Ep. 95: Making Marriage Work After Quitting Drinking

The Hello Someday Podcast For Sober Curious Women

Casey McGuire Davidson: Sober Coach

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

4.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

How do you make marriage work after quitting drinking? Most marriages have some common patterns and habits that can make or break the relationship. Problematic patterns can be exacerbated when you’re in the drinking cycle and new habits can be helpful once you stop drinking and your relationship is adjusting to a new normal. Because we use alcohol as a coping mechanism, a way to suppress negative emotions, and a tool to connect with the people around us, there is a learning curve to making marriage work after quitting drinking. Even if you have a strong and happy relationship it’s common to feel defensive, resentful, misunderstood, unappreciated, isolated, secretive or lonely when you’re struggling to moderate your drinking. And once you’ve stopped drinking it’s normal to go through a phase where you wonder if you and your spouse know how to communicate or have anything in common. For full show notes and to access resources and links mentioned in the episode, head over to www.hellosomedaycoaching.com/95 Ready to drink less + live more? Join The Sobriety Starter Kit Course I’ve helped thousands of women change their relationship with alcohol and can teach you the step-by-step system you need to break out of the drinking cycle. And grab the Free 30-Day Guide To Quitting Drinking, 30 Tips For Your First Month Alcohol-Free Connect with Casey Find out more about Casey and her coaching programs, head over to her website, 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, 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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