Sober & Lit Podcast
Are you worried you might be drinking too much? If you’ve tried cutting back your drinking, but can’t imagine your life without wine? This podcast is for you.
Sober & Lit is the podcast for women in midlife who want encouragement, support, and real strategies to live their best life without alcohol. Whether you identify as a gray area drinker, a daily drinker, are exploring how to stop drinking, or are wondering how to know if you even have a drinking problem, this show offers practical tools and honest conversations. In each episode we answer real listeners’ questions about how to stop drinking and how to stay stopped. With sober stories, empowering insights, and practical tips and tactics for living sober with mindfulness, confidence, and joy. If you're ready to explore an alcohol-free lifestyle and step into your most vibrant, “lit” life you're in the right place.
This podcast is for you if you’ve ever asked:
Why can’t I drink like everyone else?
Why do I drink more than I want to?
I had weight loss surgery and why am I drinking every day now?
What is a gray area drinker?
Why can’t I stop drinking once I start?
How can I drink less during stressful times (holidays, divorce, empty nest, grief)
Is it possible to enjoy life without alcohol?
How do I cut back without quitting completely?
What’s the first step to changing my drinking?
How much alcohol is too much for a woman my age?
Every episode ends with how we and our guests feel lit with practices that support your mental health, optimizes your fitness goals and enhances personal growth. If you’re sober-curious, or alcohol-free and ready for your next amazing chapter in life, this podcast is your weekly dose of inspiration, tools, real talk, and some laughs!
Sober & Lit Podcast
Latest Episodes
Alcohol Was Keeping Me Playing Small with Lorna Wilson / EP 135
Could the best years of your life still be ahead of you?Most women think going alcohol-free means giving something up...What if it's actually the beginning of becoming someone you've never met before?
Alcohol & Boredom: Why You Keep Drinking / EP 134
Ever notice how boredom seems to whisper... "Have a drink?"What if that urge has less to do with boredom... and more to do with how alcohol has trained your brain?In this episode of Sober & Lit, Ruby and Susan...
When Doctors Struggle with Alcohol & Depression with Dr. Valerie Brooke / EP 133
What happens when the person everyone turns to for help is quietly falling apart?Doctors spend their lives caring for others... but who cares for them?In this powerful episode of Sober & Lit, we sit down with <...
The Missing Step When Changing Your Drinking / EP 132
What if you're not stuck... just unheard?You know alcohol isn't helping.You've read the books. You've learned the science. You've tried to change.So why do the same patterns keep coming back?In...
Why Alcohol-Free Travel Changes Everything with Darci Murray / EP 131
What if your best vacation didn't include alcohol?If the thought of traveling without wine, cocktails, or all-inclusive drinks sounds impossible... this episode might surprise you.Join Susan and Ruby as they chat w...
Fan Mail
Really appreciated this podcast. You brought up some ideas and answers I hadn’t thought about and will be more prepared for as my AF life blooms! You two are doing a great job! Thanks, Holly H
Eureka, California
