Registered Nurse and Sobriety Coach Kate Vitela is here to remind you that no matter where you are on your sobriety journey, you are always allowed to change. 

Kate shares the story of how alcohol became a way of life for her as a young nurse and how her attempt at switching to cannabis wound up unraveling her life in a way that led to full sobriety. 

She also shares about her experiences with AA. Originally a program that changed her life, Kate felt after a couple of years of sobriety that she no longer wanted to identify as an ‘alcoholic’. This choice led her to unexpected backlash that led her to step away from the program and develop her own. 

Kate is now a sober coach and sober podcaster focusing on a message that blends science, spirituality, real stories, and humor to create a recovery approach that’s authentic and empowering. 

Work with Kate: www.katevitela.com 

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There’s a problematic message in our society that tells us that we only need to quit drinking if our drinking looks ‘that bad’. You know the kind - Meg Ryan in When A Man Loves a Woman or Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas. 

This message can cause so many challenges for women on their sobriety journeys. It can make them second guess themselves about whether or not they need to quit drinking, even as their personal relationship with alcohol becomes more and more negative. 

But what if you reframed this message? What if you stopped asking if you were ‘that bad’, and started asking if alcohol was that bad? How would this change your perspective? 

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Katie and I are back with another installment of SobrieTEA, where we spill the tea about our favorite escape: Bravo and Reality TV! 

We’ve been watching a lot of Real Housewives lately. We’ll share our thoughts on Tamara’s truth bomb about Gretchen’s problematic Instagram activity on RHOC. Katie will lay out why she loves the current cast of Real Housewives of Potomac. And finally, we’ll wrap up with our current fave - Salt Lake City. 

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Friday episodes are back! Every Friday you can now tune into The Weekend Reset: bite-sized episodes to support you in your sobriety as you head into the weekend! 

In this first Weekend Reset, I want to share with you why I write one very specific phrase in almost every book I sign: “Keep Going”.  No matter how hard sobriety feels at this moment, I promise you, it is easier to keep going. Today I’ll explain why. 

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Fellow Wisconsinite and sober coach Heather Lowe loved the way alcohol made her feel from a very young age. She kept her fears that she might have a problematic relationship with alcohol under wraps for decades, until a flurry of life changes and tragedies led to her begin to ‘drink her grief’ instead of feeling it. 

Heather wanted to blame everything but alcohol for the ways in which she felt like she was losing her grip, so much so that she began to try ‘sober experiments’ to prove to herself that alcohol wasn’t the problem. She was surprised to find, though, that she was feeling better and better during her periods of sobriety.

Quitting for real felt terrifying. A longtime party girl, Heather couldn’t imagine losing friends through such a big life change. The honest truth was that she did lose friends, but she developed a much more important friendship along the way - a deep and meaningful friendship with herself. 

Now seven years sober, Heather works with women in all stages of sobriety to help them navigate their own sober journeys. She wants you to know: There is so much potential in sobriety. Give yourself the chance! 

Learn more about Heather: 

www.ditchedthedrink.com

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Powerhouse psychotherapist, boundary expert, and author Terri Cole joins me today for an incredibly enlightening talk about boundary setting, codependency, and how it all plays out in sobriety. 

Terri will share how she came to dedicate her life to helping people navigate boundary setting and what she has coined ‘high functioning codependency’. She’ll share what boundaries and codependency truly are, how alcohol plays into disordered boundaries, the first steps you can take if you’re ready to create stronger boundaries in your relationships, and why codependency is weakening your relationships with others. 

Terri has offered a free high functioning co-dependent toolkit at www.terricole.com/hfc 

Check out Terri’s website www.terricole.com for her incredible books, podcast, and Youtube channel 

I was on Terri’s podcast recently! That episode can be heard here. 

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Jessica Stewart from The Sober As F*ck Podcast joins me today to share her sobriety journey, one that is deeply entangled with the addictions of her mom, brother, and husband. Jessica vulnerably shares how the addictions of her loved ones played out in her own life, and how it affected her choices with everything including alcohol, partying, parenthood, her marriage and more. 

Jessica has been sober since June! And she is so grateful for the sobriety of her brother and her husband. 

If you are someone who has struggled with the addictions of those that you love, we hope this episode will give you hope and peace. 

Listen to The Sober as F*ck Podcast

Check out Suzanne’s episode on Jessica’s podcast

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Katie and I are back with another installment of SobrieTEA, where we spill the tea about our favorite escape: Bravo and Reality TV! 

Fall truly begins with the premiere of Bravo’s fall TV lineup. We’ll get into the Real Housewives of Miami reunion, The OC, the great Real Housewives of Salt Lake premiere, and what we expect when Potomac returns. 

Plus - A peek into Suzanne’s book release week, and the fantastic Charlie Sheen documentary

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Today’s Real Sober Mom, Jennifer, is celebrating one year of sobriety! To celebrate, she is coming full circle and telling her story here on the podcast after feeling so supported by other women who have shared their stories in the same space. 

Alcohol found its way into Jennifer’s life through her older brother, and as they became adults a culture of partying became central to her family dynamic. This family dynamic weaved its way through her relationship with alcohol, even as she navigated liver issues in her twenties and cancer in her thirties. 

Jennifer began to question her relationship with alcohol after she completed treatment for colon cancer. Once she realized that she was a ‘gray area drinker’ she began to explore quit lit and hired a sober coach, but it took some time for sobriety to fully ‘click’ for her. The Sober Mom Life community served as a major turning point for Jennifer as she realized for the first time that she wasn’t alone. 

With a year of sobriety under her belt, Jennifer shares about how sobriety has impacted her family dynamic, and how finding new ‘tools’ to cope in place of alcohol has made all the difference in her life. 

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My book, The Sober Shift, is out now, and I’m going on a book tour! Take a look at my events calendar for a book tour stop near you. I would LOVE to meet you and thank you for being a part of this incredible community! 

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It’s a big week! My book, The Sober Shift: A Modern Day Guide to Living an Abundant Sober Life, officially releases on Tuesday, September 30th! To celebrate, I’m giving you something special: a sneak peek of the audiobook. 

Today you’ll hear the introduction to The Sober Shift. 

Thank you all so much for your support, and for listening in as I’ve been on this journey alongside you. This space has given me the opportunity to explore my personal views on sobriety in a way that allowed me to write this book. I could not be more grateful to have you as a listener! 

I’m going on a book tour! Take a look at my events calendar for a book tour stop near you. I would LOVE to meet you and thank you for being a part of this incredible community! 

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