131. Who Am I Now? Navigating Identity Shifts Without Alcohol

What happens when the people, roles, and routines that have needed you for years suddenly… don’t need you quite so much?

In this first installment of a new coaching-style segment on Unbottled Potential, I’m answering a question I’ve been hearing from women again and again: I have more space in my life now, I can feel there’s a bigger version of me waiting—but I don’t know who she is, and I don’t know how to find her while I’m still drinking every night.

Whether you’re becoming an empty nester, changing careers, setting new boundaries, becoming an entrepreneur, or simply stepping into the identity of a non-drinker, transitions can leave behind an uncomfortable amount of spaciousness.

And when alcohol has been your reward, your “me time,” your social life, or your way of shutting everything off at the end of the day, that space can feel especially unsettling.