Alcohol Tipping Point

What's my bigger purpose in life? How do I find meaning now that I've quit drinking? Today we are celebrating Megan's 5 year soberversary and talking about how to find your meaning and purpose.   Mindfulness Instructor and Counselor Megan O’Laughlin returns to the podcast. Megan was previously on episode five sharing her story and episode 19 talking about mindfulness.   We chat about:   Experienci...

How do you live an authentic sober life in a world that drinks? Ashleigh Butterss joins the show to tell us how it's done. Ashleigh Butterss is the creator, host and executive producer of Behind The Smile – a recovery podcast designed to expose and remove the stigma around mental health, trauma and addiction. She is also a yoga and meditation teacher and the mum to her fur baby Frank.   We chat ab...

Molly Zemek is a Master certified life coach who helps people with overeating and overdrinking. She has been a private chef and sommelier and has a unique approach to helping people change their drinking.   We chat about:   Molly’s experience changing the habit of overdrinking   How overeating and overdrinking are similar   Moderation vs abstinence   Tools to stop overdrinking   How a drink plan w...

Today’s podcast is about managing change in your life. Let’s face it, change can suck. And change can be welcomed. Even if we want to change, the process of changing itself can be arduous.   Changing your drinking isn’t easy. Especially if you’ve identified as a drinker or a lush. How do you transition into being a nondrinker or (alcohol free badass as I like to say)?   In this episode I talk abou...

Listen to this episode if you have ever loved someone who has struggled with substances. Heather Ross, the host of the Living With Your Child’s Addiction Podcast joins the show .  Heather is a CRAFT trained mother of a child who struggled with addiction and a Certified Parent Support Coach. CRAFT is a system for helping friends and family members change the way that they interact with someone they...

Maggie Jenson joins the show. Maggie is a Behavior Change Specialist , alternative recovery coach and owner and operator of Magnify Progressive Wellness.   Maggie utilizes some out of the box strategies to help people “Think Different to Drink Different, or Never Drink Again.”   We chat about:   Maggie’s experience growing up around drinking   How Maggie took an alternative approach to change her...

Glenn Dougherty Jr joins the show. Glenn is a personal development coach who helps men get rid of their vices, become sober, and get in peak physical shape all by improving their mindset.  Glenn and his wife are the hosts of the About This Life podcast. He's over 4 years sober and sharing his journey and the tools that helped him improve his mindset and give up binge drinking.     We chat about:  ...

I go over ten things to set yourself up to take a break from drinking- whether that break is for a week, a year or forever.   10 Tips to Take a Break from Drinking:   Eat    Thirst first   Go to bed early   Replace neurotransmitters   Replace the ritual/habit   Data not drama   Connection   Education   Cost Benefit Analysis    Self-compassion   Ready to break up with alcohol? Join the next Alcohol...

Ken Makimsy Middleton joins the show. Ken is the editor of a Medium Publication named AINYF, Alcohol is NOT Your Friend and the author of upcoming book: Bamboozled - How Alcohol Makes Fools of Us All. He recognized alcohol was holding him back from living his best life and is passionate about giving individuals the tools to not only stop drinking but to begin building the best version of themselve...

Today we are celebrating the 100 th episode of the Alcohol Tipping Point podcast. I had a lot of fun and a lot of tears putting together this episode for you. I’m sharing clips from some of my favorite guests.   Thank you for listening. If you've been with me from the beginning or you're just starting, I want to thank you so much. I have so much gratitude for you. It is my pleasure and my honor to...

Angela Magill joins the show to talk about sugar and alcohol cravings. Angela is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist specializing in cognitive and mental health.   We chat about:   Angela’s experience with an eating disorder and drinking   Similarities between sugar and alcohol in the body   Why we get sugar cravings when we quit drinking   Alternative ways to manage cravings   How sugar may make y...

Meg Geisewite is on the show to share her story.  Meg is an ordinary mom who found herself trapped in the mommy wine culture. She began her sober curious journey in November of 2019 where her love of science led her to discover the real truth about alcohol and its seductive lies.     As a truth-teller, Meg is changing the narrative on the mommy wine culture, the hustle culture, and our pro-drinkin...

  This was one of the most fun interviews I’ve ever done. On the show today is Carlos Navarro.   Carlos has been entertaining audiences for 22 years. He is co-host of the #1 talk show in Orlando, Fla., iHeartRadio's "Monsters in the Morning," and he's known for his scene-stealing roles in some of film and TV's biggest cultural phenomena, including "Bloodline," "The Walking Dead," and most recently...

Emily Lynn Paulson is a writer, speaker, certified professional recovery coach, and the founder of Sober Mom Squad. She is the author of the bestselling book Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life , and the upcoming book Hey Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies of Multi-Level Marketing.   We chat about:   Emily’s experience with drinking    What ke...

Terry Cralle of the Better Sleep Council joins us. Terry is a Registered Nurse, Certified Clinical Sleep Educator and Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality specializing in sleep health and wellness.   Listen and learn:   Why sleep is so important   How alcohol affects your sleep   What a coffee nap is   Sleep strategies What kind of light to avoid Are caffeine and naps ok And more!     Free...

  In this special episode I reflect on my 3 years of sobriety and thought I would share some of what got me here and what keeps me here. My last drink was January 1, 2020. (After many, many, many, starts and stops and many day ones.) The misery of those first days has faded. I share that to let you know if you're trying to change your drinking that it does get better. It really does. You really ca...

I'm excited to share this podcast episode that I did with my coworker from Saint Alphonsus, the hospital that I work at as a corporate health and wellness nurse. We have a wellness podcast called Saint Alphonsus Wellcast. I was excited we did an episode on Dry January, especially coming from the healthcare world. This episode is all about what Dry January is, why everyone should do a Dry January a...

On the show is Nigel Jones author, accredited Positive Psychology & Sober Coach, and founder of 9KM by 9AM. His book Walking Back To Happiness tells the story of how a 50-something-year-old, who had been locked into the habit of drinking alcohol for over 35 years, finally woke up and said, "I want a different life.”    He gave up drinking, started walking 9 KM before 9 AM every day, lost 30 %...

Lily Shanks is a self-described “ Recovering Attorney, ” life coach and founder of My Internal Weather. She recently celebrated 4 years sober, and she is here today to share her journey and top tips to help you change your relationship with alcohol.   We chat about:   How Lily left her career as an attorney and got sober   How you can unlock from your own “golden handcuffs”   Top tips for quitting...

This podcast has been a long time coming. Years really. I first met Dylan Haas when I started taking BodyJam dance classes at the YMCA. He was my favorite instructor, and I had a sort of adulation of him and his wife at the time. Little did I know of the private vs. public personas of both, I just thought they were super rad.   Fast forward through their personal tragedies and I rediscovered Dylan...

Ryan is the founding drummer of Maroon 5, Associate Marriage & Family Therapist, and author of Harder to Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing It All, and Finding Recovery. Over a decade after his departure from Maroon 5, Ryan shares an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at his journey from the highs of international superstardom to the depths of addiction, anxiety, chronic injury, and de...

I want to share this episode I recorded with my friend Dr. Mei-Li Hennan on her show, Recovery Plus Podcast. I really enjoyed the conversation I had with her, and I think you will find it interesting too.   I share:   My drinking journey   How I started Alcohol Tipping Point   What keeps me sober   The loaded word “recovery”   What practicing not drinking looks like   The future of Alcohol Tipping...

This episode is about the medication naltrexone. Naltrexone is an FDA-approved medication used to treat Alcohol Use Disorder. By reducing cravings and pleasure from drinking, naltrexone can make it easier to moderate drinking or abstain from alcohol altogether. On the show today is Jonathan Hunt-Glassman, founder, and CEO of  Oar Health. Oar offers telehealth addiction treatment, specializing in n...

Drink Less Coach Caroline Holke is on the show. Caroline helps people get rid of the shitty parts of drinking, and this doesn't always mean that they quit drinking. But that they create a life that they wouldn’t dream of numbing out of. Most people focus on what to DO to cut back on their drinking, Caroline has a skill for helping her clients tease out what thoughts are driving their drinking in t...

Heather Lowe, founder of Ditched the Drink, joins the show to talk about work and drinking and how we can do a better job of supporting each other. Heather is a Certified Professional Recovery and Life Coach with a background in Social Work and Human Resources.   We chat about:   Heather’s corporate drinking life   The challenges of talking about drinking at work   How to reduce the stigma of talk...