Ep 99: What is Keeping You Drinking?
The Catholic Sobriety Podcast
Have you ever wondered why alcohol remains part of your life, even when you recognize its negative impact? In this episode of the Catholic Sobriety Podcast, we delve into the psychological and social factors that keep women drinking, despite the awareness of its problems. I share a personal story illustrating how the need for acceptance can drive behaviors, including drinking, and make it difficult to disentangle one's identity from alcohol use. We further explore the anxiety of redefi...
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.