Love Life Sober

What if the anxiety, shame, cravings, and negative thought loops that keep you stuck don't have to be your story forever?

In this episode of the Love Life Sober. I'm joined by my beautiful friend Jo Hargreaves, The Faith-Filled Therapist, speaker, and neuroscience expert, for a fascinating conversation about the intersection of brain science, biblical truth, and the transforming power of Jesus.

We dive into neuroplasticity (your brain's God-given ability to change), why you can't simply think your way out of an overwhelmed nervous system, and how to interrupt the thought patterns that keep sending you back to old habits and counterfeit comforts like alcohol.

Jo walks us through her practical Notice, Name, Regulate, Reframe framework, explains why what you feed your mind first thing in the morning and before bed matters, and reminds us of one beautiful truth: God isn't waiting for you to get yourself together before coming close. He's already there, even in the messiest moments.

What You'll Learn

• Why the comforts we turn to for relief, including alcohol, can become counterfeits of the freedom Jesus offers.

• What neuroplasticity teaches us about breaking old habits, rewiring negative thought patterns, and renewing our minds through God's Word.

• Why it's so difficult to resist an alcohol craving when your nervous system is dysregulated, and practical ways to calm your body before trying to change your thoughts.

• How shame and self-criticism can actually keep us stuck, and why compassion is so important for lasting change.

• What your brain's default mode network has to do with overthinking, rumination, catastrophizing, and those exhausting mental loops.

• Why worship, gratitude, prayer, and meditating on Scripture can help us feel grounded and connected to God.

• How to be more intentional about what you allow into your mind in the morning and before falling asleep.

• The beautiful promise of Psalm 139: even when you're anxious, overwhelmed, or feeling far from God, He has not moved away from you.

If You've Ever Thought...

"Why do I keep going back to alcohol when I know it's not helping me?"

"I've been thinking these negative thoughts for so long. Can I actually change?"

"I know what God's Word says, but when I'm anxious or overwhelmed, I just can't seem to believe it."

"Surely God must be getting tired of me making the same mistakes over and over again."

This episode is for you!

My beautiful friend, your past does not have to determine your future, and the thoughts you've rehearsed for years do not have to be the ones you carry into tomorrow. God has given us an incredible capacity for change, and through His Word, His grace, and the renewing of our minds, we can begin to experience the freedom Jesus has already made possible. This conversation is packed with practical wisdom, biblical encouragement, and so much hope for the woman who is ready to stop living stuck and start living free.

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The creators, hosts, and producers of the Love Life Sober Podcast are not healthcare practitioners and do not provide medical, psychological, or professional advice. The content of this podcast and all Love Life Sober communications is intended for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Views and opinions expressed by guests, or in any resources referenced, do not necessarily reflect those of the Love Life Sober team.

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What if the very parts of your story you're most afraid to share are the parts God wants to use to set someone else free?

Recorded live at the ALIGNED Conference in Holland, Michigan, this special episode of the Love Life Sober brings together Christy Osborne, Sherry Hoppen, Caroline Beidler, Jon Seidl, Ericka Andersen and more voices for an honest, vulnerable conversation about Christian sobriety, shame, faith, and the healing power of being truly known.

Together, the panel explores the fear of rejection, the loneliness so many women experience, and the ways our culture has moved away from authentic connection. They also tackle questions many Christian women wrestle with:

Should I tell my church about my drinking? What if my family doesn't understand? What if I share my story and then struggle again? How do I know when God is calling me to speak up?

Through powerful personal stories and honest conversation, you'll hear how sharing the very things we once felt most ashamed of can become the beginning of connection, hope, and someone else's freedom.

When we bring our stories into the light, shame begins to lose its power. And when we allow ourselves to be fully known, we make room for the connection and healing God designed us to experience.

In This Episode

• Why we long to be fully known but fear being truly seen

• How shame and fear of rejection keep women hiding their struggles with alcohol

• Why authentic female friendships and Christian community matter in sobriety

• The difference between surface-level vulnerability and the radical honesty that helps us connect

• How to talk with family, friends, and church about your relationship with alcohol

• Why sharing your story doesn't mean you have to have everything figured out

• How God can use the hardest parts of our stories to encourage someone else

• Recognizing the Holy Spirit's prompting when it's time to speak up

• Why our testimonies are ultimately about God's faithfulness, not our own strength

A Reminder to Take With You

Your story doesn't have to be finished for God to use it.

There is a woman somewhere who thinks she's the only one. The only Christian woman who struggles with alcohol. The only mother who has hidden how much she drinks. The only person who loves Jesus but keeps returning to something she knows isn't bringing her life.

Maybe what she needs most is to hear your story.

Not because you've figured it all out, but because you're willing to say, “Me too. I've been there. And there is hope.”

We were never meant to heal alone. And we were never meant to keep the freedom God has given us all to ourselves.

Connect and Find Your Community

If you're a Christian woman questioning your relationship with alcohol, you don't have to figure it out on your own.

Love Life Sober is a community of women who love Jesus and are learning to live in freedom from alcohol together.

🩷 Join the Love Life Sober Community
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📖 Get Christy's Book: Love Life Sober: A 40-Day Alcohol Fast to Rediscover Your Joy, Improve Your Health, and Renew Your Mind
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The creators, hosts, and producers of the Love Life Sober Podcast are not healthcare practitioners and do not provide medical, psychological, or professional advice. The content of this podcast and all Love Life Sober communications is intended for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Views and opinions expressed by guests, or in any resources referenced, do not necessarily reflect those of the Love Life Sober team.

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What happens when you’re several days or weeks into an alcohol fast, have a drink, and suddenly feel like you’ve failed? Today's conversation discusses the fear of starting over, redefining success, and discovering the deeper freedom God offers on your alcohol-free journey.

Christy answers the questions she’s asked most often before starting a fast. Interviewed by her good friend Lauren, they talk about Lauren’s own imperfect journey, the difference between counting days and actually experiencing freedom, and how “growth points” can become some of our greatest teachers when we approach them with curiosity instead of shame.

Most importantly, they explore what happens when we stop making alcohol the ultimate measure of success and begin asking a different question: What is God doing in me through this process?

Because the goal isn't perfection. it's learning to keep going, drawing closer to Jesus, and becoming more peaceful, joyful, and free along the way.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why fear of failure can keep you from taking the first step

• Why one drink doesn't erase the lessons you've learned

• The difference between counting alcohol-free days and experiencing freedom

• How to set goals that go beyond simply not drinking

• How to approach setbacks with curiosity instead of shame

• How God can use your experiences, even the difficult ones, to teach you and grow your faith

If You’ve Ever Thought…

“I’m scared to start because I’ve tried before and failed."

“What if I join a 40-day fast and I drink?”

“If I have one drink, do I have to start all over again?”

“Everyone else seems to be getting this. Why can’t I?”

“I made it several days without drinking and then blew it. What’s the point?”

“I’m so focused on my day count that sobriety itself is starting to make me anxious."

Then this episode is for you. 🩷

 Join the October 40-Day Fast 

https://lovelifesober.co.uk/october-fast

📖 Order Christy's Book: Love Life Sober: A 40-Day Alcohol Fast to Rediscover Your Joy, Improve Your Health, and Renew Your Mind
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The creators, hosts, and producers of the Love Life Sober Podcast are not healthcare practitioners and do not provide medical, psychological, or professional advice. The content of this podcast and all Love Life Sober communications is intended for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Views and opinions expressed by guests, or in any resources referenced, do not necessarily reflect those of the Love Life Sober team.

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Katherine Rhadans was a mom of three young children when drinking slowly became part of how she coped with motherhood. Her story begins with something that can feel incredibly normal for many mothers: wine at the end of a long day, a drink to take the edge off, or alcohol as a reward for making it through another day of motherhood.

Christy and Katherine unpack Mommy Wine Culture and the messages that can make drinking feel like self-care, connection, empowerment, or even part of being a good mom. When alcohol becomes the way you cope with exhaustion, stress, or difficult emotions, how do you know when you've crossed a line?

What started as “mommy wine culture” and a way to unwind eventually became alcohol dependence. Kat shares how she got sober, what helped her quit drinking, and how God helped her find a way forward.

Today, Kat is using the story she once felt ashamed of to help other women know they aren't alone. Through her writing and forthcoming book, No Wine in the Carpool Line, she is reminding mothers that alcohol doesn't have to be part of how they cope with motherhood—and that sobriety can open the door to something different.

What You’ll Learn

• How Kat’s drinking progressed while raising three children under six—and the early warning signs she wishes she hadn't ignored.

• Why getting sober required more than willpower or simply trying harder.

• How Mommy Wine Culture can make alcohol feel like self-care, connection, empowerment, and reward.

• How drinking can become a coping mechanism for stress, exhaustion, and the demands of motherhood.

• Why honesty with yourself—and finding at least one safe person to tell—can be an important first step toward sobriety.

• How shame can keep women stuck in unhealthy patterns around alcohol.

• How Kat’s faith in God carried her through one of the darkest seasons of her life.

• Why accepting support can be part of recovery rather than a sign of failure.

• How sharing a story you once felt ashamed of can become a source of purpose and hope for • another woman.

If You’ve Ever Thought…

“Wine is the one thing I have at the end of a long day with my kids.”

“I know my drinking isn’t making me feel good anymore, but I don’t know if it’s bad enough to do something about.”

“I’ve made mistakes because of alcohol that I’m deeply ashamed of—how could God possibly use this part of my story?”

…this conversation is for you. 🩷

Resources

📖 Pre-order Katherine’s book:

No Wine in the Carpool Line

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Join the October 40-Day Fast:

https://lovelifesober.co.uk/october-fast

📖 Order Christy’s Book:

Love Life Sober: A 40-Day Alcohol Fast to Rediscover Your Joy, Improve Your Health, and Renew Your Mind

https://lovelifesober.co.uk/book

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The creators, hosts, and producers of the Love Life Sober Podcast are not healthcare practitioners and do not provide medical, psychological, or professional advice. The content of this podcast and all Love Life Sober communications is intended for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Views and opinions expressed by guests, or in any resources referenced, do not necessarily reflect those of the Love Life Sober team.

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If you’ve ever promised yourself you wouldn’t drink and then found yourself reaching for alcohol anyway, there may be more happening beneath the behavior than willpower. Christy Osborne and neuroscience expert Leanne Ellington explore drinking, the nervous system, brain patterns, neuroplasticity, faith, and lasting behavior change.

Leanne shares her own journey from decades of struggling with food and body image to discovering the nervous system, neuroplasticity, and eventually a relationship with God. Her story helps explain why knowing what you should do doesn’t always translate into being able to do it—and why lasting change requires more than simply trying harder.

Christy and Leanne unpack what happens in the brain when behaviors are repeated and why the patterns we practice can become automatic. They explore the connection between nervous system regulation, subconscious beliefs, self-image, identity, and drinking, along with what “renewing your mind” can look like through the lens of neuroplasticity.

They also talk about faith and behavior change, including why prayer and action were designed to work together. And when you drink after deciding you wouldn't? Instead of turning that moment into more shame, Leanne encourages a different approach: separate the data from the drama, learn from what happened, and use the experience as information for what comes next.

If You’ve Ever Thought…

“I know I don’t want to drink, so why do I keep doing it?”

“I know what God says about me, but I don’t actually feel like I believe it.”

“Why can’t I just pray harder and make this desire go away?”

“I’ve broken so many promises to myself that I don’t trust myself anymore.”

Then this episode is for you. 🩷

What You’ll Learn

• Why reaching for alcohol automatically can be a brain pattern, not a character flaw

• How repeated behaviors create and strengthen neural pathways

• How your nervous system, subconscious beliefs, self-image, and drinking can be connected

• Why knowing what God says about you isn't always the same as believing it

• What “renewing your mind” can look like through the lens of neuroplasticity

• Why prayer and practicing new patterns can work together in behavior change

• How to separate the data from the drama after drinking when you hadn't planned to

• How a drinking moment can become a growth point instead of evidence that you've failed

• Why lasting change involves asking not only “What should I do differently?” but also “Who am I becoming?”

Connect with Leanne

leanneellington.com 

Instagram @leanneellington

 Join the October 40-Day Fast 

https://lovelifesober.co.uk/october-fast

📖 Order Christy's Book: Love Life Sober: A 40-Day Alcohol Fast to Rediscover Your Joy, Improve Your Health, and Renew Your Mind
https://lovelifesober.co.uk/book

📲 Follow Love Life Sober on Instagram
@lovelifesoberwithchristy

🎥 Subscribe on YouTube — Come hang out with us!

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Disclaimer

The creators, hosts, and producers of the Love Life Sober Podcast are not healthcare practitioners and do not provide medical, psychological, or professional advice. The content of this podcast and all Love Life Sober communications is intended for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Views and opinions expressed by guests, or in any resources referenced, do not necessarily reflect those of the Love Life Sober team.

 

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Fasting isn't simply about giving something up. Sometimes, it reveals what we've been reaching for when life gets hard—the alcohol, sugar, scrolling, shopping, or whatever else promises a little relief when we're overwhelmed, anxious, lonely, exhausted, or hurting. When we set that thing down, we're often left face-to-face with the discomfort we were trying to escape.

Wendy Speake, bestselling author of The 40-Day Sugar Fast, The 40-Day Social Media Fast, and The 40-Day Feast, shares why fasting is about more than giving something up. It can redirect our attention and affection toward God and create space for deeper intimacy with Jesus.

Christy and Wendy talk about what happens when the discomfort becomes overwhelming, why lasting transformation isn't about willpower, and how to keep moving forward when you stumble. They unpack why a slip doesn't erase the growth you've already experienced—and why God's grace means you don't have to return to the starting line every time you fall.

Wendy also shares the story behind her newest book, A Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving: 30 Days of Rejoicing in God's Goodness, and what it means to praise God without pretending that pain doesn't hurt. 

If You’ve Ever Thought…

“I know I should turn to God, but I just want something to make me feel better right now.”

“If I stop drinking, scrolling, eating, or whatever else I use to cope, what am I supposed to do with the discomfort?”

“I made it several days and then slipped. Does that mean I've failed?”

“Can I be hurting and still trust God?”

The this conversation is for you. 🩷

What You’ll Learn

• Why fasting is about more than simply giving something up

• What our coping mechanisms can reveal about where we turn for comfort

• How fasting can deepen our attention, affection, and intimacy with God

• How to sit with discomfort without immediately trying to escape it

• Why transformation requires more than willpower

• How to respond when you stumble without starting over

• Why God's grace is bigger than our failures

• How to praise God while honestly acknowledging pain

Check Out Wendy’s Books

📖 The 40-Day Sugar Fast
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📖 The 40-Day Social Media Fast
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📖 The 40-Day Feast
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📖 A Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving: 30 Days of Rejoicing in God's Goodness
https://amzn.to/4r6iQGI

Join the October 40-Day Fast

The Love Life Sober 40-Day Alcohol Fast begins October 5th.

https://lovelifesober.co.uk/october-fast

📖 Order Christy's Book: Love Life Sober: A 40-Day Alcohol Fast to Rediscover Your Joy, Improve Your Health, and Renew Your Mind
https://lovelifesober.co.uk/book

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@lovelifesoberwithchristy

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Disclaimer

The creators, hosts, and producers of the Love Life Sober Podcast are not healthcare practitioners and do not provide medical, psychological, or professional advice. The content of this podcast and all Love Life Sober communications is intended for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Views and opinions expressed by guests, or in any resources referenced, do not necessarily reflect those of the Love Life Sober team.

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You begin to understand the neuroscience behind drinking. You become curious about your patterns instead of judging yourself for them. You build new tools for dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, and big emotions. And you find people you can be completely honest with.

For me, that’s part of what changed as I learned to live alcohol-free.

After six years without alcohol, my friend Lauren—one of my earliest coaching clients and a professional journalist—turns the mic around and asks me what sobriety has actually been like, when it started to feel easier, and whether the desire to escape ever really goes away.

Our conversation became an honest look at what happens after the early days of sobriety are over.

Because eventually, something changes.

You realize that even when you no longer want alcohol, the desire to check out, escape, or change how you feel can still show up. The difference is learning how to respond when it does.

For me, the journey has never been only about alcohol. It has been about understanding why I was reaching for it in the first place and learning what real freedom actually looks like.

If You’ve Ever Thought…

“Why is this still hard when I know so much?”

“When will not drinking finally feel normal?”

“What if I’m not ready to quit forever?”

“Why do I keep reaching for alcohol when I know it isn’t helping me?”

This episode is for you. 🩷

What You’ll Learn

• When sobriety starts to feel easier

• Why the desire to “check out” can still show up years later

• How to recognize what you’re really reaching for when you want a drink

• Why curiosity is more helpful than shame

• How understanding your brain can change your relationship with alcohol

• How to build healthier tools for stress, anxiety, grief, and big emotions

• Why you don’t have to know whether you’ll quit forever to get curious about your drinking

• Why community matters so much in sobriety

I hope this conversation reminds you that sobriety isn’t about getting everything right. It’s about becoming curious, learning new ways to cope, and giving yourself the space to discover what is underneath the drinking.

 Join the October 40-Day Fast 

https://lovelifesober.co.uk/october-fast

📖 Order Christy's Book: Love Life Sober: A 40-Day Alcohol Fast to Rediscover Your Joy, Improve Your Health, and Renew Your Mind
https://lovelifesober.co.uk/book

📲 Follow Love Life Sober on Instagram
@lovelifesoberwithchristy

🎥 Subscribe on YouTube — Come hang out with us!

Disclaimer

The creators, hosts, and producers of the Love Life Sober Podcast are not healthcare practitioners and do not provide medical, psychological, or professional advice. The content of this podcast and all Love Life Sober communications is intended for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Views and opinions expressed by guests, or in any resources referenced, do not necessarily reflect those of the Love Life Sober team.

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For women navigating ADHD, alcohol, and the mental patterns that can keep them reaching for a drink, understanding your brain can change the way you understand your drinking. In this conversation, Christy Osborne and Love Life Sober leader Brittany Tonkavich explore ADHD, dopamine, boredom, focus, motivation, and why alcohol can feel like the fastest way to make your brain feel better.

Christy sits down with Brittany Tonkavich, a former coaching client turned Love Life Sober leader, for a fascinating conversation about ADHD, dopamine, and alcohol.

Diagnosed with ADHD as a child, Brittany looks back at the different “jobs” she gave alcohol throughout her life—from excitement and risk-taking to focus, motivation, relieving boredom, and quieting a busy brain.

She shares how understanding the connection between ADHD and dopamine helped her make sense of her drinking patterns and find healthier ways to give her brain what it was actually looking for.

If You've Ever Thought...

“Why do I feel like I need a glass of wine just to get things done, focus, or quiet my brain?”

“Why does alcohol seem to make boring things easier or life feel a little more interesting?”

Babe, this episode is for you. 🩷

What You'll Learn in This Episode

• Why alcohol can become appealing when your brain is searching for quick dopamine
• How ADHD can affect motivation, focus, boredom, impulsivity, and risk-taking
• Why you might reach for a drink to start a task or make something boring feel interesting
• How Brittany replaced alcohol with healthier, effort-based sources of dopamine
• Why understanding your brain can lead to curiosity instead of shame
• How awareness can become the beginning of lasting change

Brittany also leaves us with this beautiful reminder: “God made you. He didn't get it wrong. He got you right.”

If something in this conversation makes you wonder whether ADHD could be part of your story, your Tiny New Action is simple: get curious about the patterns you're noticing and talk to a qualified professional. Awareness is the first step toward transformation.

Links & Resources

Join the October 40-Day Fast
https://lovelifesober.co.uk/october-fast

🩷 Join the Love Life Sober Community
https://lovelifesober.co.uk/community

📖 Order Christy's Book: Love Life Sober: A 40-Day Alcohol Fast to Rediscover Your Joy, Improve Your Health, and Renew Your Mind
https://lovelifesober.co.uk/book

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@lovelifesoberwithchristy

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Disclaimer

The creators, hosts, and producers of the Love Life Sober Podcast are not healthcare practitioners and do not provide medical, psychological, or professional advice. The content of this podcast and all Love Life Sober communications is intended for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Views and opinions expressed by guests, or in any resources referenced, do not necessarily reflect those of the Love Life Sober team.

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You can love Jesus deeply and still struggle with alcohol, control, anxiety, or other coping mechanisms. You may have prayed for God to take the desire away, promised yourself you would do better, and wondered why you still feel stuck. But sometimes the thing you want God to remove is pointing to a deeper wound He wants to heal.

Christy sits down with pastor and The Divine Counselor author Alex Seeley to explore surrender, obedience, identity, triggers, and what it means to trust the voice of the Holy Spirit.

Alex shares openly about her own 20-year struggle with an eating disorder and control, and how the Holy Spirit helped her recognize the deeper wounds underneath her coping mechanisms. Together, Christy and Alex unpack why God may not simply take away a desire, how fear and control can keep you from trusting Him, and why freedom often begins with one small act of obedience.

They also explore how to recognize the Holy Spirit's voice, why Scripture helps you know what His voice sounds like, and how to distinguish conviction from shame and condemnation. Alex shares what she learned after praying for seven years for God to change a situation—and the powerful message she heard when she finally surrendered her fear.

If you've ever thought...

“Why won't God just take away my desire to drink?”

“I love Jesus, so why am I still struggling?”

“Why hasn't God changed this yet?”

“How do I know if I'm really hearing the Holy Spirit?”

“What if I surrender this and nothing gets better?”

“I know God is asking me to let this go, but I'm not ready.”

Babe, this episode is for you. 🩷

• Why loving Jesus doesn’t mean you’ll never struggle

• How alcohol and other coping mechanisms can mask deeper pain

• Why your struggle is not your identity

• What it means to take responsibility for your triggers

• Why God may not simply take the desire away

• How fear and control can keep us from fully trusting God

• How to recognize the Holy Spirit’s voice

• Why consistent obedience over time can lead to freedom

You are not defined by the thing you struggle with. You are a daughter of the King—and God may be inviting you to trust Him with the very place you’ve been trying so hard to control.

Get Alex’s book The Divine Counselor: Renew Your Mind, Heal Your Soul, and Discover Your Purpose Through the Guidance of the Holy Spirit

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🩷 Join the Love Life Sober Community
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📖 Order Christy's Book: Love Life Sober: A 40-Day Alcohol Fast to Rediscover Your Joy, Improve Your Health, and Renew Your Mind
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Disclaimer

The creators, hosts, and producers of the Love Life Sober Podcast are not healthcare practitioners and do not provide medical, psychological, or professional advice. The content of this podcast and all Love Life Sober communications is intended for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Views and opinions expressed by guests, or in any resources referenced, do not necessarily reflect those of the Love Life Sober team.

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For Christian women who are sober, sober-curious, or questioning their relationship with alcohol, the Aligned Conference is creating a space to connect faith, sobriety, recovery, and community. In this special roundtable, Christy Osborne, Sherry Hoppen and Aligned speakers share why gathering together matters.

You'll hear honest conversations about Christian sobriety, sober curiosity, faith, recovery, shame, freedom, and what it looks like to build a life centered on Jesus.

We'll worship. We'll pray. We'll learn.

But we're also going to have FUN. 🩷

If you've been sitting on the fence about Aligned, we hope this episode gives you the nudge you've been waiting for.

You'll hear from:

Caroline Beidler — previewing her message From Numb to Known and what it means to move out of hiding and into being fully known by God and others.

Ericka Andersen — author of Freely Sober, sharing about the lie that struggling with alcohol means something is wrong with your faith.

Jon Seidl — sharing about gospel-centered recovery and why Christians don't need to be afraid to put Jesus at the center of the conversation.

Susan, Heather, and Cindy — Love Life Sober leaders sharing why something powerful happens when Christian women gather in person, pray together, worship together, and realize they aren't alone.

Highlights:

• What Aligned is and who it's for
• Why you don't have to struggle with alcohol alone
• What it means to move from hiding to being fully known
• Why faith and recovery belong in the same conversation
• How gospel-centered recovery puts Jesus at the center
• Why sober Christian community matters
• What happens when women gather to pray, worship, and tell the truth
• Why you don't need years of sobriety to belong at Aligned

Join Us at Aligned

September 22–24, 2026
Holland, Michigan
https://www.alignedconference.org

Want to meet other women who are coming, ask questions, talk logistics, or simply start connecting before September? We've created a free online Aligned space that is open to everyone, you do not need to be a Love Life Sober Community member to join this space.

JOIN THE FREE ALIGNED SPACE

We cannot wait to hug you, worship with you, laugh with you, and see what God does when we all get in the room together. 🩷

Disclaimer

The creators, hosts, and producers of the Love Life Sober Podcast are not healthcare practitioners and do not provide medical, psychological, or professional advice. The content of this podcast and all Love Life Sober communications is intended for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Views and opinions expressed by guests, or in any resources referenced, do not necessarily reflect those of the Love Life Sober team.

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