Sober Spirituality: The Joy of a Mindful Relationship with Alcohol, Erin Jean Warde, Enneagram 6

"Wanna grab a drink?"


This is a common phrase you've asked friends or a spouse, maybe a parishioner if you're a church leader, and perhaps for good reason.


After generations of dry communities, it's become liberating to decrease shame or blame around alcohol, and to remember that Christ's first miracle was turning water into wine.


But when we have 3 million people die globally each year from alcohol-related deaths, and many more struggling, when does the pendulum swing too far?


Erin Jean Warde invites us to these potentially life-changing conversations in her brand new book that dropped just yesterday, Sober Spirituality: The Joy of a Mindful Relationships with Alcohol (Brazos Press) as well as on this podcast with us here!


Here Erin takes us on a grace-filled but also courageous journey to really SEE one another in these questions, laments, and conversations. Publishers Weekly writes that it is "Perfect for Christians to re-assess their relationship with alcohol" and I agree!

 

Our deep dive allows us to ask the questions we want to ask each other but may not feel comfortable asking or answering. It's also so timely after the pandemic when alcohol use became more uncontrolled as a coping strategy for many. 


So how do we maneuver? How can we be mindful of people who may struggle more than others? What about communion wine? Is our way of alcohol truly helping us to cope well? What are we numbing out? What are we missing because of it? 

Take a listen with us today as we process this together with Erin Jean Warde, writer, sobriety coach, spiritual director, and Enneagram 6.


I can’t tell you how many individuals and couples I know walking through this issue covertly in couples work but I have also seen so much intentional and life-giving change.


I am SO glad to get the chance to invite you too into healthy spaces with alcohol so we can truly and uniquely support one another here, and there's also info for those who want to help others with it, since we are truly all in this global conversation together.


Erin shares her wisdom so courageously and I'm extra thankful with you!