Ep45: Alcohol Misuse and Anxiety: A Catholic Perspective on Mental Health with Catherine DiNuzzo
The Catholic Sobriety Podcast
Have you ever considered how our coping mechanisms can shape or misshape our lives? This episode welcomes licensed professional counselor Catherine DiNuzzo for a critical conversation circling the topic of alcohol misuse and mental health. Our discussion unveils the profound ways in which alcohol is often used as an unhealthy coping strategy to address emotional voids. Shifting gears, we move on to discuss how alcohol interferes with the intricate process of inner healing, emphasizing the i...
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.