Trigger warning: If you're happy identifying as a "sober" alcoholic, this episode is not for you.

Does promising to stay sober for the rest of your life conflict with your values? Are you an independent thinker who enjoys staying open to new ideas?

Todays episode is a practice run of my new webinar, Why women who identify as alcoholics and therefore "sober" can struggle in recovery.

There is strong evidence that labeling people as alcoholics and setting abstinence as a life-long requirement keep them from entering and staying in recovery.

I explain how to escape your preoccupation with alcohol–instead of defining yourself by it forever.

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