BONUS: FREE ZOOM THIS WEDNESDAY MAY 6TH

BONUS: FREE ZOOM THIS WEDNESDAY MAY 6TH

What drives someone to seek a life without alcohol? This bonus episode gives a snapshot of the kind of safe, faith-centred community many women are quietly craving. Host Michelle Porterfield speaks directly to Christian women who are “fine… but not really” – those who are functioning on the outside yet feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, and emotionally exhausted on the inside.

She talks about women who keep trying to stop drinking, rack up “a day or two” and then end up frustrated and stuck in the same loop. Michelle explains that the upcoming free Zoom call is designed as a gentle first step for women who are tired of carrying everything alone. She wants them to experience what it feels like to be “seen, safe and validated” without pressure to share more than they’re ready for.

As she puts it, “You don’t have to air out your deepest secrets… it’s just real support.” She also shares a bit of her own perspective from almost eight years alcohol-free. At the beginning she simply wanted to “not drink so much”, and she recognises that some women may still picture themselves having the odd drink at a wedding or on holiday.

Rather than forcing labels or rigid rules, Michelle focuses on getting underneath why women drink in the first place, combining practical tactics with deeper work on patterns, capacity and coping.

One of the standout ideas here is her description of capacity as “this internal space that we have to be able to carry ourselves in a calm, grounded, trusting, faithful way when life gets cuckoo crazy.” The episode speaks to women who struggle to rest, sit still, or handle racing thoughts when they try to cut back on alcohol.

Anyone curious about gentle, faith-based support, who wants to feel less alone in the struggle with overdrinking, will find this a warm, low-pressure invitation to step into community and start feeling different.