Alcohol and Covid 19 - Dr Judy

Tribe Sober - Your guide to alcohol-free living! After running Tribe Sober for 5 years and helping hundreds of people to ditch the drink and embrace alcohol-free living I've learned a thing or two. My biggest insight has been that sharing our stories around alcohol is the most powerful way we can help others - that's why the heart of this podcast is recovery stories. In this episode I interview an important member of our Tribe Sober team - Dr Judy. She did our Sober Spring Challenge and then came along to a workshop. She now advises our Subscription Members on all matters relating to alcohol and health. In this Episode Judy shares her personal relationship with alcohol and explains how she would never be able to "moderate" She explains how the group support of our tribe was so important to her We all know that alcohol is a drug - but do you why it's a drug? I ask Dr Judy if SA has any chance of "flattening the curve" of Covid 19 She explains how our bodies treat alcohol as if it was an "infection" - firing up our immune system If we do contract the virus then we have a better chance of survival if we are not drinking - Judy explains why We explore the fascinating (if scary) phenomena of the Cytokine Storm Both Judy and I have had breast cancer - as have many of our community - is that because we were heavy drinkers? Early sobriety is tough and we chat about the depression that we both felt in those early months Useful Links To access our website click HERE, to access the Goodbye to Alcohol letters click HERE and to read about subscription membership click HERE. To read Judy's guest blog click HERE. If you need a bit of support to get you through an alcohol free lockdown then you can access our free Lockdown Challenge HERE. Episode Sponsor This episode is sponsored by the Tribe Sober Membership Program. If you want to change your relationship with alcohol then sign up today. Read more about our 8-step program and subscribe HERE. Help us to spread the word! We made this podcast so that we can reach more people who need our help. Please subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts which will result in more people hearing the podcast. We will release a podcast episode every Saturday morning. You can follow Tribe Sober on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Thank you for listening! Till Next Week Janet x