Let's explore how the fear of worrying what other people will think about your drinking, can hold you back in tackling your relationship with alcohol. Why should it matter if others discover how much you've been drinking? Will they think less of you? Do some people's opinions matter more than others? Does it impact your reputation, and can that recover or improve over time? Does it matter? Your hosts Clare and Jane consider all of these aspects, celebrity examples and their own experiences in how people's perceptions have factored into them getting sober.

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Ruth and Clare look at how drinking habits are formed and change over time, with the factors such as age, location and relationships playing key roles. How does expectation and association play a part in our drinking behaviour? And how do we break old habits, to form new ones and live a less with less fizz?

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Clare references podcast: Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett: Ozempic expert episode with Johann Hari:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YMnHNIuK3M

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In this episode, Ruth asks Clare details about her drinking past and sobriety journey. Ruth's not afraid to be direct, and Clare is incredibly honest in her answers about sobriety alongside parenting, finances and her marriage. It's an engaging listen with a warm and fuzzy ending, including Clare's favourite sober phrase: TOTALLY CAPABLE!

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In this brief episode, Ruth and Jane discuss an overheard radio chat about the link between alcohol and joy.

Jane introduces Ruth to the concept of sober joyful 'glimmer,' - euphoric natural highs of blissful happiness.

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Parenting is one of the hardest jobs in the world... with no handbook! It's rewarding yet exhausting, and 'Mummy Wine Culture' promotes that alcohol is the perfect reward for surviving another long day. Your hosts Ruth, Jane and Clare have five children between them... and drank when the kids were younger. In this episode they share their honest experiences of alcohol in the early years - slurry bedtime stories, groggy hangover days and the Tooth Fairy not showing up, to name a few. They look at the wide-ranging benefits children AND parents experience from removing alcohol... increased patience, consistency and life-expectancy, plus reduced risk, harm and neglect. The physical, psychological, financial and societal positives are truly staggering! Your hosts also reflect on the younger generation's perception of alcohol, and hopes for a more sober-friendly future.

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An intervention can be a very effective - yet uncomfortable and difficult - way of challenging somebody's behaviour that has become harmful or unacceptable. Significant interventions usually involve strong feelings and vulnerability on both sides. They need to be highly planned and carefully delivered... with the risk of no desired change. In this searingly personal and honest episode, Jane shares with Clare an intervention letter that she received... which eventually led to her tackling her relationship with alcohol. They talk through how it felt to have heavy drinking behaviour challenged, the ensuing response, and steps towards change... as well as recapping on the relationship improvements since. A useful episode in in examining how intervention CAN lead to sobriety.

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