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The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

Ep. 72: What Happened In My Marriage When I Stopped Drinking

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

Casey McGuire Davidson: Sober Coach

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

4.9752 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This is Part 2 of a conversation with my husband about what happened in our marriage once I stopped drinking.    To listen to Part 1 of this conversation go to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/71   Mike and I had been together for 18 years before I stopped drinking alcohol.   Those years of dating, marrying and becoming parents together were filled with many happy memories of wine tasting weekends, pub crawls, boozy dinner parties and drinking vacations.   Of course, not all of the memories of me drinking were positive, and after I stopped drinking certain things in our marriage had to change and evolve while others stayed the same.   In this episode, Mike and I talk about our relationship, habits, rituals, parenting and connection to each other since I gave up alcohol and why he doesn’t mind that I’m not as wildly unpredictable as I used to be.    We dive into the last five and a half years since I stopped drinking: early sobriety, where we are now, and where we are going.    And we talk about why it’s important to separate the sadness we might feel about aging and the fact that we no longer have the same relationship we did when we were 25 years old from feelings of sadness and mourning that came up when I quit drinking.   For full show notes, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/72   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.

0:10.3

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.

1:16.8

I am so glad you're here.

1:18.5

Now let's get started.

1:21.2

Hey, it's Casey.

1:23.0

If you've been thinking about taking a break from drinking but keep pushing it off, this is your

1:29.6

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

1:35.9

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

1:43.0

next big event or maybe next month.

1:45.4

But here's the thing.

1:47.3

Waiting doesn't make it easier.

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