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, 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 our 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
Why Do I Always Go Back To Drinking Again? / EP 112
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Let’s name it. You stopped drinking.
You felt amazing.
Then somehow… you started again.
Why?
Today we’re pulling back the curtain on the stop-start cycle — and it’s not about weakness.
Here’s what we unpack:
-- Why your brain romanticizes “just one”
-- The neural pathway + fading effect bias trap
-- The “drinking train” effect (why it gets harder each time)
-- How stress hijacks your nervous system
-- Body-based tools to interrupt the craving loop
-- How to stay stopped — without white-knuckling it
If you’ve ever asked yourself:
- Why do I keep starting over?
- Why does alcohol still pull me?
- How do I make this stick for good?
This episode is your reset. Short. Real. Science-backed. Compassion-filled.
Press play — and let’s break the cycle.
If you loved these tips and want more, Susan shares free tools and resources in her newsletter community each week!I
f you want to dig deeper into Fading Affect Bias (FAB), listen to Episode 17 for more on the “not-so-fabulous” FAB!
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Connect with the Podcast Hosts:
Susan Larkin Coaching https://www.susanlarkincoaching.com/contact
Ruby Williams at Freedom Renegade Coaching https://www.freedomrenegadecoaching.com/
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It is strongly recommended that you seek professional advice regarding your health before attempting to take a break from alcohol. The creators, hosts, and producers of the The Feel Lit Alcohol Free podcast are not healthcare practitioners and therefore do not give medical, or psychological advice nor do they intend for the podcast, any resource or communication on behalf of the podcast or otherwise to be a substitute for such.
