when you're drinking? And it's usually the deeper work you need to do
2:00.0	or should do or the coping skills we probably
2:03.4	should have learned when we were in high school or college or early adulthood that we never
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