Heather Lowe: Empowering Change with Ditched the Drink

I love drinking. And when I turned 21, the legal drinking age, I already wrote, I'm afraid I'm an alcoholic. Define addiction. I would say it's compulsive thinking. It took every bit of headspace, and I'm free from that now. So anything that doesn't allow you to be free, your new life is going to cost you your old one. And it's true, there's a lot of barriers to wanting to quit. It's tough. There's a lot of grief. When it comes to change, there's a lot of sadness and letting go, even when it's good for you, even when it's healthy. So coaching is this beautiful process of walking people through change. And with my knowledge of neuroscience and addiction and what that looks like, I can literally hold somebody's hand, shine a flashlight on their path. A jar can't read its own label, but a coach can point out to you your limited thinking. Sharing your story is really, really important, because like I said, if somebody can see themselves in you and where you were and what you have, that could be the hand to hold to pull them through.