Alcohol Tipping Point SB Studios

My brother, Chris Shipley, returns to the podcast to talk about being alcohol free for over three years. I love these special episodes with my brother, who has been one of my biggest supporters over the years. I’m incredibly proud of him for choosing to change his relationship with alcohol and striving to live a better life. He is an amazing husband, dad, brother, and son. I find these conversations so meaningful, and I think you will enjoy hearing from him as well. 
We chat about: 

What keeps Chris alcohol-free 
His last alcohol craving and how he managed them 
Relationships that have changed since getting sober 
What’s different now vs the early days/weeks/ months of quitting drinking

Arlina Allen is a Certified Sobriety Coach & Hypnotist, The Founder of Sober Life School, and Host of the award-winning podcast “The One Day at a Time Recovery Podcast.” She specializes in helping smart, busy, professional women to quit drinking and create a life they love. This fall she is releasing her book, The 12 Step Guide for Skeptics. 
Arlina has been sober for 30 years, happily married for 27 plus years and is the mother of two amazing young adult men and mama to Teddy, the family English Bulldog. And, fun fact, lives in the same area as me in Idaho! 
As an AA skeptic myself, I really appreciated this conversation with Arlina. She shares how Alcoholics Anonymous and the 12 Steps were helpful for her and walks us through some of the more “problematic” steps with a fresh perspective.  
We talk about: 

How Arlina quit drinking 
How the approach to sobriety and drinking has changed since she quit drinking 30 years ago 
The controversy around the word “alcoholic

On today’s episode, I'm joined by Ali Press, a UK-based therapeutic coach. Ali embarked on their alcohol-free journey in 2017, a challenge they describe as the toughest yet most fulfilling endeavor of their life. As a proud member of the queer community who embraces they/them pronouns, Ali is here to share their story and discuss how they help people drink less, binge less, or go alcohol free. 
We chat about 

The pivotal steps Ali took to stop drinking 
The significance of Queers without Beers and the power of community understanding 
What therapeutic coaching is 
How Ali’s journey to sobriety led to the revelation of their neurodivergent identity, including dyspraxia, autism, and ADHD 

In today’s episode, I'm honored to share part of an inspiring story from one of our group members, Sarah Davenport. Sarah speaks wisely about how she’s learning to love and be compassionate towards herself even when she’s not perfect. She offers a powerful analogy about transforming pain, trauma, and shame into something richer and better. (It’s a real mind-blowing, “black gold” mic drop kind of moment.) I think Sarah’s perspective is such a healthy and inspiring approach to help process and release the past. I hope you find this helps you too. 
 
Ready to change your drinking? Join the next Alcohol Tipping Point Alcoholiday! Monthly dry group to help you take a break from drinking with online support and tools. Find out more here: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/alcoholiday

On the show today is Lindsay Sutherland Boal Founder of SHE WALKS CANADA and the Uncovery App. In 2021, Lindsay founded She Walks Canada as a movement to engage and empower sober and sober-curious women changing their relationship with alcohol. Lindsay is proudly living an alcohol-free life. Additionally, Lindsay is an executive at Urban Outline Building Group, an athlete, mother, wife, friend, sister, mentor, public speaker, former podcast host and producer of The COVID Chronicles Canada, professional opera singer, and actor on stage and television. 
We talk about:  

Lindsay’s story of overcoming alcohol and living an alcohol-free life 
Why hitting “rock enough” is better than rock bottom 
Three parts of overcoming overdrinking 
How to experience life without alcohol 

On the show today is a return guest and friend, Casey McGuire Davidson. Casey is a Life & Sobriety Coach and the host of the Hello Someday Podcast for Sober Curious Women.  
We’re diving into real talk about making sobriety last and everything that happens after you’ve had your last drink and onward.  
We chat about: 

How Casey quit drinking and what made it stick. 
The different stages and milestones of sobriety. 
The kind of help you need in the first 30 days, 100 days, 6 months, and beyond. 
Tips on making sobriety stick.