What if you never hit rock bottom, but still chose to quit drinking? In this unfiltered and laugh-out-loud conversation, host Stefanie Wilder-Taylor welcomes her friend and fellow sober storyteller, Meredith Lynch. Meredith opens up about growing up in a beer-at-dinner kind of household, losing her mother at a young age, and the quiet ways alcohol wove itself into her life. With humor and honesty, she shares how she realized she didn’t need a big dramatic moment to walk away from drinking—just a gut feeling that she deserved to feel better.

They dive into gentle parenting yourself, the emotional weight of caretaking as a teen, being sober-curious in a wine-obsessed world, and why LA might just be the best city to not drink in. Plus: sneaky nostalgia for bad college vodka, the reality of mocktail menus, and the eternal mystery of why Real Housewives are still blackout-drunk on TV.

Follow Meredith on TikTok and Instagram @MeredithMLynch and check out her podcast Oddly Specific!

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