When Grief and Drinking Go Hand in Hand | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 909

When Grief and Drinking Go Hand in Hand | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 909

From This Naked Mind Podcast by Annie Grace

May 26, 2026 · 1h 6m · Episode 909

About this episode

This episode explores the intersection of grief and alcohol use through the personal stories of two guests who share their journeys to sobriety.

Trigger Warning: This episode includes conversations about grief, loss of loved ones, family estrangement, trauma, and depression. Have you ever been in so much pain that reaching for a drink just felt like the most human thing to do? That is exactly where today's two guests have been, and this episode will meet you right there. First up is Cathy, 87 days alcohol-free, who joins Coach Cole to work through something she has been quietly carrying for years: a sibling estrangement that started when her family fell apart after her mom passed. She reached out. They pulled away. The hurt stuck around. Then there is Mike, 65 days alcohol-free, who opens up to Coach Zoe about a grief timeline that unfolded faster than he could process: his mom, his estranged brother, a DNR call made from behind the wheel of his car. Drinking to deal with loss became the only language he had for a while, and the depression that came with it crept in so quietly he did not even see it happening. What both of them found inside The Path is what this whole community is built on: a place where someone finally asks the real question, and you finally get to answer it. In Cathy’s Session: The sibling estrangement…

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