How To Stop Drinking When You Feel Overwhelmed | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 895

About this episode

The episode explores how individuals can stop drinking while feeling overwhelmed, featuring personal stories and coaching insights.

Trigger Warning: This episode contains references to PTSD, depression, loss, and self-harm. What if the thing you've never tried, not once in your whole life, turned out to be the answer? Beverlee is fresh out of eight years of isolation, finally learning how to stop drinking when you feel overwhelmed by caregiving, grief, and years of putting herself last. Steve is 75, alcohol-free since July, and sitting with something brand new: the idea that he doesn't have to fix everything. Coaches Cole and Soraya guide both of them in discovering what it means to show up for themselves. In Beverlee’s session: Years of isolation, caregiving, and a demoralizing environment, and what finally started to shift The moment Beverlee recognized she'd been hiding her drinking, and herself, for most of her life A profound inner child healing exercise that brought tears, release, and a long-overdue reunion What self-compassion actually feels like in your body, and how to locate it when you've only ever given it away Why curiosity can open the door to compassion when compassion feels completely out of reach And more on the other side of hiding… In Steve’s session: How Steve found his "why" at age 75…

People in this episode

Host: Annie Grace

Guests: Beverlee, Steve

Topics covered

• overcoming alcohol addiction
• self-compassion
• mental health
• grief
• caregiving
• inner child healing

Keywords

• alcohol freedom
• PTSD
• depression
• self-harm
• family tension
• inner child
• self-compassion

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