The first series of Sort Your Shit Out is all about balancing the booze. In this episode, comedian Ellie Gibson gets real about her own drinking habits, and has questions. How do you know if you’ve got a serious problem? If you want to moderate your intake, where do you start? And how do you break patterns like being sober all week then battered at the weekend?

Answering all these is coach and co-host Stephanie Chivers, who specialises in helping people change their relationship with alcohol. We discuss Stephanie’s rock bottom, and Ellie’s squidgy one, and why rules can help when you’re trying to reduce. Stephanie gives us some practical tips for cutting down, and Ellie reveals the rules that work for her.

Many thanks to Remedy Kombucha for supporting this podcast. They make tasty, grown-up fizzy drinks with no sugar or artificial sweeteners, and loads of good stuff like antioxidants and organic acids. They come in lovely flavours like Ginger Lemon, Mango Passion, and Wild Berry. You can get Remedy Kombucha from Morrisons, Tesco, Amazon, Ocado, Holland and Barrett, Starbucks, M&S and remedydrinks.com.

Sort Your Sh*t Out is produced by Laura Grimshaw (@lorlyjane) and the music is by John Thorn. If you like this episode, we’d love you to subscribe, leave us a nice review, or follow us on social media - @sysopodcast on Instagram, @sysopod on Twitter, and @sysopod on Facebook.

For more from Stephanie, including info on how to get in touch with her, visit womenwhodontdrink.com or follow her on instagram @womenwhodontdrink. You can hear more from Ellie on the Scummy Mummies podcast, and follow her on Twitter @elliegibson. Cheers!

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