Ep 14: Is it really a problem? Exploring the 3 levels of Dependency w/ Denise Jelinek
The Catholic Sobriety Podcast
Are you bothered by or worried about your drinking habits? Have you been wondering if it really is a problem - and how you would know if it were? Join us as we welcome back Coach Denise Jelinek from Turn to God, Not Food. Denise is a Catholic health and weight loss coach who has conquered binge eating, overdrinking, and chronic people-pleasing. Denise and I discuss the three stages of dependency regarding alcohol and emotional eating. She outlines how to recognize which stage you ar...
About Podcast
Welcome to The Catholic Sobriety Podcast. I'm Christie Walker — Catholic sobriety coach, content creator, and woman who has lived alcohol free for nearly 30 years.
This podcast is for the Catholic woman who is disciplined, faithful, and quietly negotiating with a glass of wine every night. You don't think you're an alcoholic.
You're not sure there's even a "problem." But something in you knows this habit is costing you more than you're willing to admit — and that the gap between who you are in Christ and who you are at 9pm is getting harder to ignore.
We go deep here. Faith, neuroscience, identity, inner healing. Because what looks like a drinking habit is almost always something bigger — and God is usually in the middle of it, waiting.
Ready to find out who you are without it? Start listening.