In this episode, hosts Colin Casey and Rachel Casey sit down with writer and recovery advocate Kristen Crocker for an honest conversation about parenting, sobriety, and modern recovery. Together, they talk about quitting drinking, navigating sobriety while raising kids, and how stigma, labels, and recovery culture shape the way parents seek support.

• (00:00) - Meet Kristen Crocker
• (03:54) - Struggles, relapses, and trying again
• (06:30) - Changing perceptions of alcoholism
• (10:39) - Navigating sobriety with family
• (16:42) - Pregnancy and sobriety
• (31:44) - AA Tradition 11 and social media
• (34:53) - Relapse and recovery insights
• (41:26) - Evolving AA literature and recovery culture

Connect with Kristen

Kristen writes Recoverettes, a Substack focused on normalizing recovery from alcoholism among strong, smart women. Her work explores motherhood, step-motherhood, staying sober through hard seasons, twelve-step recovery, neuroscience, and anything that actually works.

Substack: https://recoverettes.substack.com
Profile: https://substack.com/@kblantoncrocker

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