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Aug 9, 2026 10 min

Is This As Good As It Gets?

from Conscious Unbottling - healing beneath the alcohol Hosted by Megan Webb

Send us Fan Mail That thought you barely dare to say out loud, “Is this as good as it gets?”, can creep in even when life looks fine on paper. I’m Meg, and I’m sharing the real story behind that question: the years of doing everything for everyone else, the creeping sense I’d lost touch with myself, and the role alcohol played in helping me tolerate a life I wasn’t truly connected to. I talk about the dreams I had as a teen, my love of communication and storytelling, and how anxiety and social phobia helped me pack those dreams away as “unrealistic”. Then came marriage, kids, bills, and responsibility. Like so many women in midlife, I kept showing up, but inside I felt lost. My drinking grew alongside that disconnection, until the inner voice got loud enough that I couldn’t ignore it anymore. We also unpack why alcohol feels like relief in the moment. Our brains avoid discomfort, and alcohol can quieten the stress response and spike dopamine, but that short-term calm isn’t the same as healing. When we numb feelings instead of processing them, we repeat the cycle and lose clarity about what we actually need. The good news is those neural pathways can change, and putting down the booze can create the space to hear yourself again. If you’ve been wondering about sobriety, alcohol recovery, or what it means to live consciously and realign with your values, this is for you. Listen through, share it with someone who needs it, and if it helps, please subscribe and leave a review so more people can find the show. What does “more” mean to you right now? Contact Meg: Website: https://www.meganwebb.com.au/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579436511475 Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/meganwebbcoaching/ Link to FREE discovery call with Meg: https://calendly.com/glassfulfilled Email Meg here: [email protected]

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Send us Fan Mail That thought you barely dare to say out loud, “Is this as good as it gets?”, can creep in even when life looks fine on paper. I’m Meg, and I’m sharing the real story behind that question: the years of doing everything for everyone else, the creeping sense I’d lost touch with myself, and the role alcohol played in helping me tolerate a life I wasn’t truly connected to. I talk about the dreams I had as a teen, my love of communication and storytelling, and how anxiety and soci...

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Is This As Good As It Gets?

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  1. 0:54 The Question That Would Not Stop
  2. 1:50 Childhood Dreams And Social Anxiety
  3. 3:44 Choosing Sobriety And A New Path
  4. 5:46 Creativity Lost To Overload And Wine
  5. 7:28 Why Alcohol Feels Like Relief
  6. 8:53 Midlife As An Invitation To Change
  7. 10:22 Becoming Authentic And Next Steps

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