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Sober & Lit Podcast

Sober & Lit Podcast

By: Susan Larkin & Ruby Williams
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Are you worried you might be drinking too much? If you’ve tried cutting back your drinking, but can’t imagine your life without wine? This podcast is for you.


Sober & Lit is the podcast for women in midlife who want encouragement, support, and real strategies to live their best life without alcohol. Whether you identify as a gray area drinker, a daily drinker, are exploring how to stop drinking, or are wondering how to know if you even have a drinking problem, this show offers practical tools and honest conversations. In each episode we answer real listeners’ questions about how to stop drinking and how to stay stopped. With sober stories, empowering insights, and practical tips and tactics for living sober with mindfulness, confidence, and joy. If you're ready to explore an alcohol-free lifestyle and step into your most vibrant, “lit” life you're in the right place.


This podcast is for you if you’ve ever asked:

Why can’t I drink like everyone else?

Why do I drink more than I want to?

I had weight loss surgery and why am I drinking every day now?

What is a gray area drinker?

Why can’t I stop drinking once I start?

How can I drink less during stressful times (holidays, divorce, empty nest, grief)

Is it possible to enjoy life without alcohol?

How do I cut back without quitting completely?

What’s the first step to changing my drinking?

How much alcohol is too much for a woman my age?


Every episode ends with how we and our guests feel lit with practices that support your mental health, optimizes your fitness goals and enhances personal growth. If you’re sober-curious, or alcohol-free and ready for your next amazing chapter in life, this podcast is your weekly dose of inspiration, tools, real talk, and some laughs!


© 2026 Sober & Lit Podcast
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Episodes
  • Why Women Quit Drinking with Deborah C. Smith / EP 125
    Jun 2 2026

    What if sobriety gave you MORE... not less?

    In this episode of Sober & Lit, Susan and Ruby sit down with Deborah C. Smith... business coach, entrepreneur, and powerful example of what can happen when you stop using alcohol to cope and start reconnecting with yourself.

    Inside this conversation:

    Deborah’s story
    Alcohol, ambition + high stress entrepreneurship
    • The wake-up call that changed everything
    Finding joy, creativity + relief without wine
    • Why sobriety became her superpower
    Building a life and business that actually feels good

    If you’ve ever wondered...

    • Can I really feel lit without alcohol?
    • What happens when I stop drinking to manage stress?
    • Could sobriety open doors I never imagined?

    This one is inspiring, real, and full of hope for your own alcohol-free journey.
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    Guest Resources for Deborah Smith-
    Website: Http://www.deborahcsmith.com
    Podcast - Mindset to Market: https://mindset-to-market.buzzsprout.com/
    Instagram: Http://www.instagram.com/deborah_smith_coaching
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1B3UWMF2ax/?mibextid=wwXIfr

    We Love Hearing From You

    Don't forget to follow and subscribe and leave a review! It helps to get the word out that living sober is lit!

    Listeners have said that our podcast has helped them get alcohol free!
    Join our private community!

    Connect with the Podcast Hosts:
    Susan Larkin Coaching https://www.susanlarkincoaching.com
    Ruby Williams at Freedom Renegade Coaching https://www.freedomrenegadecoaching.com/

    Follow Susan: @drinklesswithsusan
    Follow Ruby: @rubywilliamscoaching

    It is strongly recommended that you seek professional advice regarding your health before attempting to take a break from alcohol. The creators, hosts, and producers of the The Feel Lit Alcohol Free podcast are not healthcare practitioners and therefore do not give medical, or psychological advice nor do they intend for the podcast, any resource or communication on behalf of the podcast or otherwise to be a substitute for such.

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    39 mins
  • Building Sober Confidence: Why Summer Is Your Ideal Training Ground / EP 124
    May 26 2026

    What if summer isn’t the problem... but actually the BEST time to explore alcohol free living?

    In this episode of Sober & Lit, Coach Susan and Coach Ruby unpack:

    • Why summer drinking feels so automatic
    • How concerts, patios, vacations, and BBQs retrain your brain
    • Building your alcohol-free “muscles” one event at a time
    • Why nature can calm your nervous system naturally
    • The mindset shift that changes everything
    • How to stop “starting over” every fall

    Plus:

    • Mocktail ideas
    • Real client stories
    • Nervous system tools
    • Confidence-building experiments
    • Learning to lead with love

    Whether you’re sober curious, a gray area drinker, or well along your alcohol-free journey, this episode will help you rethink summer, embrace new ways to have fun, and lead with love in every experience.

    Join Coach Susan's Free Alcohol-Free Vacation Workshop: https://www.susanlarkincoaching.com/vacation-workshop

    We Love Hearing From You

    Don't forget to follow and subscribe and leave a review! It helps to get the word out that living sober is lit!

    Listeners have said that our podcast has helped them get alcohol free!
    Join our private community!

    Connect with the Podcast Hosts:
    Susan Larkin Coaching https://www.susanlarkincoaching.com
    Ruby Williams at Freedom Renegade Coaching https://www.freedomrenegadecoaching.com/

    Follow Susan: @drinklesswithsusan
    Follow Ruby: @rubywilliamscoaching

    It is strongly recommended that you seek professional advice regarding your health before attempting to take a break from alcohol. The creators, hosts, and producers of the The Feel Lit Alcohol Free podcast are not healthcare practitioners and therefore do not give medical, or psychological advice nor do they intend for the podcast, any resource or communication on behalf of the podcast or otherwise to be a substitute for such.

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    24 mins
  • Alcohol-Free Wine Revolution with Tracy Sweeney / EP 123
    May 19 2026

    What if you didn’t have to give up the wine ritual... to change your relationship with alcohol?

    In this episode of Sober & Lit, we sit down with Tracy Sweeney... longtime wine industry insider and co-founder of Tomorrow Cellars... to talk about the rise of sophisticated alcohol-free wine and why so many women are rethinking what’s in their glass.

    We talk about:
    • Can alcohol-free wine actually taste good?
    • Why are so many midlife women becoming sober curious?
    • Is it possible to keep the ritual... without the alcohol?
    • What’s REALLY changing inside wine culture right now?

    If you’ve ever thought:
    “Can I still love wine... without alcohol?”
    ...this conversation is going to open your mind in a whole new way.

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    Guest Resources for Tomorrow Cellars-
    Website to buy Tomorrow Cellars Wines: http://tomorrowcellars.com
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomorrowcellars/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tomorrowcellars/
    Find Tomorrow Cellers 'Alcohol Removed' Wines at select retailers and on Amazon

    We Love Hearing From You

    Don't forget to follow and subscribe and leave a review! It helps to get the word out that living sober is lit!

    Listeners have said that our podcast has helped them get alcohol free!
    Join our private community!

    Connect with the Podcast Hosts:
    Susan Larkin Coaching https://www.susanlarkincoaching.com
    Ruby Williams at Freedom Renegade Coaching https://www.freedomrenegadecoaching.com/

    Follow Susan: @drinklesswithsusan
    Follow Ruby: @rubywilliamscoaching

    It is strongly recommended that you seek professional advice regarding your health before attempting to take a break from alcohol. The creators, hosts, and producers of the The Feel Lit Alcohol Free podcast are not healthcare practitioners and therefore do not give medical, or psychological advice nor do they intend for the podcast, any resource or communication on behalf of the podcast or otherwise to be a substitute for such.

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    37 mins
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