My story with alcohol . . .    

Was I an alcoholic? Meh. I don’t know, I find that word to define myself irrelevant to my story. Some people say “Oh, you didn’t drink that much” and then others say “Yeah, I think that amount was in the problem zone, Amanda”.

It’s all a big arch where we all fall, isn’t it?

My journey into a relationship with alcohol and it’s amazing breakup goes like this (and I’m betting there may be familiar notes to your own) ~

Small-town girl dabbles in drinking with friends at high school parties, but nothing in excess. It was fun and seemingly innocent times.

 Girl goes to college five hours from home, tastes independence and man o’ man, the binge drinking lifestyle fits me nicely! Too much fun! Every outing, every single gathering, everyTHING included drinking throughout those four years.

After college, the drinking…just didn’t stop. Many weekends filled with girls night out, birthday celebrations, engagement parties, weddings, work social functions, all of which included drinking.

As we settled down and grew a family, that didn’t mean the drinking stopped. Baby showers and even playdates involved alcohol. And then slowly the habit of a evening glass of wine (or two or even three). Put simply, there was the ever present drink in hand through most every part of life.

Somewhere along the way, I stumbled on a few sober mom social media accounts and started following. I didn’t dream of removing alcohol from my life, I could not even imagine a life without it, but now I see that God was putting this instrumental tool in front of me.

I daydreamed and fantasized about a sober, alcohol-free life. I wondered how in the world the women that looked so incredibly similar to a life I live could live it without drinking.

Then in 2023, I found myself downloading the audiobook of This Naked Mind, by Annie Grace and once I got through the first chapter, I found so much of it relatable and I knew. I knew deep in my soul that I was going to put in the work, and that I was going to be completely free of drinking.

It was not easy. I had a lot of grief over “the breakup”, but there was a silent hand holding mine as I navigated through it all. July 27, 2023 was my last drink and the gratitude I feel on a daily basis to be here in the peace without alcohol in my life brings me to my knees! I will forever be grateful to be here.

I want to help you find this glow in the life you’re meant to live. To quit now and forever hold your peace! It may be a long road, it could be a short one, but it’s a beautiful one to take. To find freedom in your relationship to alcohol, because it is truly a relationship, and one you don’t have to stay in.

So…let’s go! I’m honored to help you on this journey.