Who are you without a drink in your hand? Not what do you do without it — who are you? In this episode Christie shares the surprising truth she discovered about herself when she got sober at 23, why it took years to actually figure things out, and the moment she finally believed she was a beloved daughter of God. Plus: what her clients think they're going to lose when they stop drinking, what they actually find, and one simple practice to start answering the most important question in this work.

Topics covered: The party girl who turned out to be a homebody | Why figuring out your identity after alcohol takes longer than you think | The journal prayer that proved God was listening all along | Walking with Purpose and a decade of slowly receiving God's love | What women think they lose when they stop drinking — and what they actually find | The neuroscience of self-stories and why yours isn't true | Isaiah 43:1 and your actual identity | One journaling practice to start meeting the real you

Scripture referenced: Isaiah 43:1 — "Fear not, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name. You are mine."

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The hardest trigger isn't at the party. It's on your own couch, at the end of a regular Tuesday, next to your husband. In this episode, Christie gets personal — sharing what happened in her own marriage when she decided to invest in her health, what she learned about habit loops and evening triggers, and why one person changing is often enough to shift everything. Plus: three husband scenarios, the conversation you need to have, and how to rewire your evening routine so the habit loses its grip.

Topics covered: Christie's personal story: investing in her health at 52 | Why the evening is the hardest trigger — and the neuroscience behind it | Three husband scenarios and how to navigate each one | The conversation you need to have with your spouse | How Christie's 5:30am walks changed everything (and what that has to do with your sobriety) | Practical ways to change your evening routine | Why your growth is good for your marriage even when it's uncomfortable | Keeping your eyes on your own journey

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The girls trip. The family barbecue. The friend who says "well then I can't drink" when you order iced tea. If summer social situations are the thing standing between you and drinking less, this episode is for you. Christie gets specific — and a little light-hearted — about FOMO, social pressure, and exactly what to say when someone won't let your sparkling water go unquestioned. Plus: what really happened when her clients came back from sober girls trips.

Topics covered: The three fears that make social situations hard | Why your friends get weird when you don't drink (it's not about you) | What really happens on a sober girls trip | Step-by-step plan for any summer event | Exactly what to say when someone pushes back | Why FOMO is really about belonging — and where that belonging actually comes from

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You don't have a wine problem. You have a wound that wine is covering. In this episode, Christie shares the story of how she started drinking at sixteen — and why — and unpacks the real need underneath every woman's habit. Spoiler: it goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden. This is the episode that changes the question from "how do I stop?" to "what am I actually reaching for?"

Topics covered: The friend breakup that started it all | Why alcohol expands your world before it demolishes it | The woman whose life is falling apart AND the woman who still has it all together — and why both need this | Eve in the Garden and the lie that's been running in the human heart ever since | What your brain is actually doing when it craves a drink | One simple practice to start asking the real question

Scripture referenced: Isaiah 43:1 — "Fear not, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by name. You are mine."

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Every summer, millions of women tell themselves the same thing: "I'll deal with this after Labor Day."

And every fall, they're right back where they started.

In this episode, Christie makes the case that summer isn't the worst time to do this work — it's actually the best. The barbecues, the girls trips, the family reunions, the cooler full of White Claw at every single event from June through August? That's not the obstacle. That's the laboratory.

If you're a Catholic woman who loves Jesus, keeps her life together in almost every area, but has this one habit that doesn't quite line up with who you know you're called to be — this episode is for you.

In this episode:

• Why "I'll start after summer" is the habit talking — not wisdom
• How your brain is already craving before you've made a single decision (and why that's not weakness)
• Why summer's social pressure is actually the fastest path to lasting change
• What God might be doing in the seasons that feel most inconvenient
• Three things you can do right now — before the next barbecue

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This podcast is for you if:

You don't identify as an alcoholic but you know something's off. You're disciplined, faithful, and quietly non-negotiable about your evening wine. You've tried to cut back. It worked for a while. And now there's a low hum of something — shame, confusion, frustration — that follows you around.

You're in the right place.

About Christie:

Christie Walker is a Catholic sobriety coach and content creator who has been alcohol-free for 29 years. She works with Catholic women in the gray area — not rock bottom, not fine — using a framework built on Catholic faith, identity in Christ, inner healing, and neuroscience. 

Her coaching programs include the Sober(ish) Summer Challenge, the Sacred Sobriety Lab, and the Sacred Sobriety Kickstart (a free 5-video series for women ready to take a first step).

Know someone who needs to hear this? Send her this episode. It might be the kindest thing you do for her all summer.

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Abby is a wife, mom, and Sacred Sobriety Lab member who has been alcohol-free for 232 days. But before that number, there were six attempts at cutting back — each one unraveling the same way, one exception at a time.

In this episode, Abby walks us through what her drinking actually looked like at its peak, why moderation kept failing her, and what shifted when she stopped trying to manage alcohol on her own terms and instead responded to what she felt God asking of her.

We talk about the mental chatter that follows a drinker everywhere — the planning, the negotiating, the stopping at three and being furious about it — and what it felt like when that chatter finally went quiet.

We also get into the Kentucky Derby party where Abby caught herself smiling so hard she couldn't contain it. The mocktail called The Chauffeur. Going to Confession. And what happened in the eight months after her last drink that she never could have orchestrated on her own.

This is the first time I've had a client on this podcast. It won't be the last.

If you're a Catholic woman who's tired of the mental gymnastics and suspects this is about more than wine — this episode is worth your time.

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Christie pulls back the curtain on her four coaching pillars — Catholic faith, neuroscience, inner healing, and identity in Christ — and shares the personal journey behind each one. Nearly three decades sober, she walks through why she built her coaching approach the way she did, what she wishes she'd known sooner, and why she believes this framework works. If you've ever felt like something was missing from your sobriety journey, this episode is for you.

Resources mentioned: Encounter School of Ministry, Be Healed by Dr. Bob Schuchts, Unbound by Neal Lozano, John 10:10

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Have you ever walked past something — a park, a pair of tiny shoes, a photo on the fridge — and felt that sudden ache of a season that's gone? That's where this episode starts. Christie was walking her dog when she passed a neighborhood park where her boys used to play, and the grief hit her out of nowhere.

Not grief over something bad. Grief over something beautiful that simply isn't anymore.

And then her brain did what it always does — it connected it to you. To the women she works with who are afraid to let go of alcohol because they're grieving it before they've even quit.

In this episode, Christie unpacks why that grief is real, what you're actually going to miss (and what you're not), and the one reframe that changes everything: drinking didn't make you more yourself. Untangling yourself from alcohol will.

IN THIS EPISODE

• Why grief is a completely normal — and actually appropriate — part of letting go of alcohol
• The park moment: Nathan, Andrew, and Ben, and what one walk taught Christie about missing a season
• The minivan reel that broke her heart a little (you've seen it, you know the one)
• What you're really going to miss vs. what you think you're going to miss — and why those are very different things
• The identity lie: why so many women drink to feel like themselves, and why it's working against them
• The neuroscience of why alcohol feels like relief — and why that feeling is a trick
• What it looks like when a woman finally comes back into focus
• Permission to grieve AND keep going

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What if the reason changing your relationship with alcohol feels like a constant fight is because you're using the wrong strategy entirely? In this episode, Christie draws on her own story — 29 years of living alcohol-free, a faith journey that transformed her identity, and years of coaching Catholic women — to unpack the difference between behavior management and identity-based change. This isn't about willpower. It's about who you actually are. And that changes everything.

Topics Covered:

• Why willpower was never designed to carry this weight long-term
• What identity actually means — and how your brain uses it
• Christie's personal story and the conviction that changed everything
• The Catholic theology of identity that makes this more than just a strategy
• What identity-based change looks like on an ordinary Tuesday night
• One question to take with you this week

The Catholic Sobriety Podcast | Christie Walker

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Have you been drinking more than you want to — more often, in larger amounts — and you can't quite figure out why? You're not alone, and you're not broken. In this episode, Christie Walker, the Catholic Sobriety Coach, walks you through a powerful tool used inside her Sacred Sobriety Lab called the Critical Thinking Skills Worksheet — a six-category framework designed to wake up the thinking part of your brain right in the middle of a craving.

Christie breaks down four of the most impactful questions from the framework, explains what's happening in your brain when habits take over, and connects the neuroscience to the Catholic tradition of discernment and interior life.

If you've been stuck in a cycle you can't seem to break, this episode gives you a starting point — not a perfect plan, just an honest one.

Topics covered:

• Why cravings feel automatic (and what to do about it)
• The prefrontal cortex and why your thinking brain needs a script
• Four critical thinking questions: Why, What, Who, and How
• How to start — even if you only have 10 minutes and a notes app
• Why this is spiritual work, not just self-help

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