The Catholic Sobriety Podcast

Christie Walker | The Catholic Sobriety Coach
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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.

  1. 1d ago

    Ep 191: It Gets Messier Before It Gets Better

    You started paying attention to your drinking, and now you think about wine more than before. So did you break something? Nope. You opened the closet. In this episode, Christie walks through what actually comes up when you start examining your relationship with alcohol, and why messy is a sign you’re doing it right. We talk about: Why the mental chatter gets louder when you start paying attentionTaking “forever” off the table, without letting yourself off the hookWhy that guilty feeling with a planned glass of wine is really awarenessThe grief nobody warns you about, and why you clamp back down right when you’re starting to let goWhat happens when your faith and your drinking finally start talking to each otherMentioned: Episode 184, “I Might Mess Up Your Drinking” Coming November 15th: Doors open for the Sober(ish) Advent and New Year Reset.  Drop us a Question or Comment 👉🏻 Get started with my FREE 5-Day Sacred Sobriety Kick Start https://www.thecatholicsobrietycoach.com/5-day-sacred-sobriety-kick-start 👉🏻 Book a Clarity Call: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.mykajabi.com/clarity-call Visit my Website: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.com 📈 The tools I use to optimize my podcast growth: VidIQ: https://vidiq.com/ChristieWalker Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1935235 (Get $20 off with my link)

  2. Oct 27

    Ep 190: Why So Many Catholics Are Rethinking Their Drinking: New Gallup Data

    Fewer Americans are drinking than at any point since Gallup started asking in 1939, and Catholics are one of the biggest reasons why. Restaurants that used to offer an O’Doul’s and a Shirley Temple now have full zero-proof menus. Celebrities, authors, and everyday women are talking openly about cutting back or quitting. So what’s going on? And if the culture is finally questioning alcohol, why is the evening glass of wine still so hard to put down? In this episode, Christie walks through the latest data on why people are rethinking their drinking and what the culture’s version of the story leaves out. Seeing the trade-off isn’t enough when the daily negotiation is the habit. The real question isn’t just what alcohol is costing you, but what you’ve been asking it to do, and what God is offering you instead. In this episode: The Gallup numbers: drinking at a record low and a shift in what Americans believe about moderate drinkingWhy Catholic drinking rates dropped from 79% to 55% in about twenty yearsThe NA boom, and the Christmas party bartender who made a mocktail like it countedThe fine print on alcohol’s promises: relaxation, sleep, reward, connectionWhy “everybody drinks” no longer works as a coverWhat women are telling Christie about why they’re rethinking itWhy the desire for rest and reward is good, and where alcohol counterfeits itWhy a beautiful mocktail is a gift, but not the whole answerStart here: Get the free Sacred Sobriety Kickstart, five short videos for the woman who’s done the math, knows something’s off, and wants to understand what’s really going on in her mind, body, and soul. (link below) Sources mentioned in this episode: Gallup, “Americans’ Drinking Remains at Record Low” (Aug. 2026): https://news.gallup.com/poll/713534/americans-drinking-remains-record-low.aspxGallup, “Religion and the Decline in Alcohol Use,” Frank Newport (Oct. 2026): https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/715613/religion-decline-alcohol.aspxFox News, on Catholic drinking rates and Gallup’s findings: https://www.foxnews.com/health/catholic-alcohol-consumption-drops-record-low-americans-rethink-moderate-drinking-habitsTastewise, mocktail and zero-proof menu growth data: https://tastewise.io/?p=20029Scripture: Matthew 11:28Drop us a Question or Comment 👉🏻 Get started with my FREE 5-Day Sacred Sobriety Kick Start https://www.thecatholicsobrietycoach.com/5-day-sacred-sobriety-kick-start 👉🏻 Book a Clarity Call: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.mykajabi.com/clarity-call Visit my Website: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.com 📈 The tools I use to optimize my podcast growth: VidIQ: https://vidiq.com/ChristieWalker Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1935235 (Get $20 off with my link)

  3. Oct 2

    Ep 189: The Idols We Don't Recognize: Disordered Attachments and Hearing God's Voice | with Kylie Hein

    Most of us could name our vices in five seconds. What we can't name as easily are the things we've quietly built our days around: the glass of wine at 5:30, the scroll before bed, the snack that takes the edge off, the productivity that makes us feel worth something. They don't look like idols. They look like rest. In this episode, I welcome back Kylie Hein, Catholic coach, spiritual director, and host of the Persistence in Prayer podcast, to talk about disordered attachments. We talk about how the ordinary ones crowd out God's voice, counterfeit His peace, and keep us settling for comfort when He's calling us to holiness. In this episode: What a disordered attachment is, and where enjoying a good thing crosses into needing itWhy wine, food, scrolling, and busyness are the attachments we rarely questionHow attachments create interior noise that makes God harder to hearThe difference between God stretching you for growth and the enemy pulling you apartWhy letting go often feels worse before it feels better, and how to read that discomfortWhy detachment isn't white-knuckled willpowerA simple prayer practice and Examen question to help you notice where your heart is attachedConnect with Kylie: Website: kyliemhein.comPodcast: Persistence in PrayerDrop us a Question or Comment  I just rebuilt my Sacred Sobriety Kickstart — new content, new structure, all built on the four pillars I actually coach from. Five free days to get real clarity on your "why," your triggers, and the tools to stop white-knuckling it. Click the link to sign up! 👉🏻 Get started with my FREE 5-Day Sacred Sobriety Kick Start https://www.thecatholicsobrietycoach.com/5-day-sacred-sobriety-kick-start 👉🏻 Book a Clarity Call: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.mykajabi.com/clarity-call Visit my Website: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.com 📈 The tools I use to optimize my podcast growth: VidIQ: https://vidiq.com/ChristieWalker Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1935235 (Get $20 off with my link)

  4. Sep 24

    Ep 188: What 25+ Years Sober Couldn't Fix

    Twenty-five years without a drink. And I still walked into rooms feeling like an alcoholic. Not because I was drinking — I wasn't. But because somewhere along the way, being a non-drinker became a fact about my life, and "alcoholic" stayed the truth about who I was. In this episode, I'm telling you the two specific moments that showed me I was on the fringe of my own life — one at my cousin's 30th birthday, one in Las Vegas at 40 — and the sentence that finally changed everything: there were reasons I became addicted that weren't excuses. They were explanations. This one's for you whether you're already alcohol-free or you're just trying to get to a place where you can take it or leave it with peace. You don't have to wait for this to get worse before you get curious about it. In this episode: The two moments that taught me what "on the fringe" actually feels like — even a decade-plus into being alcohol-freeWhy "excuses" and "explanations" are not the same thing, and what changes when you stop confusing themHow I stayed alcohol-free for over two decades and never once talked about itThe two things that actually shifted something in me: joining Walking With Purpose, and building the Sacred Sobriety LabWhy I don't come out swinging against alcohol, and why that's a deliberate choice, not a soft oneThe four pillars underneath all of this — faith, neuroscience, inner healing, and identity — and why none of them work aloneDrop us a Question or Comment  I just rebuilt my Sacred Sobriety Kickstart — new content, new structure, all built on the four pillars I actually coach from. Five free days to get real clarity on your "why," your triggers, and the tools to stop white-knuckling it. Click the link to sign up! 👉🏻 Get started with my FREE 5-Day Sacred Sobriety Kick Start https://www.thecatholicsobrietycoach.com/5-day-sacred-sobriety-kick-start 👉🏻 Book a Clarity Call: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.mykajabi.com/clarity-call Visit my Website: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.com 📈 The tools I use to optimize my podcast growth: VidIQ: https://vidiq.com/ChristieWalker Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1935235 (Get $20 off with my link)

  5. Sep 8

    Ep 187: People Pleasing and the Lie That You Have to Earn God's Love | with Andrea Bear

    Andrea Bear didn't set out to write about people pleasing — it found her. In this conversation, Andrea unpacks the difference between pleasing God and pleasing people, why "good" behavior can quietly become a false virtue, and how her own years of over-functioning — in her marriage, her parish, and eventually caring for her dying father — forced her to confront what she was really seeking. If you've ever felt exhausted by your own goodness, or suspected your busyness is doing something other than serving God, this one's for you. What We Cover Andrea's path from second-generation people pleaser to writing about false virtueWhy pleasing isn't the problem — it's who you're pleasing, and whyHow "good" church and ministry involvement can still be self-servingThe trap of pulling back from others only to land in selfishness or resentmentCaring for a difficult parent, and what it taught Andrea about love as action, not feelingThe Seven Sorrows of Mary and how they reshaped Andrea's view of sufferingA practical filter for discernment: does this decision come from fear, anxiety, or pride — or from peace?A Line Worth Sitting With "He can distract you by doing all these wonderful, good things... and keeping your attention away from what you're called to do." About Andrea Bear Andrea Bear is a Catholic author who believes imperfect stories help us connect to the human spirit. Her novel Grieving Daughters' Club (Elk Lake Press) is loosely based on women in her Bible study and explores grief alongside people pleasing. She's currently writing a nonfiction book on people pleasing and false virtue, and hosts the Be Fruitful podcast. Outside of writing, she spends her time with family, teaching history, and coaching volleyball. Connect with Andrea: Website: andreabearauthor.comBook: Grieving Daughters' ClubPodcast: Be FruitfulInstagram/Facebook: @AndreaBearAuthorScripture Referenced: Ephesians 5:8-10, 1 Corinthians 13:1-2, Psalm 37 Drop us a Question or Comment  I just rebuilt my Sacred Sobriety Kickstart — new content, new structure, all built on the four pillars I actually coach from. Five free days to get real clarity on your "why," your triggers, and the tools to stop white-knuckling it. Click the link to sign up! 👉🏻 Get started with my FREE 5-Day Sacred Sobriety Kick Start https://www.thecatholicsobrietycoach.com/5-day-sacred-sobriety-kick-start 👉🏻 Book a Clarity Call: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.mykajabi.com/clarity-call Visit my Website: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.com 📈 The tools I use to optimize my podcast growth: VidIQ: https://vidiq.com/ChristieWalker Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1935235 (Get $20 off with my link)

  6. Aug 27

    Ep 186: Why You're Drinking More Since Your Kid Left for College

    If your house got quiet this fall and your wine glass got a little more full, you're not imagining it — and you're not doing anything wrong. In this episode, Christie shares what she didn't expect in her second year of college drop-off: the small things that hit harder than the big ones, the night she caught herself buffering instead of feeling, and what actually helped the next morning. Plus, real, specific things to do instead of reaching for the glass — and why missing your kid and numbing that feeling are two very different instincts. If you're in this season — first drop-off or fifth — this one's for you. 🤍 Grab the free Sacred Sobriety Kickstart: https://www.thecatholicsobrietycoach.com/5-day-sacred-sobriety-kick-start 🤍 Learn about the Sacred Sobriety Lab: https://www.thecatholicsobrietycoach.com/sobriety-lab 🤍 IG Reel mentioned in the episode: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DchB20dyxx1 Drop us a Question or Comment 👉🏻 Get started with my FREE 5-Day Sacred Sobriety Kick Start https://www.thecatholicsobrietycoach.com/5-day-sacred-sobriety-kick-start 👉🏻 Book a Clarity Call: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.mykajabi.com/clarity-call Visit my Website: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.com 📈 The tools I use to optimize my podcast growth: VidIQ: https://vidiq.com/ChristieWalker Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1935235 (Get $20 off with my link)

  7. Aug 20

    Ep 185: Your body already knows the truth - even when your brain is still negotiating.

    Your body already knows the truth — even when your brain is still negotiating. In this episode Christie opens up about what her sleep tracker revealed after 93 days of a hormone recalibration program — and how ignoring data she already had is the perfect picture of what later-stage resistance actually looks like. She talks about why resistance gets sneakier, not louder, as you make progress, unpacks the "you deserve this" thought, walks through her Resistance Decoder tool, and speaks directly to the woman who has tried before and is wondering what makes this time different. This one is for the woman who is further along than she thinks — and needs someone to tell her that. Topics covered: Why resistance gets sneakier — not louder — as you make progress | What "you deserve this" is actually saying underneath | The Resistance Decoder — a simple tool to use in the moment | The woman who tried before and failed — and the reframe she needs | What's different about week seven versus week one | What's available to you in the moment of resistance that no tool can replace Drop us a Question or Comment 👉🏻 Get started with my FREE 5-Day Sacred Sobriety Kick Start https://www.thecatholicsobrietycoach.com/5-day-sacred-sobriety-kick-start 👉🏻 Book a Clarity Call: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.mykajabi.com/clarity-call Visit my Website: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.com 📈 The tools I use to optimize my podcast growth: VidIQ: https://vidiq.com/ChristieWalker Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1935235 (Get $20 off with my link)

  8. Aug 13

    Ep 184: I Might Mess Up Your Drinking

    If you've started paying attention to your drinking and suddenly feel like you can't stop thinking about it — this episode is for you. Christie explains why the chatter gets louder before it gets quiet, what the closet analogy has to do with sobriety, and what it actually looks like to go from "all I can think about is alcohol" to "I'm not thinking about it hardly at all anymore." This is the episode that reframes the uncomfortable beginning as the path — not the problem. Topics covered: The warning — awareness might mess up your drinking | The woman who said it's all she can think about | The closet analogy — why the mess has to come out before it can be sorted | Christie's outpatient moment and the word "yet" | The hamster wheel vs. seeing the hamster wheel | The arc: more, then less, then free | What to do with the discomfort right now | What God does in the awareness stage Drop us a Question or Comment 👉🏻 Get started with my FREE 5-Day Sacred Sobriety Kick Start https://www.thecatholicsobrietycoach.com/5-day-sacred-sobriety-kick-start 👉🏻 Book a Clarity Call: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.mykajabi.com/clarity-call Visit my Website: https://thecatholicsobrietycoach.com 📈 The tools I use to optimize my podcast growth: VidIQ: https://vidiq.com/ChristieWalker Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1935235 (Get $20 off with my link)

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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.

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  • Creator
    Christie Walker | The Catholic Sobriety Coach
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    194
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    © 2026 The Catholic Sobriety Podcast
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