Whether we are celebrating, processing, or grieving an event in the mountains, many of us reach for a drink to help us along the way. Alcohol is steeped in our culture as a whole, but can become especially amplified in ski and mountain culture. What happens when it gets out of control for some of us? In today’s episode, several of your hosts from the podcast share their stories of how they came to give up alcohol in recent years. Wes, Sean, and Caleb are joined by Jake Hutchinson to give their perspectives on their relationship with alcohol. Laura McGladrey sat in on the conversation and added some reflective perspective towards the end of the chat.

The hope of this episode is not meant to shame or preach, but simply to share our stories and reflect on how alcohol has impacted our careers and personal lives. We hope that this episode will help someone out there who may be struggling with some of the same issues we have faced.

Websites:

Alcoholics Anonymous: https://www.aa.org/

Responder Alliance: www.responderalliance.com

Warriors healing network: https://warriorshealingnetwork.org/

Redside Foundation: https://www.redsidefoundation.org/

Mountain Muskox: https://www.mountainmuskox.com/

Funding:

American Avalanche Association Resiliency Fund: https://www.americanavalancheassociation.org/a3-resilience-grant

Climbing Grief Fund: https://americanalpineclub.org/grieffund

Literature:

https://thisnakedmind.com/

https://www.aa.org/the-big-book

Music in this episode is provided by Gravy with the track Shabbadoobah from the album Mountains, Valleys, Places Between. You can find his tracks at gravytunes.bandcamp.com.

Artwork by Mike Tea, miketea.com

Episode produced by Wes Gregg