The No More Wasted Days Podcast
Aug 4, 2026 · 35 min · 13 segments
In this episode, I’m joined by Christine Reed, author of *Alone in Wonderland*, for a conversation about sobriety, grief, independence, and the healing power of the outdoors. Christine shares how…
So with what the idea of not drinking and with the way you live your life, what does the idea of no more wasted days mean to you? I ask all of my guests this.
Every choice that we make is giving up other choices, right? We were choosing to do this, which means we cannot do all of those other things.
And I think that in my youth, I consumed a lot of alcohol because I didn't have a lot of other things I was interested in doing.
It was it didn't feel like a no to a bunch of other things because I didn't know what the other things were.
And as I had my eyes opened to the possibility of other things that I could be doing with my time, energy, body, mental space to drink and to spend my time and doing that just wasn't that that wasn't a thousand no's I was like willing to give.
Like, I'm always trying to remember don't do it unless it's a hell yeah.
So with what the idea of not drinking and with the way you live your life, what does the idea of no more wasted days mean to you? I ask all of my guests this.
Every choice that we make is giving up other choices, right? We were choosing to do this, which means we cannot do all of those other things.
And I think that in my youth, I consumed a lot of alcohol because I didn't have a lot of other things I was interested in doing.
It was it didn't feel like a no to a bunch of other things because I didn't know what the other things were.
And as I had my eyes opened to the possibility of other things that I could be doing with my time, energy, body, mental space to drink and to spend my time and doing that just wasn't that that wasn't a thousand no's I was like willing to give.
Like, I'm always trying to remember don't do it unless it's a hell yeah.
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