I talk to Laura Van Antwerp, who once sat on her couch reading a book by the Buddha, candles lit, vibes immaculate -- while doing shots of Sauza Blue tequila with a pineapple back. Her ex-boyfriend walked in and said, "What happened to you?" and she thought he was asking about her day. He was asking about her drinking. Laura tried everything to quit drinking: the wine-only rule, the expensive-wine-only rule, the one-bottle-in-the-house rule, Dry January, even training for a marathon. She talks about how she said she was going to do things but never followed through, and how the shame of all of it kept pulling her back to the bottle until she figured out how to let it go. 

Laura now runs sober adventure retreats and takes women backpacking and whitewater rafting. She went from not being able to complete a Dry January to running a business. Sobriety looks good on her.

Find out more about Laura @YourSoberPal or her website YourSoberPal.com (her Sober adventures are linked to from her website!)

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