Episode 95: Choosing Sobriety: A Real Talk on Alcohol, Motherhood & Identity with Meg Fee

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Episode 95: Choosing Sobriety: A Real Talk on Alcohol, Motherhood & Identity with Meg Fee In this episode, Rachael sits down with Meg Fee, creator of the podcast More Than Sobriety, to talk about the complex, non-linear path to sobriety and how it intersects with motherhood. Meg shares her deeply personal story of questioning her relationship with alcohol, navigating social situations sober, and challenging cultural norms like "mommy wine culture." Together, they dive into the emotional realities of sobriety, the power of community, and why you don’t need to hit rock bottom to choose a different path. This honest and empowering conversation offers support and perspective to anyone who’s sober curious or simply reevaluating their relationship with alcohol. Inside this episode: Meg’s journey to sobriety and why it’s never a straight line Rachael’s realizations about the role of alcohol in her life as a mom The shift in perspective that motherhood can bring Understanding "mommy wine culture" and its impact Why sobriety is about more than just abstaining How to navigate social situations and friendships without drinking The role of cannabis and other alternatives in sober living Breaking the stigma around addiction and alcohol use disorder Why communication with friends and support systems are essential How mocktails and non-alcoholic options are changing the game The importance of community and listening to your own intuition And so much more! Mentioned in this episode: Follow Meg on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megfee/?hl=en Listen to her podcast: More Than Sobriety If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ ✨For sleep support and resources, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow @heysleepybaby on Instagram! 😴☁️🤎✨ Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Instagram | Tiktok | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.4	Welcome to No One Told Us, the podcast that tells the truth about parenting and talks about all the stuff you wish you knew before having kids.
0:42.9	I'm your host, Rachel, and today I'm so excited to speak with Meg B.
0:48.3	Meg is a New Yorker, new mom, and her 9 to 5 career is in brand marketing at a big tech company.
1:11.5	When she's not working, she loves getting creative and using her platform on Instagram to share about her sobriety journey, which she has been sharing, writing, and podcasting about since 2020. This is a topic that I've been asked a lot about, so I'm really excited to dive in. So Meg, thank you so much for joining. Thank you so much for having me. Appreciate it. I'm excited to be here. Yeah, I'm excited to talk about this. Before we started recording, we talked about how this seems like it's kind of a, I guess, a way of life. I don't know
1:16.0	how you describe it, but like this is definitely, I don't even want to use the word trendy, but I
1:20.3	definitely do see more people talking about going alcohol-free. And I myself have been
1:25.7	alcohol-free with one exception since last July.
1:30.4	So it's been- I'm putting it on a year. I'll talk about that one exception maybe later.
1:35.3	But I would love to hear just kind of like your background and how this all kind of started for you.
1:40.8	Like what I want to get into why you started sharing about it too, but what started
1:45.4	it just in your own personal life? Yeah. So, and yeah, before we started recording, I was,
1:51.6	I was just saying, and I'll say it again here is I, there's so many people, you said trendy.
1:56.3	I think that's okay. It is, it is trendy and I'm to be alcohol-free and that's okay in my book.
2:04.1	There's so many, there's so many people talking about sobriety, alcohol-free life on,
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