From Daily Drinker to Three Years Sober: Ashley Butters on Dry January

Ash got drunk for the first time at twelve, at a Christmas party full of A-list celebrities. By eighteen she was pawning her saxophone to pay back a drug dealer. By twenty-eight, she was a daily drinker.

This is Ashley Butters's recovery story, told to Sober Dave. The host of Behind the Smile podcast sits down to share what happens when you grow up in an alcoholic home, marry a man two weeks after his brother takes his own life, and finally hit your rock bottom in your own mother's hallway.

You'll hear about: getting drunk at twelve and never having an off switch; the wedding she had two weeks after the funeral; finding rehab the day COVID hit Australia; the somatic therapy that rewired her life; emotional sobriety and the "God-shaped hole" in her soul; and how to actually get through dry January.

If you're starting dry January, this one's for you.

This episode of One For The Road is sponsored by https://tweaklife.co.uk/ Further information and links attached below.

If you want to connect with me via Instagram, you can find me on the instahandle @Soberdave https://www.instagram.com/soberdave/

or via my website https://davidwilsoncoaching.com/

Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice and for Ashleigh.

https://www.instagram.com/ashbutterss/

https://www.ashbutterss.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/behind-the-smile-with-ash-butterss/id1638627215

https://www.facebook.com/groups/692940225582144

www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services

https://nacoa.org.uk/

Show producer- Daniella Attanasio-Martinez

Instagram - @TheDaniellaMartinez

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