"But Jesus Drank Wine" & Other Stories That Kept Us Stuck

We at the BJDW pod love listener input for show topic ideas and we're so happy to share today around the most popular topic request, what do I do if my hub still drinks? There's no one better to join Meade and Christy in the studio to tackle this popular topic than their friend, mentor and former Head Coach of This Naked Mind, Scott Pinyard. Scott brings not only his insights from his own freedom...

Join Meade and Christy for another rich conversation, another "meat and potatoes" episode, diving into the importance of understanding how our minds work and why it's important for doing this work that we "get to do." Listen in to discover why this work is about alcohol–and not alcohol– all at the same time and why changing our thinking is how we change our drinking.    They'll answer questions li...

Join Meade and Christy as they continue chatting about why understanding our relationship to alcohol requires, first, that we understand our relationship to our minds.    They'll answer questions like: What are "stories?" Where do they come from? How do we uncover them if they're unconscious? How do we change them? How do we think about our thinking? Why are we thinking about thinking if we want t...

Join Meade and Christy as they chat about why understanding our relationship to alcohol requires, first, that we understand our relationship to our minds.    They'll answer questions like: What do minds do? What is the difference between the conscious mind and the subconscious mind? What are "meanings" and what influences them? What is cognitive dissonance? What does it look like? Why is it so pai...

Join Meade and Christy as they tackle this big topic that shows up as one of the most common stories that we tell ourselves about what alcohol "does for us." They explore why it's so hard to explore this story and why it feels really true for us. How did we come to believe this? What does connection with friends, husbands, kids and the Lord look like when free from alcohol and is it different than...

Join Meade and Christy as they chat about one of the scariest and most frequently asked questions when taking a break from alcohol or newly stepping into freedom from alcohol life. What do I tell people? They explore things like what to do when someone offers you a drink and you're not drinking. What to do when people question why you're not drinking. And also and maybe more importantly what NOT t...

Join Meade and Christy as they have a super honest (and fun!) conversation about 40th birthdays, celebration, all things fun and how what they had always envisioned for their 40th birthdays wasn't exactly what they ended up being. What was surprising to them as they did their birthdays differently and how does that relate to one of the greatest and most unexpected gifts of finding freedom from alc...

Join Meade and Christy for the second of two episodes where they each share what it looked like to be miserably stuck in the drinking cycle - back when they thought for sure they "must be alcoholics" - and learn all about how they found their way to freedom!   They answer all the burning questions they get asked on the reg: What did life as a "problem" drinker look like in general—and in the churc...

Join Meade and Christy over the next two episodes as they each share so openly what it looked like to be miserably stuck in the drinking cycle - back when they thought they "must be alcoholics" - and learn all about how they found their way to freedom!    They'll answer all the burning questions they get asked on the reg: What did life as a "problem" drinker look like in general—and in the church?...

Join Meade and Christy, two retired-over-drinkers turned freedom-from-alcohol coaches, each week as they explore all of the stories that kept them stuck in the nightly over-drinking cycle, including but certainly not limited to "But Jesus drank wine?"   If you're looking for two Christian women who get real about how wine held them back and explore tricky questions about drinking (and beyond!) wit...