Are You Drinking To Check Out?

Five o'clock. It's like an internal alarm that goes off for Sandra. The day goes from manageable to get me the heck out of here as soon as the clock flips. For Lucy, it usually hits mid-afternoon: the realization that today won't be Day 1 alcohol-free after all. Drinking to check out is so normal that most people will tell you it isn't a problem at all, but that isn't for anyone else to decide. It's up to Sandra and Lucy to choose what role alcohol will have in their lives.

Lucy discusses:

The two voices in her head, arguing again

Why she thinks she “deserves” a drink every night

Her father's death, her husband's cancer, and the return to the Path

What her relationship with wine has to do with her closeness to her brother

Sandra discusses:

Expectation: the thing she didn't know she was addicted to

The kindergarten memory Coach Zoe keeps circling back to

Golf, Mahjong, and why staying busy matters more than she thought

Wise adult, adaptive child, wounded child: the three Sandras

And more…