Sober mom advocate Celeste Yvonne is a writer and certified recovery coach (IAPRC) with over 20 years of experience as a communications professional in corporate America. Her essays on parenting, the mental load of motherhood, mommy wine culture, and sobriety resonates with mothers everywhere and has been featured in the Washington Post, Good Morning America, Today Show, and Refinery 29, among others. Over five years sober and a founding host of the Sober Mom Squad, Celeste advocates for mothers who struggle with addiction and mental health.

In this episode, you will hear about:

• Celeste's relationship to alcohol
• Justifying Mommy wine culture
• How Celeste quit drinking in secret
• Internal dialogue before social events, "do I drink? Do I not drink?"
• Resources for information and community
• Sober Mom Squad
• Top 25 Sober Communities other than AA
• Quite Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker
• This Naked Mind by Annie Grace
• We Are the Luckiest by Laura McKowen
• Sober Powered Podcast with Gillian Tietz (15-20-min episodes)
• Better coping methods for new Moms
• It's Not About the Wine by Celeste Yvonne

Connect with Celeste:

• Website: celesteyvonne.com
• Instagram: @theultimatemomchallenge
• Sober support on Substack: celesteyvonne.substack.com

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