Show Notes
This week on Drunk-ish, I’m trying something a little different: a topic episode instead of one guest story. I’m joined by Casey McGuire Davidson and Sara Kaufman-Bradstreet to talk about getting sober after having kids, what our children remember — or thankfully don’t — and how we talk to teenagers about drinking, weed, driving, consent, and all the fun topics that make parenting feel like a hostage negotiation with snacks. We also get into mom wine culture, shame, sober sex, and why quitting drinking didn’t make us less fun — just less likely to fall asleep mid-sentence. Or mid-other things.
You can find sober mentor and podcaster Sara Kaufman Bradstreet at @No_more_wasted_days
and host of the Hello Someday podcast, Casey McGuire Davidson at HelloSomedayCoaching.com
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