Molly Desch is a certified life coach and has developed the alcohol-free foundation programme to help others after her own struggles with drinking. Molly joins Dawn in this episode to share her personal journey and why she is now passionate about helping others to overcome their problems, particularly around drinking and learning better ways to cope with the stresses of life. Dawn and Molly also explore society's impact on problem drinking and its strong links with anxiety.

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Molly struggled with alcohol as a working mother, she used it to help her de-stress and that resulted in her drinking heavily every day as a crutch to deal with life.
• Although many people use alcohol to relax it actually increases anxiety chemically in the brain.
• After going through a divorce, Molly’s alcoholism accelerated, her behaviour felt out of control and she found herself depressed and suicidal. She knew something had to change.
• Molly started to get sober by attending AA meetings. She found the beginning of recovery quite simple, helped in some ways by the Covid pandemic. 
• In the second year of giving up alcohol, she relapsed which made her realise she didn’t have the underlying structure to live sober. This is what led to her becoming a coach as well as learning how to build a solid foundation to aid her in living sober.
• It’s so easy to fall into old habits, traits and coping mechanisms. Until you work on the reasons behind what you are struggling with and learn new ways to deal with your problems you will inevitably slip back into old ways.
• Being self-aware and talking to yourself in times of stress means that you are reprogramming your subconscious, it’s incredibly powerful.

 

BEST MOMENTS 

“For many years of my adult life, I was a very heavy drinker”

“It [alcohol] becomes a crutch”

“It’s not enough to say I’m going to quit drinking, you have to evaluate your coping mechanisms and build a foundation”

“By talking to yourself your sub-conscious mind is always listening” 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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https://calendly.com/dkmtherapy/hypnotherapy-taster-session

 

CONTACT METHOD
Finding Freedom Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/5046568725414144/)

Email Dawn ([email protected])

ABOUT THE GUEST

Molly is an ICF Certified Life Coach, has a degree in Psychology, and has created The Alcohol-Free Foundations Program for middle-aged working moms that are ready to take back the reins on their lives, who are open to new ways of achieving real results, but need help along the way. Her program provides women with a level of confidence that will allow them to say goodbye to the control alcohol has over their lives. Giving them back their time, energy, and freedom to be their true authentic self.

https://asyouarelifecoaching.com/   
[email protected]

 

ABOUT THE HOST

Dawn Morgan

Dawn is a hypnotherapist and resilience coach, trainer, mentor and business owner. Dawn has experienced trauma, terrorist attacks, divorce, being a single parent on benefits, redundancy (more than once) relationship breakdowns... and a whole lot more; and she has always bounced back. Dawn believes that life is for living and we can learn about ourselves from everything we experience, good or bad. We can take those experiences and use them to grow, or use them to shrink... our choice. Dawn chose growth and thinks you should too.

We all have everything we need within us; hope, resilience, compassion, wisdom, confidence; Dawn’s mission is to help you uncover yours!