EPISODE · Feb 16, 2022 · 54 MIN
Sobriety Built My Whole Life Back: Jamie Klingler
from One for the Road: The Quit Drinking Podcast
Jamie Klingler was drinking two bottles of wine a day, sometimes more, working the London bar circuit six or seven nights a week. By the end she was buying five-litre wine boxes. Two at a time. The party girl who cried in the corner.She quit on Easter weekend, April 2020. Then she lost 100 pounds. Then a woman named Sarah Everard was murdered by a serving Met officer, and Jamie co-founded Reclaim These Streets, sued the police, and ended up debating policing at Cambridge Union.None of it would have happened if she was still drinking. She is brutally clear about that.This is what it sounds like when a woman stops numbing, starts running, and uses every minute alcohol stole back from her. For anyone wondering whether their drinking is theirs to question.If you enjoy One For The Road, then click follow to be notified of the release of our next episode.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 links for Jaime.https://twitter.com/jamieklinglerhttps://www.instagram.com/photogirluk/https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-serviceshttps://nacoa.org.uk/https://alcoholchange.org.uk/Show producer- Daniella Attanasio-Martinezhttps://www.grownuphustle.com/Instagram - @TheDaniellaMartinez@GrownupHustleHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jamie Klingler was drinking two bottles of wine a day, sometimes more, working the London bar circuit six or seven nights a week. By the end she was buying five-litre wine boxes. Two at a time. The party girl who cried in the corner.She quit on Easter weekend, April 2020. Then she lost 100 pounds. Then a woman named Sarah Everard was murdered by a serving Met officer, and Jamie co-founded Reclaim These Streets, sued the police, and ended up debating policing at Cambridge Union.None of it would have happened if she was still drinking. She is brutally clear about that.This is what it sounds like when a woman stops numbing, starts running, and uses every minute alcohol stole back from her. For anyone wondering whether their drinking is theirs to question.If you enjoy One For The Road, then click follow to be notified of the release of our next episode.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 links for Jaime.https://twitter.com/jamieklinglerhttps://www.instagram.com/photogirluk/https://www.wearewithyou.org.uk/https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-serviceshttps://nacoa.org.uk/https://alcoholchange.org.uk/Show producer- Daniella Attanasio-Martinezhttps://www.grownuphustle.com/Instagram - @TheDaniellaMartinez@GrownupHustleHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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