Hey, welcome to Going Scared. I'm Jessica Honegger, founder of the World Changing

Brand Noonday Collection, and I'm so glad to have you here for today's conversation.

Our Going Scared community gathers here every week for direct and honest conversations

that help you live a life of courage by leaving comfort and going scared.

Well, today's conversation is quite courageous because we are talking about alcohol.

I knew we couldn't do a series about habits without talking about alcohol.

And one day on Instagram, I came across an Instagram account therapy for women.

It actually has almost 500,000 followers.

And the woman behind that Instagram account is a therapist, Amanda E. White.

She calls herself a retired party girl, now relatable therapist.

I purchased her book, Not Drinking Tonight.

And I have to say there are some really big takeaways that you're going to hear on today's episode.

So I don't you be scared. I don't you think we're going to tell you to stop drinking.

But I am going to really ask myself some hard questions about the role that alcohol plays in my life.

And I'm also going to recoin some things and especially around the word alcoholism.

And I'm really going to think about the stigma that our society places on people

that choose not to drink.

So lots to cover today.

I think you're going to enjoy the conversation.

Welcome to the show, Amanda.

Thank you so much for having me.

I was telling Amanda that we've never talked about alcohol on the show,

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