Alcohol Tipping Point – Details, episodes & analysis

In this podcast episode, Danielle LeBoeuf shares what the first year of being a nondrinker is like. A wife, mother, grandmother, nurse and my friend from Michigan, Danielle took the first step towards alcohol freedom after realizing the hold drinking had on her daily life. She discusses the challenges she faced, her experience with multiple attempts to quit, and how she eventually found success through self-love, community support, and personal empowerment.  

We talk about:  

• Danielle’s experience with drinking and when she knew it was a time to quit for good
• Learning from previous attempts 
• What made it stick this time 
• What the “work” is  
• How to deal with all the emotions when the pink cloud bursts 
• Top tips for changing your drinking 
• And more! 

Find Danielle: Goldendaysobriety.com IG @goldendaysobriety    

Need help changing your drinking? Join me in the next Alcoholiday- a monthly dry group to help you practice not drinking. Find out more here: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/alcoholiday Use code: LOVE to save 20%       

Visit Alcohol Tipping Point website at http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/ for lots of FREE resources including:        

• 100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions       
• Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide       
• 10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday       
• Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes       

Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:       

• Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/       
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint       
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint       

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I was honored to be a guest on my friend Heather Lowe’s new podcast, the Peripeteia Talk Show for Women, as part of its inaugural season. Heather, the founder of Ditched the Drink, is a Certified Professional Recovery and Life Coach, a proud mom to two teenage daughters, a wife of over 20 years, and my sober bestie. We had such a heartfelt conversation that I wanted to share it on my show as well. I hope you enjoy it! 

Join us for the latest episode of Peripeteia, where friends and sober coaches Heather Lowe of Ditched the Drink and Deb Masner of Alcohol Tipping Point dive deep into the complexities of friendship, the shifting dynamics of relationships, and the unique challenges of navigating both in sobriety. Deb opens up about building supportive connections, both online and offline, and the power of honesty and vulnerability in forging deeper bonds. Grab your favorite cup of tea – or non-alc beverage – and get a front-row seat to these two sober women’s authentic friendship in real time. Together, Heather and Deb deliver game-changing insights on keeping friendships strong while embracing personal growth and living sober. 

Find Heather:  https://www.ditchedthedrink.com/  Peripeteia Talk Show For Women: Peripeteia Talk Show For Women Podcast Series - Apple Podcasts 

Looking for friends and help changing your drinking? Join me in the next Alcoholiday- a monthly dry group to help you practice not drinking. Find out more here: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/alcoholiday Use code: LOVE to save 20%       

Visit Alcohol Tipping Point website at http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/ for lots of FREE resources including:        

• 100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions       
• Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide       
• 10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday       
• Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes       

Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:       

• Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/       
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Struggling with seeing wine as a reward after a long day? You’re not alone. In this episode, I explore why 5pm often signals a time for a drink and how alcohol has become a reward we feel we’ve earned. I cover top strategies to help break the alcohol reward cycle. It’s not about deprivation but rethinking what truly rewards you. Play the tape forward and consider the real impact of drinking. What else can bring you joy and fulfillment? 

I hope you find this helpful. Looking for more strategies to change your drinking? Join me in the next Alcoholiday- a monthly dry group to help you practice not drinking. Find out more here: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/alcoholiday Use code: LOVE to save 20%       

Visit Alcohol Tipping Point website at http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/ for lots of FREE resources including:        

• 100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions       
• Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide       
• 10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday       
• Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes       

Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:       

• Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/       
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint       
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint       

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Emily Lynn Paulson is a writer, speaker, certified professional recovery coach, and the founder of Sober Mom Squad. She is the author of the bestselling book Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life, and the upcoming book Hey Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies of Multi-Level Marketing. 

We chat about: 

• Emily’s experience with drinking  
• What keeps Emily sober 
• Sober Mom Squad 
• How drinking and MLMS are sold as female empowerment 
• The toxicity of drinking culture and MLMs 
• How getting sober leads to a more authentic life 
• Top tips for anyone looking to change their relationship with alcohol  
   

Find Emilly: 

www.emilylynnpaulson.com  

Instagram: @emilylynnpaulson 

Free resources from Alcohol Tipping Point:        

• 100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions       

• Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide         
• 10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday       
• Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes        
• Alcohol Tipping Point Blog: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/blog       

Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:        

• Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/          
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint          
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint         

**Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**    

***Another way to support the show- buy me a coffee! Click here to easily and safely buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tippingpoint    

And, if you're ever in Boise, Idaho let's meet for a real-life coffee. Thank you so much!!!  

Terry Cralle of the Better Sleep Council joins us. Terry is a Registered Nurse, Certified Clinical Sleep Educator and Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality specializing in sleep health and wellness.  

Listen and learn: 

• Why sleep is so important 
• How alcohol affects your sleep 
• What a coffee nap is 
• Sleep strategies
• What kind of light to avoid
• Are caffeine and naps ok
• And more! 

Free resources from Alcohol Tipping Point:        

• 100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions       

• Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide         
• 10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday       
• Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes        
• Alcohol Tipping Point Blog: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/blog       

Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:        

• Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/          
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint          
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint         

**Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**    

***Another way to support the show- buy me a coffee! Click here to easily and safely buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tippingpoint    

And, if you're ever in Boise, Idaho let's meet for a real-life coffee. Thank you so much!!!  

In this special episode I reflect on my 3 years of sobriety and thought I would share some of what got me here and what keeps me here.

My last drink was January 1, 2020. (After many, many, many, starts and stops and many day ones.) The misery of those first days has faded. I share that to let you know if you're trying to change your drinking that it does get better. It really does. You really can do this, and you won't feel so terrible. You won't feel stuck in that shame spiral. You will get out of it. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

This darkness is not a dead end. It's a hallway, keep going.

I'm sharing some of my journey and hopefully it will help you too.

Free resources from Alcohol Tipping Point:        

• 100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions       

• Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide         
• 10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday       
• Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes        
• Alcohol Tipping Point Blog: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/blog       

Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:        

• Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/          
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint          
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint         

**Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**    

***Another way to support the show- buy me a coffee! Click here to easily and safely buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tippingpoint    

And, if you're ever in Boise, Idaho let's meet for a real-life coffee. Thank you so much!!!  

I'm excited to share this podcast episode that I did with my coworker from Saint Alphonsus, the hospital that I work at as a corporate health and wellness nurse. We have a wellness podcast called Saint Alphonsus Wellcast. I was excited we did an episode on Dry January, especially coming from the healthcare world. This episode is all about what Dry January is, why everyone should do a Dry January and how to really kick ass at it.  

We chat about: 

• How Dry January started 
• Why everyone should do it 
• Health effects of alcohol 
• Benefits of taking a month off drinking 
• Tips for success  
• And more! 

Want help with Dry January? Join the next Alcohol Tipping Point Alcoholiday! Monthly dry group to help you take a break from drinking with online support and tools. Find out more here: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/alcoholiday Use code: LOVE to save 20%       

Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:               

• Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/                 
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint                 
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint                

Free resources from Alcohol Tipping Point:               

• 100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions              
• Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide                
• 10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday              
• Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes               

**Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**           

***Another way to support the show- buy me a coffee! Click here to easily and safely buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tippingpoint           

On the show is Nigel Jones author, accredited Positive Psychology & Sober Coach, and founder of 9KM by 9AM. His book Walking Back To Happiness tells the story of how a 50-something-year-old, who had been locked into the habit of drinking alcohol for over 35 years, finally woke up and said, "I want a different life.”  

He gave up drinking, started walking 9 KM before 9 AM every day, lost 30 % of his body weight and found his purpose. Nigel has been alcohol free since December 2020 and is on a mission to share his journey to motivate, educate and inspire as many people as possible to take a break from alcohol and to LIVE THEIR BEST LIFE.  

Nigel has so many good nuggets and analogies to share you will want to tune in to this episode. 

We chat about: 

• How Nigel quit drinking 
• Changing your beliefs around alcohol 
• Developing a scout mindset 
• What 9KM by 9AM is all about 
• Importance of small daily goals 
• The Domino Effect 
• 4 ways you “fall off the wagon” 
• Tips to quit drinking 
• And more!  

Find Nigel: 

• Website: https://www.9kmby9am.com    
• Author Page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nigel-Jones/e/B0B7RP6LH6/ 
• Instagram: @9kmby9am 
• Facebook: 9kmby9am 

Free resources from Alcohol Tipping Point:      

• 100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions     
• Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide       
• 10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday     
• Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes      
• Alcohol Tipping Point Blog: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/blog     

Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:      

• Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/        
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint        
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint       

**Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**  

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Lily Shanks is a self-described “Recovering Attorney,” life coach and founder of My Internal Weather. She recently celebrated 4 years sober, and she is here today to share her journey and top tips to help you change your relationship with alcohol.  

We chat about: 

• How Lily left her career as an attorney and got sober 
• How you can unlock from your own “golden handcuffs” 
• Top tips for quitting drinking 
• What IOP is 
• How AA and 12 Steps helped Lily (spoiler- she did not want to go and is not religious) 
• The backlash of AA 
• The importance of finding people who get it 
• What it means to find your internal weather 

Find Lily: 

lily@myinternalweather.com 

www.myinternalweather.com 

Instagram: @myinternalweather 

Free resources from Alcohol Tipping Point:      

• 100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions     
• Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide       
• 10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday     
• Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes      
• Alcohol Tipping Point Blog: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/blog     

Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:      

• Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/        
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint        
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint       

**Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**  

***Another way to support the show- buy me a coffee! Click here to easily and safely buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tippingpoint  

And, if you're ever in Boise, Idaho let's meet for a real-life coffee. Thank you so much!!! 

This podcast has been a long time coming. Years really. I first met Dylan Haas when I started taking BodyJam dance classes at the YMCA. He was my favorite instructor, and I had a sort of adulation of him and his wife at the time. Little did I know of the private vs. public personas of both, I just thought they were super rad. 

Fast forward through their personal tragedies and I rediscovered Dylan on his podcast- Fun in Sobriety. I was fascinated by hearing from people who had recovered from their drinking problems. I was still struggling with my own drinking. I wasn’t at rock bottom and seemed just like your typical wine mom on the outside. Inside though, I knew I had a problem. I didn't know many people who got sober, and I felt like my only options were AA and inpatient rehab, which I did not want to go to. I devoured Dylan’s interviews with local people in recovery. I told myself- one day, I'm going to be sober and I'm going to share my story on Dylan's podcast. I did get sober- nontraditionally and with the help of online groups and paradigm shifting nontraditional routes like Annie Grace's This Naked Mind. I got so freaking sober that now I help other people practice not drinking.  

Dylan stopped doing his podcast and he dropped off my radar. A couple of months ago, I saw a flier at my daughter's counselor office. It was for a substance abuse support group hosted by Dylan! This felt like a sign to reach out to Dylan and do that podcast interview. 

Please enjoy this conversation with Dylan Haas, sober dad, engineer, “comedian,” and counselor in training. 

Free resources from Alcohol Tipping Point:        

• 100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions       
• Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide         
• 10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday       
• Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes        
• Alcohol Tipping Point Blog: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/blog       

Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:        

• Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/          
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint          
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint         

**Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**    

***Another way to support the show- buy me a coffee! Click here to easily and safely buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tippingpoint    

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