Going into this episode, Jaime had a gut feeling something wasn’t right and she was right.

Her mom Jules was getting ready to return to Mexico, and Jaime felt anxious that old habits might be creeping back in. The conversation wasn’t planned. There was no agenda. And then, in real time, Jules shared something she hadn’t told anyone.

She had secretly taken GLP-1 weight loss injections in an attempt to lose weight before the trip. What followed was severe illness and, just as importantly, a return of shame, guilt, secrecy, and lying, patterns that felt painfully familiar from past struggles with alcohol, pills, and disordered eating.

This episode is an honest, unfiltered conversation about how old patterns can resurface in new ways, even when we’re doing “well.” It’s about the cost of hiding, the power of telling the truth, and why this moment became a wake-up call, not a failure.

This conversation was not prepared or rehearsed. It’s real, emotional, and deeply human.

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*Jules has a slight echo on this one but we will ensure this doesn't happen for future episodes

In this episode of The Amazingly AF Mother Daughter Podcast, Jaime and her mom Jules have an honest conversation about romanticizing alcohol and why our brains tend to remember the fun moments while forgetting the full reality.

They reflect on dive bars, date nights, TV shows, and celebrity drinking culture, and discuss how alcohol often hijacked entire days and weekends, led to poor sleep, emotional reactivity, and next-day regret.

Jaime and Jules also talk about what has replaced drinking in their lives, including better sleep, calmer mornings, intentional routines, and deeper connection. They share why playing the tape forward matters and how alcohol-free life brings more peace and clarity.

In This Episode, We Cover

• Romanticizing alcohol and selective memory
• Dive bars, date nights, and what those nights really looked like
• How alcohol derails entire days and weekends
• Fighting, forgetting arguments, and next-day regret
• TV and celebrity drinking culture
• Why the romance disappears quickly
• Replacing wine time with routines and rituals
• Morning and evening routines without alcohol
• Playing the tape forward
• Why alcohol-free life brings more peace and clarity

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In this episode of The Amazingly Alcohol-Free Mother Daughter Podcast, Jaime and her mom Jules explore the power of honesty, community, and what happens when we stop hiding our relationship with alcohol.

This conversation was inspired by a recent Confidence Club book club with Suzanne Warye, host of The Sober Mom Life podcast, founder of The Sober Mom Life Cafe, and author of The Sober Shift. Suzanne was one of the first sober voices Jaime found early in her alcohol-free journey and played a pivotal role in helping her get through those early days.

Jaime shares Suzanne’s powerful “mold in the basement” analogy and why not talking about alcohol can quietly keep shame alive. Together, Jaime and Jules reflect on what it means to finally feel safe enough to open up, unpack the past, and stop carrying it alone.

Jules vulnerably shares how decades of isolation, drinking, and secrecy shaped her life and how community has helped her begin healing later in life. Jaime reflects on her own alcohol-free journey, the importance of hearing “me too,” and why connection is often the missing piece for real change.

This episode is a reminder that you are not broken, you are not alone, and you are not your past.

In This Episode, We Cover

• The “mold in the basement” analogy and why silence fuels shame
• How secrecy around alcohol keeps women feeling isolated and stuck
• Why safe community accelerates healing
• Jules’ experience opening up later in life and what changed for her
• How hearing “me too” loosens shame’s grip
• Why you are not defined by your past or your coping tools
• The freedom that comes from finally telling the truth

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