Ready for a fresh perspective on sobriety? This episode of Recovery Elevator features Lisa from Brisbane, Australia, who took her last drink on February 24th, 2022. Lisa shares her journey of overcoming alcohol addiction and how she found a new lease on life. Host Paul Churchill and Lisa dive into the complexities of addiction, the importance of community, and the power of physical fitness in recovery.

Lisa’s candid reflections on her struggles and triumphs offer valuable insights for anyone on their own sobriety journey. She discusses how CrossFit has become a crucial part of her recovery, providing both mental clarity and a supportive community. Lisa also touches on the importance of letting go, setting boundaries, and finding new, healthier ways to cope with life's challenges. If you’re looking for inspiration and practical advice on living an alcohol-free life, this episode is a must-listen.

You’ll come away with a sense of hope and the knowledge that you already have everything you need to succeed within you.

Lisa from Brisbane shares her inspiring story of overcoming alcohol addiction and finding strength in sobriety. A must-listen for anyone on a similar path.

Lisa's Journey: Finding Strength in Sobriety

Today we have Lisa. She is from Brisbane, Australia and took her last drink on February 24th, 2022.   Sponsors for this episode include: <a href= "https://www.betterhelp.com/get-started/?go=true&slug=elevator&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=2687&utm_term=elevator&promo_code=elevator&landing_page_img=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FqYHezjI.jpg&aff_channel=podcast&discount_rate=10&discount_period=P1M&date_interval=P1M&percentage_off=10&amount=1&amount_spelled_out=one&unit=month&gor=start"> Better Help</a> – 10% off of your first month   If you have quit drinking and are looking for new alcohol-free friends, <a href= "https://www.cafe-re.org/">Café RE</a> is the social app for sober people. With 24/7 access to a like-minded community committed to living alcohol-free, you’ll never feel alone on this journey.    [02:35] Thoughts from Paul:   Healing from alcohol addiction is more about restoring the original circuitry we arrived on the planet with, opposed to learning anything new. You already have everything you need to quit drinking. There is nothing wrong with you, we simply need to remove the layers of muck, grime, false stories and incorrect paradigms that we have accumulated over the years of living in a toxic culture.   As you clean up your inner mess, you’re also laying the foundation for others to begin their healing process. When you heal, others around you heal.   [07:27] Paul introduces Lisa:   Lisa is 45 years old and lives in Brisbane, Australia. She runs a residential rehab for women. For fun, Lisa enjoys CrossFit and the community that comes with it. She has a 21-year-old son.   Lisa first tried alcohol when she was 17. It was an issue from the first time she picked it up. Once she got the feeling in her system, she just kept going. This continued until she was pregnant with her son who was born when she was 24 years old.   When her son was 13 months old, Lisa became a single mom and wanted to find herself again as he started to get older. With her mom helping her with her son, she was able to start going out to meet people and says the only way she knew how to do that was with alcohol involved. Lisa says she thought to be sociable, you had to drink.   There were times when Lisa was able to abstain for extended periods while focusing on her son and fitness, but she always went back to it. She found herself using drinks as a reward to get through the weekdays and then would binge drink on the weekends. This cost her multiple jobs in the fitness and nutrition world. Lisa found herself blaming everything but herself or her drinking.   Lisa had been working on getting sober for quite a while but had always been trying to do it for other people or jobs. A few years before her sobriety date, she had a revelation that she had to quit drinking for herself. She was able to go 500 days from that point and says she wasn’t doing the work suggested to her and ended up drinking again. At this point she was adding other substances to her drinking. A weekend camping trip in November 2021 ended badly for Lisa and after her partner picked her up, she shared that she didn’t want to live anymore. The fact that she felt that way scared her.   When her son questioned her about going to rehab, Lisa told her she couldn’t because she had so many other obligations. The drinking continued and she would start going to lengths to try and conceal it. After a weekend away with her son, she found herself on a balcony consumed with suicidal thoughts. It was then that she called a rehab to try and get help. Within a few days, she travelled 8 hours south to start rehab.   Lisa says her connection to herself is now authentic. She no longer looks to others or external things to make her happy. Lisa feels free and can now be grateful for her addiction because of where it has led her. She knows she has to put herself and her recovery first which was hard in the beginning. And now after three years, she still makes sure to attend meetings and do what needs to be done to stay sober every day.   Lisa’s parting piece of guidance: just put it down one day at a time. And if it takes one minute at a time, one hour at a time, whatever it is that you need to do to get off the booze, there is a better life out there for you.   Recovery Elevator Go big because eventually we’ll all go home. I love you guys.   <a href= "https://www.recoveryelevator.com/merch/">RE merch</a> <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuWac9dxkn3J93xJOka3L2g"> Recovery Elevator YouTube</a> <a href= "https://appsto.re/us/z8w_5.i">Sobriety Tracker iTunes </a>

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It isn't a NO to alcohol, but a YES to a better life!  Best selling author Paul Churchill, along with Kristopher Oyen interview people who have stepped away from alcohol in their own lives. Each week this podcast does a deep dive into an exploration of what a booze free life might look like from various perspectives and opinions. 

If you are sick and tired of alcohol making you sick and tired, we invite you to listen to Recovery Elevator. Check out what an alcohol free life can look like as others share their own stories of sobriety. If you are sober curious, newly sober, supporting a loved one or living your best life already in recovery, then you are in the right place.

This podcast addresses what to do if you’re addicted to alcohol, or if you think you’re an alcoholic. Other topics include, does moderate drinking work, does addiction serve a purpose, what happens to the brain when we quit drinking, should you track sobriety time, is A.A. right for you, spirituality, and more. 

Similar to other recovery podcasts like This Naked Mind, the Shair Podcast, and the Recovered Podcast, Paul and Kris discuss a topic and then interview someone who has ditched the booze.

Recovery Elevator

Ready for a fresh perspective on sobriety? This episode of Recovery Elevator features Lisa from Brisbane, Australia, who took her last drink on February 24th, 2022. Lisa shares her journey of overcoming alcohol addiction and how she found a new lease on life. Host Paul Churchill and Lisa dive into the complexities of addiction, the importance of community, and the power of physical fitness in recovery.Lisa’s candid reflections on her struggles and triumphs offer valuable insights for anyone on their own sobriety journey. She discusses how CrossFit has become a crucial part of her recovery, providing both mental clarity and a supportive community. Lisa also touches on the importance of letting go, setting boundaries, and finding new, healthier ways to cope with life's challenges. If you’re looking for inspiration and practical advice on living an alcohol-free life, this episode is a must-listen.You’ll come away with a sense of hope and the knowledge that you already have everything you need to succeed within you.

Paul Churchill

Paul Churchill

RE 525: It’s Already In You

RE 525: It’s Already In You

RE 525: It’s Already In You

Monday 10th March 2025

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