Sober·ish Uprising

“My doctor asked me if I had anything else I wanted to talk about before I left and I said yeah ‘Am i an alcoholic?’” 

Allyson, a guide, healer and coach, still found herself like many of us having the realization that drinking may not serve her but not committing to the change for years.

With a complicated family story deserving of a white board sketch, Allyson started drinking in her early teens but gave it up shortly after when she saw the destruction it caused. Her drinking would ebb and flow but she slowly saw it increase to the point where one two many glasses of wine led her sobbing on the floor and finding her way to sobriety, recently celebrating one year on October 22nd. 

Allyson shares about how when she was presented with the idea that she was dependent on alcohol it was enough to make a switch because as an independent, driven woman she didn't want to be dependent on anything. 

She shares about the labels of a drinker and that she doesn't see herself as an alcoholic or dependent but rather an avoider who used alcohol to avoid the pain she was in. We talk about how unfamiliar truly feeling your feelings can feel when we’ve been damping them down for years with alcohol.

And how mind blown she has been at the change in friendships once she became a non-drinker and that other’s responses are rarely about you but their own stuff.

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Curious if you have a drinking problem? Head over to www.soberishuprising.com for the five questions to ask yourself.

About Allyson Allyson Roberts is a game changing, success strategist who uses cognitive behavioral skills to boost the performance of business leaders. She is an international best selling author and keynote speaker including the TEDx stage. 

Allyson is known for her unique blend of humor, her connection with the audience and her love for helping people transform instantly on her stage. 

She’s appeared on ABC, NBC, FOX News and has been featured on many podcasts and media. 

Allyson was homeless, pregnant and living in her car after surviving horrific child abuse. Today she is a leader of change and a living example of how we can be the bold boss of our brains and change everything.

www.allysonroberts.com 

It's the Holidays baby! And we all know as holly jolly as they are they can also make us feel a little grinchy. 

Today I share tips for for approaching the Holidays sober•ish. They’ve worked for me. They’ve worked for clients. What’s great is they also work for other Holiday decisions. 

In my second year of being sober•ish, I had 23 drinks. 13 were over November and December with 9 during the month of December.

  It’s very easy to fall into old programming around the Holidays so be prepared. 

I also share about my recent trip to Miami and how for me travel has a way of romanticizing alcohol.

Thank you for tuning in and if you like this podcast I would be over the moon for a share and a review!

Curious if you have a drinking problem? Head over to www.soberishuprising.com and download the 5 questions to find out. 

“Is this the kind of woman I want to be? The mom I want to be? The business owner? Is alcohol moving me further or closer away from what I am actually trying to do and here to do and wanting to in this world? The answer is further. Its definitely not closer.”

This conversation is different then my others in that Liz is brand new to being sober•ish. On the day we taped she was on day 9 and is now in double digits. Go Liz!! A month or so ago I got a Voxer from Liz sharing she was going to be hosting a retreat and was going to make it a sober retreat and herself be sober in preparation and that when the mindf*$&#ery began. 

She shares about how she wanted the retreat to be perfect for the women and got caught up in all the thoughts of having booze there but then realized it would be a disservice to her and her clients to not deliver a transformative experience and nothing in the transformation involved hungover humans or booze infused nights.  

She shares the conversation with her and her husband about how they think they are one drink people but really they are two-three drink people so what would happen if they became no drink people and so the sober•ish journey began. 

She shares how she used to view sobriety as great for others but a no for her but after feeling the amazingness of sobriety is ALL IN and has a great pool analogy to detail this! 

We talk about the Holidays and her intention of not drinking as opposed to years before when it was just a given and how the power of choice is a game changer when it comes to Holiday Bliss.

Interested in being blissed out for the Holidays?  Join Liz on November 19th and make it happen! 

https://www.lizsvatek.com/a/2147703486/8qKZez4J

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About Liz

Liz Svatek is a rapid transformation coach, host of the top rated podcast Conversations with Warrior Women, and the founder of Warrior Women Inc, a personal growth business centered on women unleashing their inner warriors. Liz helps women their 40's, 50's and 60's overcome MindFuckery with humor, tangible tools and her Warrior Women community.

About Sober•ish Uprising 

At Sober•ish Uprising we find freedom from alcohol on our own terms. Founded by Holly Krivokapich, a former heavy drinker who started a sober•ish uprising of her own and everything changed, we know it's not about saying no to the drink but saying yes to you. Through our podcast, 1:1 coaching and group coaching, we support those to create and live their own sober•ish journey.

www.soberishuprising.com 

“I could cry.  I’m so happy I made the decision to quit. And when you make the decision from a higher place it changes something inside of you.” 

Lori is new•ish in her sober journey but like most people knew for much longer drinking may not be for her.  Never a heavy drinker, Lori found herself finding more and more reasons to celebrate with wine despite feeling her body reject the alcohol when she drank it leaving her feeling hopeless and with no control. 

A woman who loves her people and life, it was at her sister’s birthday when they were at a poolside bar celebrating she just knew she couldn’t do this anymore.

Sober since July 25th Lori shares how she had tried to quit several times before but she was able to truly commit to that when she realized she couldn’t be drinking and connected to her higher self. 

We talk about the disservice she was not only doing to herself but her clients and those around her when she was disconnected with alcohol. 

She talks about the biggest surprise being she doesn't miss alcohol at all especially when at one point she had just thought this was a part of who she was. 

And although she is loving the sober life she is open to a drink in the future if it ever aligns to the woman she wants to be. 

More about Lori

Lori is a healer, mindset coach and intuitive healer. Learn more about her by visiting her website at www.houzeofsoul.com or other channels below! 

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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorihouze/ 

YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@lorileehouze

About Sober•ish Uprising 

At Sober•ish Uprising we find freedom from alcohol on our own terms. Founded by Holly Krivokapich, a former heavy drinker who started a sober•ish uprising of her own and everything changed, we know it's not about saying no to the drink but saying yes to you. Through our podcast, 1:1 coaching and group coaching, we support those to create and live their own sober•ish journey.

www.soberishuprising.com 

“I fooled myself into believing there was no other way. If I am going to do x, y, zed, of course I have to have a bottle of wine at dinner or take my clients to a scotch tasting and partake. This is just what we do.” 

Cathy is a recovering tech executive, health coach and a sober•ish woman on her way to complete sobriety. 

As a high-performing woman living with an autoimmune disease Cathy worked for years to find the right solutions for her health and dialed in on those efforts but alcohol? That one took a little longer. 

Cathy has a concept called Elective Pain where we make a choice to do things that we know will cause pain but the ROI is worth it. It was when the ROI plummeted that she knew alcohol was no longer a part of her health journey. 

We talk about how as coaches living in integrity is extremely important and how its hard to live in integrity when you do things that feel like a betrayal to yourself. 

She shares about the pervasive culture of drinking in the tech industry and how the perception of needing to drink to belong is such a strong tentacle that booze has on us. 

We talk about the comparison game (not the one you normally think of) but the one where you go out for drinks keeping a mindful eye on others wondering if you can have another or if you're drinking too much. Guilty! 

You can find out more about Cathy and the amazing work she does at https://pomonawellness.co/.

Curious if you have a drinking problem? Head over to www.soberishuprising.com for the 5 questions to identify if you do!

“I was educated and I had a mortgage. My life was great. How could I be an alcoholic? That doesn’t make any sense.” 

Host of “I have 12 Questions - Conversations about the Sober Life”, Amanda Patton is 10 years into sobriety and has a passion for sharing stories of recovery “sans labels, dogma, stigma or shame.” 

Yes please! 

While our stories of drinking and sobriety/sober•ish could not be more different, what we do share is our passion to provide a safe, curious place for people to figure out their relationship with alcohol. 

It was such a delightful conversation as Amanda is honest, vulnerable and finds humor along the way. 

She shares how she didnt start drinking until she was almost 30 and then it was on like donkey kong leading to a DUI within 6 months and eventually 4 arrests but even that didn't stop her.

We talk about how we adjust our goals and our life around our drinking and that whether you're homeless or a millionaire, the realization that living a life out of alignment with who you want to be and your drinking doesn't discriminate.

She shares how sobriety is hard but so is drinking your life away so which hard leads to bigger, better things. 

She shares that at her core is a need to remove shame in all things and help the underdog, knowing you may only get one shot to create a safe place for someone to find the help they need. 

For more on Amanda and her podcast, visit https://www.ihave12questions.com to listen to all her amazing content and give her a follow on instagram @ihave12questions. 

If you are sober curious and would love to explore what it looks like for you please visit www.soberishuprising.com 

Last week I celebrated my two year sober•ish birthaversary! Don’t I look good for my age? 

On September 13, 2021, I started a sober•ish journey that has evolved along the way. Just as I have continued to evolve as a woman who consistently puts her well being above everything else. This one decision made with intention and love for myself changed everything.

In today’s podcast I share some of my biggest insights after 2 years of living sober•ish. 

I share several data points, 22, 30%, 41%, from my second year of sober•ish life and the one, 9, that still blows my mind.

I share the biggest differences between my first year of sober•ish and my second and how even though I spend most of my day talking sober•ish, it still takes up less mind space than alcohol used to. 

This was such a fun episode to reflect and celebrate. Two things we must do when we do new, big things. 

Thank you for tuning in! If you are sober curious and want to explore a sober•ish journey let’s connect at [email protected] or DM me on IG @soberishuprising. 

It would mean the world to me if you subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with your friends, co-workers, and families. This will help the trajectory of this podcast and allow others who are seeking true happiness to find the podcast.

There are so many facets of living a sober·ish life that I have discovered along the way and I continue to do so.

Today I share my A-E of being sober·ish including:

How I assumed the edginess I had in my life was a personality defect until I quit drinking and realized it was self-induced anxiety.

How easy it is to delay quitting drinking as there is never a great time to quit drinking and how easy it is to buy into our excuses.

And how nothing feels as good as keeping a promise to yourself.

April grew up in an environment where alcohol was plentiful, never taboo and part of the fabric of her family. She had her first drink at 7 and remembers a time she went drink for drink with her dad at 14.  

As she grew into adulthood April continued to see the conflict within booze. She felt a healthy fear and respect toward alcohol. She had seen what alcohol could do to someone AND that it's a way to come together. Like for most of us the mixed messages were loud and clear. 

April calls it her “freshman year” at 30 where she drank more than normal but always in the back of her mind knowing the risk of alcoholism was there. Adding to it was the industry she worked in, a work hard/play hard booze environment (much like her family).

She slowly slowly started to realize that the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze especially for a woman living with an autoimmune disease. 

Sober since 2017, April made a declaration of sobriety. An honoring of the knowing inside that she just couldn’t keep on. 

In today's episode, The Juice isn’t Worth the Squeeze, she shares how it took two years after truly realizing that drinking wasn’t great for her body to officially cut alcohol out of her life. 

She shares how despite doing so much to take care of herself with her autoimmune disease, she was giving her body an incredible task of ridding itself from alcohol and she just couldn't do it anymore. 

We talk about the importance of not overriding your body and ignoring it when it is yelling at you to stop.

It would mean the world to me if you subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with your friends, co-workers, and families. This will help the trajectory of this podcast and allow others  to find their own freedom from alcohol.

If you would like to connect with Holly directly to explore what sober·ish looks like for you, please email me at [email protected]. You can also find me on instagram @ soberishuprising. 

About April

April is a mindful leadership & embodied life coach, trauma-informed somatic practitioner, and mindfulness teacher.  She specializes in transformative coaching, somatic stress management, and imperfect mindfulness.

Her mission is to help busy and stressed people build a deeper understanding of themselves and expand their range of resilience so that they can live, lead, and achieve with greater intention and purpose.

Connect with April at A to Zen.

www.atozen.com

A young, sober Wendell attended more AA meetings by the age of 12 than most ever will. Wanting to spend time with his pops so he accompanied his father to AA meetings all over Queens, New York for years seeing all the different ways alcohol affected people.

Those lessons and stories would stick with him AND he would still have to find his own way to being sober·ish. From drinking 8 days a week and using booze as an escape hatch to being mindful to how it impacts the way he shows up, Wendell shares with honesty his version of sobriety. 

We talk about how we should all be more inclusive in our  social and professional networking opportunities so we don’t leave out people who don’t drink for whatever reason they choose.  

He shares how the realization that he could drink while working lead him to create his “whiskey and work” playlist that eventually led to his version of “rock bottom”.

We talk about how drinking plays into black and brown culture and how that altered his perspective of what a “drinking problem” was growing up on the streets of NYC in the 80s and 90s. 

Inclusivity is something we talk about alot and we 1000% should be. Let’s also expand our way of thinking about inclusivity when it comes to events with booze. By adding a mocktail station or making it a dry event, that can go a long way in ensuring all people can partake. 

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If you are interested in learning more about starting your sober·ish journey head on over to www.hollykrivo.com or follow me on Instagram at soberishuprising.