From Shame to Freedom: Navigating Work, Travel, and Culture Without Alcohol | Love Life Sober: A 40 Day Alcohol Fast Week 6
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In Week 6—the final week—of our 6-part Monday series walking through Love Life Sober: A 40 Day Alcohol Fast, we’re covering Days 35–40. These last chapters are all about navigating real-life situations, confronting shame, and stepping fully into lasting freedom.
From the workplace happy hour to vacation cocktails, from cultural pressures like “mommy wine time” to the quiet work of letting go of fixation—this week brings together everything you’ve learned and invites you to reflect on how far you’ve come.
Whether you’ve been with us since Day 1 or you’re just dropping in, this episode will leave you inspired, equipped, and ready to walk forward in confidence and joy—rooted in your identity in Christ.
📘 This week covers:
💼 Day 35: Alcohol and the Office
How to navigate workplace drinking culture with grace and confidence.
⛓️ Day 36: Breaking the Chains of Shame
The truth about shame, why it’s not from God, and how to walk in freedom.
🍼 Day 37: Sobering Up to Mommy Wine Culture
Unpacking the cultural messages around “wine mom” life—and how to create new narratives.
✈️ Day 38: Travel and Vacations Without Alcohol
How to enjoy every moment of your trip without needing a drink to make it “special.”
🔓 Day 39: Fixated or Free?
Moving from obsessing about not drinking to living in true, joyful freedom.
🌅 Day 40: Reflections on the Journey
Looking back on the fast, celebrating transformation, and setting your eyes on what’s next.
💌 Resources & Links:
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Christy, a former lawyer with a background in law, business, and politics, experienced radical renewal after choosing sobriety. Now a senior sobriety coach and author of Love Life Sober (Penguin Random House), she helps women renew their minds and rediscover joy through a powerful blend of faith, neuroscience, and practical tools.
Meade, a former pharmaceutical rep and stay-at-home mom, looked like she had it all together—but felt stuck in a nightly-ish wine habit. Once she realized the issue was less about drinking and more about thinking, everything changed. Now a senior certified coach and creator of the Change-Your-Thinking-to-Change-Your-Drinking method and The Missing P.E.A.C.E. framework, Meade helps women ditch shame, reclaim purpose, and live with peace and joy.
Together, we create loving, Spirit-led spaces where women can explore their relationship with alcohol, renew their minds, and pursue the freedom they were made for.
Christy lives in Surrey, England; Meade outside Atlanta. We're just two women who surrendered our wine glasses, found something far better in Jesus, and now have the joy of helping others do the same.
