Your “Priorities” Are Driving You to Drink - Try This!

Your “Priorities” Are Driving You to Drink - Try This!

From Wild Sobriety by Mary Wagstaff

January 23, 2026 · 24 min

About this episode

This episode discusses how prioritizing too many aspects of life can lead to overwhelm and stress drinking, and offers a meditation to help listeners reconnect with their true desires.

The start of a new year often comes with reflection, intention-setting, and pressure to get everything “right.” For many women, that pressure quietly shows up as overwhelm — and eventually as the urge to drink, numb, or escape. In this video, I explore how the way we approach priorities, especially at the beginning of a new year, can actually fuel stress drinking rather than support real change. This isn’t a conversation about resolutions, discipline, or fixing yourself. It’s about clarity. When everything in your life becomes a priority — your health, your family, your work, your spirituality, your relationships — your nervous system never gets to rest. I share why choosing one true priority for this season can create calm, alignment, and a more sustainable path into sobriety and emotional freedom. We close with a short, grounding meditation designed to help you slow down, soften your body, and reconnect with what you truly desire for this year. This practice is an invitation into peace and inner listening — so your choices around alcohol, energy, and attention can come from devotion rather than pressure. If you’re entering the new year feeling tired of doing more and ready to…

People in this episode

Host: Mary Wagstaff

Topics covered

  • priorities
  • stress drinking
  • emotional freedom
  • intention-setting
  • meditation
  • self-care

Keywords

  • sobriety
  • overwhelm
  • calm
  • alignment
  • devotion
  • new year
  • meditation
  • self improvement

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