A Final (?) Wrap Up
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
Jolene and Aidan catch up after a long break in recording a podcast. Listen in as they share what they’ve been up to the past couple years and where they are focusing their attention these days. CONNECT WITH JOLENE: Gray Area Drinkers - Jolene on Instagram - Email: CONNECT WITH AIDAN: Aidan Donnelley Rowley Aidan on Instagram- Email:
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Episode 38 - Burnout
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
If you are feeling run down and drained then this conversation will lift you up and give you the inspiration to start the energy recovery process. You deserve to have your fire burning bright.
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Episode 37 - Forgiveness
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
No matter where you are on the journey, this episode will inspire you to cut yourself some slack and to give yourself the soothing forgiveness you need to get out of the cycle of gray area drinking.
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Episode 36 - Thinking About Drinking
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
In this episode, Jolene and Aidan share about the times when they think about drinking- like sitting by the fire or waiting for a table at a bar after a tough day.
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Episode 35 - Intuition
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
Jolene and Aidan both share the practical, daily tools to access intuition on a deeper level, especially in the first months and years after giving up alcohol.
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Episode 34 - Gray Area Drinking
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
Jolene and Aidan discuss the polarizing trend around drinking labels and what constitutes “problem drinking”.
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Episode 33 - Relationships
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
Navigating romantic relationships without alcohol.
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Episode 32 - Present Moment
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
How can we sit in the hard moments without longing to escape? That is the million dollar question.
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Episode 31 - Grief
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
Aidan and Jolene discuss the connection between grief and gray area drinking.
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Episode 30 - One Year Of EDIT Podcast
Editing Our Drinking and Our Lives
Aidan and Jolene look back on one year of podcasting together and talk about the things that have happened in their lives as a result.
info_outlineGrief is vast and there is no formula for how to deal with it. Often when drinking takes a turn, loss and grief are found buried under the layers of the pain numbed by alcohol. When we go begin to unpack our relationship with alcohol we often find this story of loss and become reacquainted with the pain. Yet, we are rarely given a model for how to cope with grief sans alcohol. So, what do we do when we no longer use alcohol to numb the pain of loss?
Aiden is currently grieving the death of her mother and discusses how she is processing the pain without alcohol. It isn’t easy and she feels the inevitable anxiety that is part of grief yet she reflects on how writing through her mom’s illness gave her control and served as a soothing self-care practice. Aiden shares why she is feeling stronger through the grieving process without alcohol and how this very conversation had a therapeutic effect.
Jolene discusses how the loss of a romantic relationship in her late twenties triggered her gray area drinking. Loss can come in many forms - miscarriage, loss of a dream, loss of a loved one - and Jolene emphasizes that we need to be honest with ourselves about how the loss affects us and if we are using alcohol to numb our pain. Often our very own resistance to feeling our big loss is worse than letting it move through our bodies. And, we need to remember that we are built to withstand the pain of hard times without substances.
Books mentioned:
Anxiety: The Missing Stage Of Grief by Claire Bidwell Smith
The Journey From Abandonment To Healing by Susan Anderson
CONNECT WITH JOLENE:
- Online Community For Former Gray Area Drinkers https://healthydiscoveries.mykajabi.com/p/membership
- Craving Brain Coaching - www.healthydiscoveries.com/coaching/
- Jolene on Instagram - www.instagram.com/healthy_discoveries/
- Email: jolene@healthydiscoveries.com
CONNECT WITH AIDAN:
- The Dry Life Blog - www.ivyleagueinsecurities.com/the-dry-life/
- Aidan on Instagram- www.instagram.com/drybeclub/
- Email: aidandonnelleyrowley@gmail.com