Episode 165: Sarah Levy – Getting Curious about Your Relationship with Alcohol with Author of Drinking Games

Today, I am joined by the wonderful Sarah Levy! She is a writer and the author of Drinking Games which is a memoir and essays that explores the role that alcohol has in our formative years and what it means to opt out of a culture completely enmeshed in drinking. Sarah has been featured on Good Morning America, The Los Angeles Times, Buzzfeed, The New York Post, Apple Books, Pure Wow, Goodreads, Amazon, and more! Okay, I’m impressed!! In this episode, she talks about her story with alcohol and why she decided to give it up. She is now six years sober. She is a new mom! She has a three month old baby and we kick off the conversation with some new mom talk!! We also have a super fun part of the conversation where we talk about Taylor Swift and our favorite books – this is a FUN one! If you have been listening to this podcast for awhile, you know that I am super interested in the sober community and don’t love my relationship with alcohol so I love conversations like these. Plus what better time to have this conversation than during dry January! I hope that you learn something in this episode and I hope that you feel encouraged and don’t feel any shame and I hope that you feel confident in the life decisions that you are making regardless of what they are! What we talked about: 3:30- Walking into motherhood 12:00- Sarah’s story with alcohol 22:30- Thinking about your own relationship with alcohol 27:40- Changing your mindset around drinking 30:55- What her relationship with alcohol looks like now 35:00- Her upbringing with alcohol 39:20- Advice for anyone wanting to change their relationship with alcohol 46:45- Taylor Swift talk and favorite books Show notes: Sarah on Instagram Order Sarah’s memoir: Drinking Games Book recommendations: Bright Young Women Happy Place The Legacies My Last Innocent Year The Poisonwood Bible Demon Copperhead Nora Goes Off Script Everyone Here is Lying Connect with Lindsey:  Lindsey on Instagram Lindsey on Twitter Lindsey on Facebook  Join the I’ll Have Another Facebook Group Support the I’ll Have Another Podcast on Patreon Follow SandyBoy Productions: Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram SandyBoy Productions Shows:  Why is Everyone Yelling? The Illuminate Podcast The Herban Farmacy Podcast The Ready to Run Podcast Sponsors: Lagoon Use the code “Lindsey” for 15% off your order Previnex Use the code “another” for 15% off OR use code “LindseyStrength” for 15% off if you purchase their new Muscle Health Plus Donna Marathon Use the code “Lindsey10” for 10% off your race registration