The Sober Mom Life

Juliet Warner’s road to sobriety began at age 20 with her first stint in rehab for opiate addiction. For 8 years, she was in and out of rehab and treatment facilities as she struggled with the push and pull of addiction. At 28, her sobriety solidified when she committed to the steps in AA.

Yet, she always wondered - would she be able to drink ‘normally’ someday? Alcohol hadn’t been central to her addiction, after all.

Alcohol slowly but surely found its way into Juliet’s life eight years later through mommy wine culture. After 9 months, a major mental health slide, and more blackouts than she felt comfortable with, Juliet realized that alcohol was a drug just like all the rest… and one that was no longer welcome in her life.

Juliet now shares her story of motherhood and sobriety and is dedicated to helping others on their sober journeys. Check her out @thejulietsocial.

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As moms, we give of ourselves from the moment we get up until the moment we put our heads on the pillow. In the midst of all that chaos, your needs are in there, too! Yet, if you’re anything like me, your needs are probably the first to get set aside. That’s how alcohol found its way into motherhood: In the gap between our needs and the lack of resources we had to meet them.

You deserve so much more than that. This is your motherhood experience. You deserve to enjoy it.

So I want you to ask yourself - what do you need this Mother’s Day? Answering that question and communicating it to your loved ones could go a long way to rebalancing the scales that are so often balanced away from our needs as moms.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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Sure, you can do sobriety alone, but it’s so much more fun to do it with a community.

Cafe leaders Jen and Amanda join me on the pod to give you a sneak peek into what you can expect to find in a sober community. Whether you’re interested in joining The Cafe or joining another incredible sobriety community, let this be your sign to give it a go!

These connections are unlike any others that you will find in your life - a community of women who get it, and who can walk with you no matter what stage of sobriety you are in.

Community makes all the difference. Join The Sober Mom Life Cafe for 6+ Peer Support meetings each week and a private Facebook group to connect with sober and sober-curious women.

Sign up for our next ‘Fresh 30’ and ‘Beyond 30’ cohorts. Learn more here!

Get Your Copy of my book! The Sober Shift

Join me on Substack: https://suzannewarye.substack.com/

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Work Conferences are a big sober first for a lot of the women in The Cafe, and I have to admit I didn’t fully understand… until now. I just got back from my husband’s work conference in Texas and wow. There was So. Much. Drinking.

If a sober work conference or work event feels daunting for you, then this episode is for you. We’ll talk about why these events are so alcohol-drenched, and approaches you can take to get the best out of a work conference without feeling overwhelmed by the pervasive drinking culture that surrounds them.

Sign up is now open for our May ‘Fresh 30’ and ‘Beyond 30’ cohorts. Learn more here!

Community makes all the difference. Join The Sober Mom Life Cafe for 6+ Peer Support meetings each week and a private Facebook group to connect with sober and sober-curious women.

Get Your Copy of my book! The Sober Shift

Get my Free 5-Day Sober Vacation email series direct to your inbox

Join me on Substack: https://suzannewarye.substack.com/

Follow on Instagram @thesobermomlife

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Kelley Kitley grew up in a world where alcohol wasn’t only normalized… it was the family business. As a kid, she lived above her family’s bar and she could not wait until she was old enough to experience what this drinking thing was all about. Now a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of sobriety under her belt, Kelley helps women navigate their own relationships with sobriety, and she gets it.

We talk about the ways in which alcohol was central to Kelley’s family life growing up, her attempts to ‘dodge the bullet’ of addiction by studying psychology, the mental strain of moderation, her experiences in and opinions of AA, her excellent memoir MY Self, and what it was like to go public with her personal story as a psychologist.

Follow Kelley on Instagram @kelleykitley

Community makes all the difference. Join The Sober Mom Life Cafe for 6+ Peer Support meetings each week and a private Facebook group to connect with sober and sober-curious women.

Get Your Copy of my book! The Sober Shift

Join me on Substack: https://suzannewarye.substack.com/

Follow on Instagram @thesobermomlife

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.