This Naked Mind Podcast From Military Wife Wine Nights to Alcohol-Free Living | Dusty's Naked Life | E818
What happens when the thing you think is helping you cope is actually making everything worse?
Dusty thought she had found the perfect solution to the stress of military life—wine with girlfriends during deployments, vodka to manage the constant moves, and alcohol to numb the loss of control that came with being a military spouse. Her drinking escalated from social occasions to daily solo consumption, and she began to realize she needed to learn how to stop using alcohol to cope with military life before it destroyed everything she cared about. As a licensed professional counselor and former D1 soccer player, Dusty understood high performance, but alcohol was undermining every area where she wanted to excel. In this episode, she shares with Coach Pam how discovering the alcohol-free community opened her eyes to what she was really losing and how The Path helped her reclaim her life.
In this episode, Pam and Dusty discuss:
Growing up around alcohol and early social drinking in college
Using alcohol to cope with social anxiety during D1 soccer career
Marriage as a stabilizing force and reduced drinking periods
Military life challenges: deployments, moves, and spouse community drinking
COVID-19 impact on control issues and drinking patterns
Learning how to stop using alcohol to cope with military life
Discovering the alcohol-free movement and community online
Working as a counselor while struggling with personal alcohol use
Joining The Path program and doing the inner work
What she gained by giving up alcohol: better relationships and health
And other topics…
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EP 758: Can Your Marriage Survive Change? Alcohol Freedom Coaching - https://thisnakedmind.com/can-your-marriage-survive-change-alcohol-freedom-coaching-e758/
EP 794: Life After Service, Life Without Alcohol | Peggy’s Naked Life - https://thisnakedmind.com/how-to-stop-drinking-as-a-female-veteran-peggys-naked-life-e794/
EP 636: Reader’s Question – The Art of Balancing Your Needs in a Relationship - https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-636-readers-question-the-art-of-balancing-your-needs-in-a-relationship/
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