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The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

Ep. 71: My Marriage - Drinking and Not Drinking A Conversation With My Husband, Mike

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

Casey McGuire Davidson: Sober Coach

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

4.9752 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

What role does alcohol play in a marriage? And what happens in relationships when one partner decides to stop drinking?    So many women worry about the role alcohol plays in their marriage and what might happen if they were to decide to quit drinking.    Whether your spouse is your drinking buddy, wants you to stop drinking, doesn’t want you to stop drinking or just doesn’t get it, navigating marriage, parenthood and partnership and your relationship with alcohol is delicate and complicated.    In this very special episode, my husband Mike joins me as we talk about what our relationship was like when we were drinking versus our relationship when I stopped drinking and how my decision to go alcohol-free has affected our marriage throughout the years.    We get real about the good (and the hard) parts of our marriage over the course of the last 19 years and how we navigated the transition from my drinking life and early sobriety to our new normal where I don’t drink and he still does.     For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/71   Support and resources to help you break away from alcohol   You can Drink Less + Live More today with The Sobriety Starter Kit. It’s the private, on-demand coaching course you need to break out of the drinking cycle - without white-knuckling it or hating the process.   Grab the  Free Sober Girls Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First 30 Days Connect with Casey   Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, www.hellosomedaycoaching.com Take a screenshot of your favorite episode, post it on your Instagram and tag me @caseymdavidson and tell me your biggest takeaway!

Transcript

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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, it's Casey. If you've been thinking about taking a break from drinking, but keep

1:26.7

pushing it off, this is your sign

1:29.7

to do something different. I know what it's like to wake up again thinking, why did I drink last

1:35.9

night? I wasn't even planning to. Or to tell yourself, I'll take a break next week or after that

1:42.7

next big event or maybe next month.

1:45.1

But here's the thing.

1:47.0

Waiting doesn't make it easier.

1:50.0

What does?

1:51.1

A game plan that actually works.

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