You Can Just Be Done: On Sobriety, Self Abandonment and Building a Life You Don't Need to Escape with Sarah Anderson

You do not need a DUI. You do not need a divorce. You do not need a diagnosis. You do not need to lose everything before you are allowed to change something that is not working. You can just be done. My guest today is Sarah Anderson, attorney, D1 athlete, mom, wife, and what she calls a booze free bitch. From the outside she had everything together. From the inside she was drinking close to a bottle of vodka a day, going to work, going to the gym, paying the bills, showing up. And slowly, quietly losing herself. Seven years ago she stopped protecting her drinking habit and started fighting for her life instead. Today she has built a life so extraordinary that alcohol has genuinely nothing to offer her anymore. This conversation is for every woman in the grey area. The one who does not look like what she thinks an addict looks like. The one who is still functioning, still showing up, still telling herself it is not that bad. And the one who suspects, somewhere in her body, that the numbing is costing her more than she knows. In this episode: What it actually looks like to be a high achieving woman whose drinking is invisible to everyone around her including herself How the capable, have it together identity makes it harder to see and admit what is happening The grey area: why you do not need rock bottom permission to change something that is not working The connection between numbing and self abandonment and why the less you abandon yourself the less you need to escape yourself Pink wine culture and how alcohol has been aggressively marketed to women specifically What it actually means to become a non-drinker versus a drinker who cannot drink How to build a life so full and so real that alcohol stops being interesting What Sarah wants every woman in the grey area to hear Find Sarah: Instagram: @theboozefreebitch Find her Website here. Ready to look at what you might be numbing? DM me AUDIT on Instagram @nadjaloveslife and I will send you the free 12/10 Life Audit directly. And if you are ready to do the real work with support, DM me TWELVE and let's talk. Find me here: Instagram: @nadjaloveslife