Euphoric the Podcast

What's it like to celebrate your one-year soberversary? Danielle kicks off this episode with her reflections on turning one and intentions for the year ahead, with Karolina's soberversary quickly approaching. Instead of avoiding things that are hard, we embrace the challenge. When your mind isn't trained to look for instant gratification and short-lived rewards (booze), it actually reaches for higher goals and looks for long-term contentment. You discover who you truly are and what you...

Karolina and Danielle are so excited to have Dawn Comolly on the podcast this week. Dawn is the creator of Sober Fish, a site that empowers people towards an alcohol-free lifestyle with incredible stories of transformation. Dawn started her journey when she realized her party lifestyle was making her sick, tired, and miserable. She embarked on a one-year experiment to quit booze and cigarettes and documented her entire journey online. Six months in, she realized she was never going back to...

Danielle and Karolina discuss the "a" word and why labels can be so problematic. Trying to figure out if their drinking was normal or a serious problem kept both of them stuck. Fear of being labeled distanced their desire to change, afraid that quitting would mark them forever. Everyone should be allowed to make healthy lifestyle choices without fear. Likewise everyone should get the freedom to define themselves how they wish, whether it's alcoholic or not. Show notes: Outdated,...

Karolina and Danielle discuss the books and resources they used to shift their mindset around drinking, going from a routine habit to seeing absolutely no benefit in alcohol. If alcohol doesn’t make you ultimately happy, you don’t have to drink. Quitting alcohol, or taking a break, doesn’t signal to society that you are defect or have a problem or have to label yourself an alcoholic. You don’t ever have to identify with certain terms or words. Everyone’s path to an alcohol-free lifestyle...

One of the harder myths around alcohol to debunk is that it's vital to a fun vacation or lively wedding. How often did we say we couldn't take a break, because of this upcoming trip or birthday party? Danielle and Karolina share their paradigm shifts on their first alcohol-free vacations: full of magic, wonder and appreciation that alcohol would have just numbed and dulled. Show Links: My Morning Soda - Danielle's blog https://morningsoda.wordpress.com/ Euphoric Alcohol-Free -...

Returning from a group brunch, Danielle and Karolina are abuzz after connecting with other women over their alcohol-free journeys. Danielle created a meetup for women who are doing the whole sober thing and wanted a space to meet new friends and connect deeply without the typically mimosa-laden brunch. Community inspires both Danielle and Karolina to reach higher than their self-limiting beliefs and has been so key to their journeys. Discussing the SHE Recovers conference and Nothing Good...

Between simultaneous uncontrollable laughter and first-time nerves, we were able to finally put together our very. first. episode! And Danielle only swears once! (Karolina has a strict 1 f-bomb per episode rule.) Karolina and Danielle discuss their previous drinking patterns, the ways in which they tried to moderate and mitigate their drinking and finally, what flipped the switch for them into alcohol-free, euphoric living. Show Links: My Morning Soda - Danielle's...