In this episode Toni is joined by one of her big girl crushes, Mia Mancuso, a writer, creator, alcohol-free advocate and oncology nurse from Los Angeles.

Mia, 47, also known as sober influencer, The Sober Glow, has been inspiring and educating on alcohol-free living since 2016.

She talks a lot about 'grey/gray area drinking': which is the habitual - and often problematic - drinking that doesn't fit the standard alcoholic/recovery model, because she believes there are many different reasons for and many different ways to change your relationship with alcohol.

Mia's motto for AF life is: Feel good while feeling it all, and she is a walking talking, glowing advert for the sober life.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why quitting drinking is seldom a linear process (and how it took Mia 18 years to stop!)


• The concept of 'grey/gray area drinking' and why AA isn't right for everyone


• That you don’t need to have a drinking problem for drinking to be a problem


• Changing our perspective on Dry Jan/a sober stint: for most of us it's something we GET to do, not HAVE to do


• How getting sober = feeling all those feelings (and why that is a good thing)


• Why getting uninvited to a wedding early in her sobriety journey was a gift in disguise


• How Mia believes getting sober has made her a better, more thoughtful and more conscientious person

PODCAST NOTES + LINKS:

• @thesoberglow on Instagram


• The Sober Studio on Substack


• Beloved Books for the New Teetotaller (article by Mia)

• The Sober Lush by Amanda Eyre Ward


• Atomic Habits by James Clear


• Drinking, A Love Story by Carolyn Napp

• ⁠⁠⁠@shelfhelp.club on Instagram⁠⁠⁠


• ⁠⁠⁠www.shelfhelp.club⁠⁠⁠


• ⁠⁠⁠Join the (free) Shelf Help Club community over on the Shelf Help Club App⁠⁠⁠

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