create a life you don’t need an escape from

In radical honesty I’m sitting here writing this post out as I enjoy a glass of red with some Dolmas. 🍷I chose to be sober for two years until I felt confident I could enjoy an alcoholic beverage for the “right” reasons. After a client lent me Quit Like A Woman, The Radical Choice to not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker, I realized a break from alcohol was exactly what was next on my healing journey.

I had already given up boys and being busy and this was my last addiction if you will. It was the boys that led me to drink after all right?! 😜 Honestly, I was simultaneously reading Adult Children of Alcoholics which strongly encouraged sobriety while processing the information.

I still have some work to do where feeling my feelings are involved, but alcohol had kept me comfortably numb. Whitaker talks about creating this life that we don’t need an escape from with ethyl alcohol aka poison and I started getting curious about what that might look like? Going back out downtown here in La Crosse for dinner and jazz and dancing I am surrounded by people drinking so much they can’t possibly enjoy the life they lead.

What would a life look like that you don’t need an escape from? What sends you to the kitchen or bar for a drink? Are you drinking with the intention of enjoying a beverage with dinner or drinking the entire bottle of vino because you’re trying to forget about your boss, boyfriend, best friend? My life started including more yoga, and CrossFit and hiking, journaling and meditating. Now when I get upset I’m super proud to say that I turn to these tools to help me understand what triggered me to begin with.

If you’re ready to create a life you don’t need an escape from I am taking 1:1 clients for August. Message me for details. 🫶🏻