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Encore Episode: How Sobriety Affects Your Relationships

From the Show: Rewired Radio
Summary: What happens if you decide to get sober and your partner still drinks? Even if your partner doesn't have an addiction problem, this dynamic can be challenging.
Air Date: 6/24/19
Duration: 26:22
Host: Erica Spiegelman
Guest Bio: Lee Davy, Addiction Specialist
Lee-DavyIn 2009, Lee Davy gave up alcohol to save his marriage. It didn’t work. His wife divorced him, and in a blink of an eye he had lost everything he had known and loved for the past 20 years.

Undeterred he flung himself into sobriety and changed every facet of his life. Today, Lee has overcome addictions to nicotine, alcohol, gambling, sugar, and pornography, as well as becoming vegan, and learning to fall in love all over again.

He gives back to the world by inspiring and coaching others to do the same through The Alcohol & Addiction Podcast, The Needy Helper, The Needy Helper Hub, and The Needy Helper Community Forum.
  • Book Title: Needy Helper 2015 Diary Excerpts: A Life After Quitting Alcohol
Encore Episode: How Sobriety Affects Your Relationships
When you decide to get sober, you may assume that every aspect of your life will begin to get better.

You’ll be more committed to your job, your health will improve, and your relationships will get stronger.

But, what happens if you decide to get sober and your partner still drinks? Even if your partner does not have an addiction problem, this dynamic can be challenging.

Lee Davey knows this from firsthand experience. In 2009, Lee Davy gave up alcohol to save his marriage... and was soon divorced.

Lee shares his experience and explores why sobriety doesn’t always save your relationships.