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From Numbing to Noticing: How The Path Rewires Relationship Patterns | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | E853

Nov 11, 2025
This engaging discussion dives deep into healing from trauma and the impact of alcohol on relationships. Sherri opens up about escaping a verbally abusive marriage and the revelation that drinking masked her pain rather than providing true happiness. Kevin shares his journey to sobriety, confronting childhood emotions and how alcohol numbed his feelings. Both address how newfound clarity and compassionate self-reflection can break damaging patterns and rekindle self-trust, suggesting practical steps to embrace an alcohol-free life.
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ANECDOTE

Leaving Abuse Sparked A Drinking Habit

  • Sherri left an 18-year verbally abusive marriage in 2018 and began using wine to cope with the emotional fallout.
  • The drinking continued years later as a habitual after-work ritual tied to soothing pain and stress.
INSIGHT

Alcohol As A Misplaced Soothing Response

  • Alcohol became a learned coping tool linking emotional pain to immediate soothing rather than true wellbeing.
  • That link persists even after the traumatic situation ends, keeping people reliant on drink to manage newer feelings.
ANECDOTE

New Relationship Reinforces Old Patterns

  • Sherri started seeing a new partner who drinks and encourages beer, which reinforces her drinking habit and attachment.
  • She recognizes he is not good for her yet struggles with the pull to visit and drink with him.
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