Sobertown Podcast EP 296: Heather Lowe’s Recovery Story
Mar 31, 2023
This week, Heather Lowe, Founder of Ditched the Drink and a Certified Professional Life and Recovery Coach, shares her transformative journey from alcohol dependency to empowerment. She dives into her early life and the normalization of drinking, the pressures of perfectionism, and the aftermath of loss. Heather discusses discovering sober resources, her eventual decision to quit, and the evolution of her recovery practices. Now five years sober, she emphasizes building a sober community and offers valuable advice for those exploring a life without alcohol.
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Early Normalization Of Drinking
- Heather describes growing up in a Wisconsin town where drinking was normalized and her dad worked as a bartender.
- She started drinking at 12 and felt shaped by family culture, early secrecy, and perfectionism.
Drinking Became Her Identity
- Heather recounts college and young professional years when drinking became central to her identity and social life.
- She drank nightly, used alcohol for courage, and recognized early fear she might be an alcoholic at 21.
Parenting, Isolation, And Escalation
- Parenthood and isolation escalated Heather's drinking into nightly bottles of wine while she managed family and career demands.
- She hid drinking, over-functioned at work and home, and began blacking out after mixing alcohol with prescribed anti-anxiety meds.
