The Life You Stop Needing to Escape

What does building a life you don't want to escape from actually take? Donna joined The Path in March 2021 after a COVID grocery store moment she couldn't unsee and hasn't had a drink since. Now five years in, she's back with Coach Hayley to share what's genuinely changed, what she's still working through, and a question that keeps getting more interesting.

Donna and Coach Hayley discuss:

• That COVID grocery store moment, four wine clubs in a week, and what she calls "the gift COVID gave her"

• The beta reader who said her memoir should have said more about her drinking, and what she heard two weeks later

• Why confidence was her number one benefit from stopping, and how alcohol was worsening her anxiety while she believed it was helping

• The 90-second rule for processing difficult emotions without numbing, and the morning practice she's built over five years

• Why building a life you don't want to escape from is still the deeper work at year five

• And more on forgiveness, gratitude, and what five years of alcohol freedom actually sounds like...

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