364. From Social Anxiety Disorder to A Life Without Fear with Megan Webb.

364. From Social Anxiety Disorder to A Life Without Fear with Megan Webb.

How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This conversation between host Danni Carr and sobriety and somatic coach Megan Webb gives a raw, relatable snapshot of what that can look like when social anxiety and alcohol collide. Megan talks about growing up as an outgoing but deeply anxious teen, whose life changed the day her hands began shaking in front of her class.

That visible panic morphed into a chronic social anxiety disorder, making everyday tasks like holding a coffee cup in public feel impossible. When someone handed her a mug of Jim Beam at 18, her brain made a fast connection: alcohol stopped the shaking. From there, weekends of bingeing, blackouts, and later two-plus bottles of wine or cheap vodka a night became her go-to self-medication.

She shares how her drinking escalated through motherhood, right up to a frightening fall in the shower after a bottle of vodka that left her with a broken rib. That injury coincided with doing a This Naked Mind alcohol experiment and marked the beginning of her four-plus years alcohol-free.

Megan walks through the practical tools that helped her shift from fear to confidence: cognitive behavioural therapy exercises like practising picking up a fork in a café, Toastmasters, using Zoom meetings as exposure practice, and, most importantly, somatic work and breath techniques. She talks candidly about still sometimes feeling that old urge to shake, but now seeing it as a signal rather than a shameful flaw. Her mantra, "Which hard do I want?

Do I want the hard of doing the work, or do I want the hard of drinking?" hits home for anyone stuck in the loop of regret and hangxiety. If you’re wrestling with anxiety, heavy drinking, or both, this honest chat might have you asking yourself what kind of "hard" you’re ready to choose next.