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HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

HerMoney Classic: The Surprising Link Between Alcohol and Financial Freedom

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Today, in honor of #DryJanuary, we’re bringing back this episode with Laura McKowen, author of We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life. We explore the evolving conversation around alcohol consumption, sobriety, and how they intersect with women’s lives, careers, and finances. Laura also shares her personal journey with alcohol addiction, recovery, and how sobriety improved her financial habits and overall life. CHAPTERS: 2:30: Alcohol and Culture: Why We Don’t Talk About It 8:00: A Turning Point: Laura’s Sobriety Journey 17:45: The Financial Cost of Drinking 26:00 Practical Tips for the Sober Curious Additional Resources: “Is That Drink Worth It To You?” By Susan Dominus This Naked Mind by Annie Grace  Learn more about our Finance Fixx program here. Use code PODCAST for a $100 discount. Interested in learning more about investing alongside hundreds of other women? Join us every other Monday night on Zoom at investingfixx.com. Have a question for us? Write to us at [email protected]. While you’re at it, join the HerMoney community! For the latest episode drops and financial news-you-can-use, subscribe to our newsletter at Hermoney.com/subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hey everybody, I'm Gene Chatsky. Thanks so much for joining me today on her money. So dry January. For the

1:14.5

second year in a row, I am practicing dry January, trying to make my way through dry January.

1:22.1

Last year was pretty easy, actually. This year it's been a little bit tougher, which I think is just a sign that in

1:29.7

light of or in the aftermath of my mom's death, I was definitely drinking a little too much.

1:35.6

I was certainly drinking a little more. But the thing about dry January is it's not just a

1:41.2

January thing anymore. It's become more than that. It's sort of a movement.

1:46.4

Many people are practicing sober curiosity, not just in January, not just in sober October,

1:54.2

but throughout the year. And this dry January is especially relevant because it coincides with the ask from the surgeon general for

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