The Real Sober Moms with Laura S

The Sober Mom Life

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Parenting, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Mental Health

4.8 • 926 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Today’s Real Sober Mom, Laura, has given alcohol many ‘jobs’ throughout her life. Growing up with a mom in recovery, she was familiar with the fact that alcohol could be damaging, but she wasn’t clear on the 'how' or 'why'. In fact, as she invited alcohol into her own life, she believed it was helping her. As a teen, it helped her fit in. In college, it helped her feel independent. After a devastating sexual assault, it helped her forgot. And when she became a mom, she believed it would help make motherhood easier. That was not the case. Laura became a mom at the height of Covid. A combination of isolation and postpartum depression drove her to drink in a way that resulted in her concealing the truth about her consumption, and feeling deeper and deeper levels of shame. With the help of a therapist, she began to experiment with removing alcohol from her life to see how it was affecting her mental health. She went back and forth for months, and slowly a pattern started to become clear: Alcohol was not helping her. In fact, it was making her lose so much. Sobriety has helped Laura experience more joy as a mother, show up better at work, and strengthen her relationship with herself. She feels so grateful to be sober! Are you looking for community in sobriety? Join us in the The Sober Mom Life Cafe! For $40/month, you’ll get access to 12 weekly peer support meetings, the exclusive Cafe social feed, our monthly book club and happy hour, the chance to share your story on The Real Sober Moms, and even a monthly Bravo chat! For a limited time, get one week free! We also have The Sober Mom Life Community for just $5.95/month - In the Community, you’ll receive access to the exclusive Community social feed, the exclusive community chat, our monthly book club, and one free weekly meeting. Click here to follow The Sober Mom Life on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Shortly after the birth of my oldest child, and over the course of one and a half years, my thoughts got so dark that I came close to losing my life.
0:10.5	The thing is, it wasn't postpartum depression like you might initially think.
0:14.9	It was obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD.
0:19.1	OCD is so misunderstood and it's so much more than liking things clean or organized.
0:24.8	It's a serious condition that can be incredibly debilitating. OCD involves relentless,
0:31.9	unwanted, and distressing thoughts, images, or urges known as intrusive thoughts. Trying to get rid of the distress
0:38.8	from these thoughts, people with OCD will often do repetitive physical or mental behaviors
0:44.0	known as compulsions. Compulsions can be time-consuming or, in my case, all-consuming.
0:51.3	There are many different compulsions, but a few examples are seeking reassurance online or
0:55.9	from loved ones, checking things over and over, and following specific routines. OCD can significantly
1:04.3	impact your quality of life. Intrusive thoughts can cause a lot of shame and keep people suffering
1:10.2	in silence. Plus, not every
1:12.5	therapist understands OCD or is qualified to treat it effectively, which can make it difficult to reach out for help.
1:19.6	That's why OCD often goes hand in hand with substance use. A lot of people end up using alcohol
1:25.6	to cope. For up to 70% of people struggling with OCD and substance use, the OCD symptoms started first.
1:34.0	Getting help for OCD saved my life, and it's my life's mission to make sure no one else feels they're beyond help.
1:41.0	You are not beyond help.
1:44.0	That's why I'm so excited to tell you about noCD. NoCD provides virtual
1:50.0	therapy designed specifically for OCD. It's a type of specialized therapy called ERP or exposure
1:58.0	and response prevention therapy and it's the most proven treatment for OCD.
2:03.6	Every no CD therapist goes through extensive training in OCD and ERP, so they understand even the most taboo or hard to talk about symptoms.
2:13.7	It's simple. Just go to nocd.com and book a free 15-minute call with their team.
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