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Aidan Donnelley Rowley and Jolene Park talk about their decisions to make an Early Exit from the drinking life, the gray area of drinking and the ongoing edits they make to their lives.

Jolene and Aidan catch up after a long break in recording a podcast. Listen in as they share what they've been up to the past couple years a...

Feeling zapped, exhausted and just plain tired? Alcohol may be what you are turning or have turned to in the past to unwind and get a reprie...

Have you been berating yourself for your drinking, either past or present? It is time to delve into the work of forgiveness and self-compass...

What happens when Jolene and Aidan have a bad day, dine at an idyllic bistro in Paris, or desire to escape tough feelings? Sometimes they fe...

Three years after giving up alcohol Aidan started having lightning thoughts about her purpose. And, as Jolene comes up on her 5th alcohol-fr...

There is a polarizing trend around drinking labels and what constitutes as "problem drinking". So, what is gray area drinking and where does...

Drinking is often intertwined with our closest relationships. So much so that we may continue drinking, even though a voice inside is wishin...

One of the greatest gifts of going alcohol-free is experiencing life deeply in the present moment. There is a quality of clarity and expansi...

Grief is vast and there is no formula for how to deal with it. Often when drinking takes a turn, loss and grief are found buried under the l...

Aidan and Jolene look back on one year of podcasting together and talk about the things that have happened in their lives as a result. They...

While every aspect of our lives can improve sans alcohol, the reality is there are still aspects of our lives that can still be difficult af...

Jolene and Aidan talk about reaching out to a therapist, people in our lives who are supportive and we know are like-minded or communities o...

Jolene and Aidan share experiences they recently had with alcohol being front and center in their life. Even though they no longer drink the...

Jolene and Aidan talk about how social media and Instagram initially brought them together to start this podcast. They discuss how online pl...

What do others say when they are drinking or not drinking around us? How did Jolene and Aidan navigate other people's opinions early on? Peo...

Is it possible to moderate? What do Aidan and Jolene think about moderation? Aidan says she could moderate but felt miserable. It wasn't ple...

Jolene and Aidan discuss the troubling marketing of alcohol memes toward women and moms. The promotion of excess as a way to escape and cope...

Aidan and Jolene discuss how they found alcohol-free like-minded people through blogging, Instagram, FaceBook groups, and when social media...

Aidan was public with her decision to not drink in 2012 with her Year Without Wine blog posts , but Jolene stayed quieter and more private i...

Do you make New Year's Resolutions? What happens when, if you fall off course or routine? In this episode, Jolene and Aidan discuss The Four...

There will always be a holiday, a special event, anniversary, or celebration during the calendar year. It doesn't matter if it's December, A...

Jolene talks about the role GABA plays in anxiety and how she used lemon balm, passion flower, holy basil, inositol, and L-theanine in the e...

Aidan and Jolene talk about their early anxiety stories. Aidan didn't think of herself as an anxious kid, but Jolene did identify as an anxi...

If you're asking the question, it's probably something you'll want to pay attention to. Sometimes just asking the internal question is more...

Aidan and Jolene talk about how they view their own introvert and extrovert personalities. How they feel about being alone vs with others as...

The decision to count or not count alcohol-free days is different for everyone. Jolene and Aidan discuss why they both like counting days an...

This episode explores the havoc that alcohol plays on sleep and dreams. Alcohol can contribute to hormone, blood sugar and cortisol imbalanc...

Aidan and Jolene talk about why they committed to not drinking when they could get away with continuing to drink. Aidan wrote about her long...

Does parenthood or lack of parenthood impact our drinking? Jolene and Aidan discuss how their personal desires to have children intersected...

Jolene and Aidan talk about how they engage in their social lives without drinking. Both admit they are more of introverts than they once th...

The evening hours are often a hard time to stick to the resolve of not drinking alcohol. Especially after a full, stressful day, you might s...

Aidan looks back on her drinking days and talks about the surprisingly positive mental, emotional, existential aspects of her hangovers. Jol...

Jolene and Aidan debrief what it feels like to have the first six episodes of their podcast out into the world. They talk about the vulnerab...

Aidan and Jolene talk about what life without alcohol has been like so far for them. They share what the best parts of the dry life have bee...

Jolene talks about dancing back and forth between drinking and not drinking for many years and about how she reached her quiet tipping point...

Aidan talks about her "dance" between drinking and not drinking. She recently heard Elizabeth Vargas, author of Between Breaths: A Memoir of...

Jolene gives a glimpse of what her drinking looked like in the beginning. She didn't grow up around a lot of drinking and rarely drank in hi...

Aidan gives a glimpse of what her drinking looked like in the beginning. She talks about coming from a family where alcohol is often celebra...

Aidan and Jolene introduce themselves and talk about their decision to make an Early Exit from the drinking life. They also discuss whom the...