This episode is for the girl who’s wondering if it’s bad enough to quit. For the one who didn’t have a dramatic rock bottom… just a quiet knowing that something had to change.
In this raw solo episode, I take you back to the night I had my very last sip of alcohol — not in chaos or crisis, but in a cozy cabin in Wyoming, after a half marathon, while making friendship bracelets. It should have been a celebration… but that one sip brought back every painful memory, every close call, every ounce of dread I had tried to forget.
We talk:
What it means to trust yourself in recovery
Why I believe sobriety doesn’t have to start in rock bottom
The moment I created my own God (shoutout to Dolly Parton + Gary Vee)
And how we’ve been conditioned to think joy requires alcohol (spoiler: it doesn’t)
Plus, I share this week’s Glow Work — a joyful challenge to help you reconnect with your inner child and reclaim FUN without substances.
🎉 Let’s make having a damn good time without alcohol normal again.
✨ This Week’s Glow Work:
Do something fun in public — dance at Target, skip down the sidewalk, spin in the cereal aisle. Joy is your birthright. And I want to see it. 💃
Tag me on Instagram @marylaceybanks with what you did so I can cheer you on. 💕
If this episode moved you, please share it with a friend, leave a review, or DM me what landed — it means the world.
Sending you the biggest thought hug ever,
MLB 🤍