Ep 73: Kate Bee on How Alcohol Specifically Effect Women; Debunking Alcohol’s Myth and More

Welcome to Episode # 73 of The Alcohol & Addiction Podcast the show designed to help you reduce the leverage that alcohol has in your life and your relationships. Today’s guest is Kate Bee, the founder of The Sober School, a website dedicated to helping women navigate sobriety without feeling deprived or miserable. The Sober School provides modern, inspiring and accessible support for high-functioning women who are fed up with drinking too much. Kate's mission is to remove the stigma, misinformation and fear that surrounds addiction. Her work is informed by her own struggle with alcohol and her determination to recover outside of AA and the 12-step system. Kate drew on her own experience to create an online coaching programme, Getting Unstuck. The course helps women understand why they really drink, so they can change their relationship with alcohol for good. Kate is also a freelance journalist. She lives near Manchester in the UK. In this podcast episode, we learn about Kate's back story, the importance of educating the next generation and we question whether people's attitudes towards alcohol will eventually reach the same levels of stigma associated with smoking. We also touch upon the role that AA plays in the alcohol recovery arena, the value of getting your thoughts down on paper and why The Sober School only accepts females into its ranks. Podcast Takeaways The Sober School (http://thesoberschool.com/) The Sober School Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/thesoberschool/?fref=ts) Kate Bee Twitter (https://twitter.com/TheSoberSchool?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Thanks for listening. Are you in a relationship that’s suffering because of alcohol? If so, then why not join the Needy Helper movement, the purpose of which is to lessen the negative effects alcohol has on your relationships by working on communication, connection and curating a new life. We achieve this through the creation of a community forum of like minded people and training course designed to help you move away from a life of alcohol. When signing up you will receive my new course: “How Safe Are Your Relationships From Alcohol? 36 Books That Helped Me Connect, Communicate & Curate a New Life.” - https://needyhelper.mykajabi.com/store/biQtFTc7 If you find the AA Podcast a valuable resource, then please tell your friends about it and share the love. You would make me a very happy man indeed if you could rate us on iTunes.