The Hidden Struggle with Alcohol After Weight Loss Surgery: How Ruby Williams Found Freedom from Food and Booze

Ruby Williams is a certified Alcohol Freedom Coach and owner of Freedom Renegade Coaching. She helps women after weight loss surgery or those struggling with disordered eating and drinking to break free from alcohol addiction. Living in Northern California wine country, she drank daily to cope with a stressful corporate job in the alcohol industry and the challenges of single motherhood. After weight-loss surgery, her food addiction transferred to alcohol use disorder. Now, five years alcohol-free, she combines personal experience, self-compassion, and evidence-based strategies to empower others. As co-host of the Feel Lit Alcohol-Free Podcast and co-author of Overcoming Mediocrity Epic Women, she is dedicated to helping women achieve lasting freedom from alcohol.  We chat about: Ruby's journey with weight, food, and drinking   What it was like growing up and working in the wine business in California  Developing a drinking problem after weight loss surgery  Ruby’s advice for someone struggling with food and drinking  How some of the wine industry is responding to the sober curious movement (hint- they're scared)  And more!  Find Ruby: https://www.freedomrenegadecoaching.com/  Podcast: Feel Lit Alcohol-Free Podcast  Listen to the ATP podcast about weight loss surgery and drinking: Alcohol Problems, Weight Loss Surgery, and Making Big Changes: Unraveling the Connection with Registered Dietitian Kyle Kamp  Ready to change your drinking habit?  Visit Alcohol Tipping Point website at http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/ for lots of FREE resources including:         100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions        Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide        10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday        Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes       <...

On the show is Olivia Farrelly, a former grey area drinker from Ireland who has been alcohol-free since 2018. Olivia, who holds a master's in health psychology and a diploma in alcohol studies, shares her transformative journey of quitting alcohol. She discusses the cultural context of her drinking habits in her teens and twenties, her tipping point for quitting, and the immense personal growth and clarity she has experienced since giving up alcohol. Olivia now helps others through her podcast 'No More Booze' and her online programs.  We chat about:  Olivia’s experience with drinking in Ireland  What helped Olivia quit drinking  How sober curiosity and drinking culture have changed in Ireland  What makes someone successful at changing their drinking  The importance of self-compassion, readiness for change, and putting in the work  And more!  Find Olivia: Instagram @greyareadrinker   Www.greyareadrinker.ie Host of #1 Irish Podcast - No More Booze  Ready to change your drinking habit?  Visit Alcohol Tipping Point website at http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/ for lots of FREE resources including:         100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions        Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide        10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday        Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes        Need help taking a break? 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 Use code: LOVE to save 20%        Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:        Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/        Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint        Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint        **Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**        ***Another way to support the show- buy me a coffee! Click here to easily and safely buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tippingpoint         

This episode features Martha Wright, a former New Orleans-based wine industry veteran who transitioned into a sobriety and mindful drinking coach. Martha shares her unique journey from working with Food Network chefs and owning a winery to becoming a senior coach within Annie Grace's 'This Naked Mind'. She discusses the challenge of giving up alcohol in an industry saturated with it, the pivotal moments that influenced her decision, and how she has found joy and connection in an alcohol-free life.   We chat about:  Martha’s experience growing up in New Orleans, working with Food Network chefs and immersion in the wine industry  How she knew it was time to change her drinking  Reclaiming the wine ritual and having a juicy alcohol-free life  Navigating the beverage and hospitability industry as a non-drinker  The power of a delight practice  And more!  Find Martha and her newsletter for living a juicy AF life: https://www.clearpowercoaching.com/  Ready to change your drinking habit?  Visit Alcohol Tipping Point website at http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/ for lots of FREE resources including:         100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions        Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide        10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday        Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes        Need help taking a break? 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 Use code: LOVE to save 20%        Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:        Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/        Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint        Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint        **Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**        ***Another way to support the show- buy me a coffee! Click here to easily and safely buy me a coffee: https:/...

In this episode, I share a presentation on the powerful concept of acceptance. Acceptance means embracing the present moment and our emotions as they are, without trying to alter them. This approach is incredibly beneficial when dealing with life’s stresses and challenges, helping us to cope without resorting to alcohol. Acceptance has been a transformative tool in my journey to change my drinking and improve my life.  This episode covers:  Common misconceptions about acceptance (it’s not passive, weak, or about giving up, but rather about facing reality with courage)  Exercises and techniques to practice acceptance  How to accept all of our emotions (even the “icky” ones) – the essential work of sitting with feelings  The role of acceptance in changing your drinking  And more!  I hope you find this helpful. Looking for more strategies to change your drinking? Join me in the next Alcoholiday- a monthly dry group to help you practice not drinking. Find out more here: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/alcoholiday Use code: LOVE to save 20%        Visit Alcohol Tipping Point website at http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/ for lots of FREE resources including:         100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions        Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide        10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday        Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes        Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:        Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/        Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint        Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint        **Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**        ***Another way to support the...

This episode features Alli Bourne-Vanneck, a national award-winning television journalist and former Miss Virgin Islands. Alli shares her inspiring journey from growing up in the U.S. Virgin Islands with aspirations of being a professional golfer to becoming a TV journalist and ultimately quitting alcohol in 2017. She discusses her struggles with loneliness, alcohol problems, and a head injury that culminated in her path to sobriety. Alli hosts the popular Caribbean show VI Tings and advocates for sobriety through her platform Spilling the Sobriety, which aims to inspire and support those considering quitting alcohol.   Such an interesting conversation and I am now adding the Virgin Islands to my sober travel bucket list. Alli really shows us how you can have fun, celebrate, and immerse yourself in island life party culture without the alcohol. We chat about:  Growing up in the Virgin Islands  The pressures of single women to get married and have kids Practical tips to quit drinking  The normalization of sobriety  The most surprising aspects of being alcohol free  And more!  Find Alli: @SpillingTheSobriety  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 Use code: LOVE to save 20%      Visit Alcohol Tipping Point website at http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/ for lots of FREE resources including:        100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions       Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide       10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday       Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes       Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:       Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/       Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint       Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint       **Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**       ***Another way to support the show- buy me a coffee! Click here to easily and safely buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tippingpoint        

On the podcast today is Jacob Scholze, a Wisconsin father of three, hardware store manager and grateful liver disease survivor. He’s here to share his story about finding freedom from alcohol and his experience with liver disease. This episode is for those who need HOPE and support in starting or maintaining an alcohol-free life. It is possible to change, and your body can heal and recover from alcohol.  We chat about:   Growing up in the biggest binge drinking state where overdrinking is the norm  Turning to drinking during covid to manage stress and anxiety  The signs of liver disease that brought Jacob into the ER  Overcoming and healing from liver disease when told the only answer was a liver transplant  What you can do to take care of your liver using basic and alternative methods  Benefits of being alcohol free   And more!   Find Jacob: @feel_sober_good  Learn more about your liver with this quick episode: Day 5 of the 7 Day Alcohol Fre - Alcohol Tipping Point - Apple Podcasts  Need help taking a break? 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 Use code: LOVE to save 20%        Visit Alcohol Tipping Point website at http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/ for lots of FREE resources including:         100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions        Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide        10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday        Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes        Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:        Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/        Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint        Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint        **Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**        ***Another way to support the show- buy me a coffee! Click here to easily and safely buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.co...

On the show today is Danni Carr, host of the popular How I Quit Alcohol Podcast. I have a special spot for Danni because her show is one of the podcasts (besides mine-;))my brother used to get sober 3 years ago. Danni’s journey to alcohol freedom started in 2017 with her much-loved Australian Blues Musician husband, Ash Grunwald. They did a 12-month alcohol-free challenge together that turned into a continued life of awesome sobriety.    Danni is a trauma informed sobriety coach and breathwork and meditation teacher who uses Dr Gabor Mate’s compassionate inquiry approach to healing and coaching. She and Ash have a new book out called How I Quit Alcohol: A Rock and Roll Guide to Sobriety and Living Well.  We chat about:  How Danni quit drinking  What compassionate inquiry is and how it can help let go of negative beliefs  Most common negative beliefs that people struggle with (especially related to quitting drinking)  Danni walks us through a breathing technique to calm our nervous system   How Danni’s approach towards helping people with drinking has changed throughout the years  And more!  Find Danni: Instagram: @howiquitalcohol  https://www.iquitalcohol.com.au/   Ready to change your drinking habit?  Visit Alcohol Tipping Point website at http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/ for lots of FREE resources including:         100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions        Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide        10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday        Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes        Need help taking a break ? 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 Use code: LOVE to save 20%        Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:        Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/        Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint        Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint        **Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**      

Ali Shapiro returns to the podcast for a deeper dive into the overlap between drinking and food issues. Ali is the host of the top-ranked podcast Insatiable, a holistic nutritionist and integrated health coach. This episode is especially helpful for those who have quit drinking but developed a killer sugar habit, and for people who have found alcohol freedom and are ready to address the food noise.   We chat about:  When to tackle food and drinking issues  How Deb went from strict dieting while drinking to eating everything and anything when sober  The four emotional triggers that lead to self-sabotage with food or booze  What’s missing from the HALT acronym (Hungry/Angry/Lonely/Tired)  Overcoming shame associated with drinking and food issues  And much more!  Are you ready to make peace with food? If you feel secure in your alcohol freedom and are ready to tackle food issues, join me in Ali's 12-week program Why Am I Eating This Now. This course offers live coaching to help you quiet your food noise, build lasting habits, stop falling off track, experience food freedom and end emotional eating—no white knuckling required. She's offering ATP listeners $100 off registration with the code "Deb." I’m going to be right in there with you, as a participant. Let’s do this together! More info and free masterclass here: https://alishapiro.com/why-am-i-eating-this-now-live-group/   Listen to Ali’s first appearance on the podcast:   https://alcohol-tipping-point-1.castos.com/episodes/making-truce-with-food-and-drinking-conversation-with-ali-shapiro   Free resources from Alcohol Tipping Point:                  100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions                 Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide                   10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday                 Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes                       **Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**              ***Another way to support the show- buy me a coffee! Click here to easily and safely buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tippingpoint              And, if you're ever in Boise, Idaho let's meet for a real-life coffee. Thank you so much!!!      

Struggling with seeing wine as a reward after a long day? You’re not alone. In this episode, I explore why 5pm often signals a time for a drink and how alcohol has become a reward we feel we’ve earned. I cover top strategies to help break the alcohol reward cycle. It’s not about deprivation but rethinking what truly rewards you. Play the tape forward and consider the real impact of drinking. What else can bring you joy and fulfillment?  I hope you find this helpful. Looking for more strategies to change your drinking? Join me in the next Alcoholiday- a monthly dry group to help you practice not drinking. Find out more here: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/alcoholiday Use code: LOVE to save 20%        Visit Alcohol Tipping Point website at http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/ for lots of FREE resources including:         100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions        Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide        10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday        Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes        Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:        Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/        Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint        Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AlcoholTippingPoint        **Please leave a review and subscribe so you can help support the show**        ***Another way to support the show- buy me a coffee! Click here to eas...

On the show today is Derick Santiago, a tech professional from the Philippines who experienced a significant lifestyle change after moving to California’s tech hub. Initially a rare drinker, he found himself drinking daily to fit in with the happy hour culture and to cope with anxiety and the grief of losing his mother during the pandemic. He shares how he changed his beliefs about alcohol and dived into mocktails as a substitute for alcoholic drinks, allowing him to continue fitting in and participating in happy hour. By allowing himself to go from sober curious to sober serious he’s now proudly 2 years alcohol free.   In addition to his day tech job, is the author of the recipe book “The Mocktail Club” and the newly-released recipe deck “Make it a Mocktail.” He is also the creator of @MocktailWiz, an Instagram page and website dedicated to craft mocktails, non-alcoholic cocktail recipes, and mindful mixology techniques.    We chat about:  What drinking culture was like growing up in the Philippines  Moving to the US in 2013 and being thrown into the tech sector’s happy hour culture  Learning to use alcohol to fit in, sleep, and cope with anxiety and grief  How “hate listening” to the book This Naked Mind shifted his beliefs on alcohol  What work happy hour is like now that he’s alcohol-free  How starting MocktailWiz contributed to ongoing sobriety and supported the sober curious movement  And more!  Find Derek: Website: mocktailwiz.com Instagram/Tiktok/Youtube: mocktailwiz  Ready to take a break? 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 Use code: LOVE to save 20%        Visit Alcohol Tipping Point website at http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/ for lots of FREE resources including:         100 Questions to Change Your Drinking:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/100questions        Dry Guide:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/dryguide        10 Day Break:  https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/10dayholiday        Mocktail Recipe Book: https://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/mocktailrecipes        Find Alcohol Tipping Point at:        Website: http://www.alcoholtippingpoint.com/        Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alcoholtippingpoint        Facebook: