The No More Wasted Days Podcast

Ep. 153: Hit Your 2026 Goals by Ditching Alcohol


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If something in your life feels off, if you know you’re capable of more but keep feeling held back, Dry January might be the reset you’ve been looking for.

The Dry January Experience is a guided, supportive 30-day alcohol-free challenge designed to help you:

  • Build confidence without relying on willpower
  • Understand what’s actually happening in your body and brain
  • Create momentum, clarity, and self-trust
  • Experience what life feels like without alcohol in the way
  • You’ll get daily support videos, a printable journal, a workbook, and live coaching calls with me, plus a community that’s doing this alongside you.

    Doors close January 1st at midnight (Pacific).

    Join now at nomorewasteddays.co/dryjanuary.

     

    Episode Summary

    As we close out the year, this episode invites you to imagine a different version of yourself. Not a version created by doing more, pushing harder, or fixing yourself, but a version revealed when you remove the one thing that’s been quietly draining your energy, confidence, and clarity.

    In this deeply personal episode, Sara shares:

    • Why 2025 was one of her hardest years emotionally and mentally
    • How anxiety resurfaced in a way that reminded her of her drinking days, and what she did instead of numbing out
    • The story of her last New Year’s Eve as a drinker, and how it set the stage for real change
    • Why trying to “drink better” kept her stuck, and why removing alcohol closed the gap between who she was and who she wanted to be
    • This episode introduces the idea of YOU 2.0, the version of yourself that emerges when the noise is gone.

      Alcohol doesn’t create confidence, energy, or freedom. It blocks access to them.

      Key Takeaways from This Episode
      • Reinvention does not require more habits. Sometimes the biggest upgrade comes from subtraction.
      • Alcohol quietly erodes sleep, emotional regulation, self-trust, and momentum.
      • The distance between your potential and your reality shrinks dramatically when alcohol is removed.
      • You don’t have to decide forever. Thirty days is enough to see what’s possible.
      • Dry January works because it gives you social permission, structure, and space to reflect.
      • Sara also shares how her alcohol-free journey led to:

        • Greater creativity and clarity
        • Financial and career confidence
        • The creation of No More Wasted Days
        • A deeper connection to who she actually is, not who alcohol told her she was
        • A Question to Sit With

          Who might you become if alcohol no longer dictated your evenings, your energy, or your emotions?

          What would feel possible in your life if you trusted yourself again?

          Join the Dry January Experience

          If you’re curious about who YOU 2.0 might be, Dry January is a powerful and safe place to start.

          Doors close January 1st at midnight (Pacific).

          Join here: nomorewasteddays.co/dryjanuary

          Let’s make this the year you stop leaving yourself behind. 

           

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