In this episode, Jaime and her Mom, Jules answer one of the most common questions they receive:

“What do I do if my parent drinks too much and won’t stop?”

What unfolds is an honest conversation about addiction, secrecy, shame, and the helplessness adult children often feel when they love someone who is hurting themselves.

Jules shares stories she has never told publicly before, including a terrifying blackout moment that could have changed everything.

They talk about boundaries, compassion, resentment, healing, and what actually helps and what doesn’t when someone you love is struggling.

If you are loving someone through addiction, this one is for you.

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In this episode of The Amazingly AF Mother Daughter Podcast, Jaime sits down with her friend and very first podcast guest, certified sobriety coach Paula Devine, founder of The Happiest Hour, a concierge sobriety practice supporting women who are ready to change their relationship with alcohol and step into an intentional, alcohol-free life.

Paula shares her honest story of growing up in South Florida, working in the alcohol industry, and slowly realizing that drinking no longer felt aligned — especially as her children got older. There was no dramatic rock bottom. Instead, it was the exhausting “miserable middle”: planning when to drink, negotiating limits, managing hangovers, and feeling quietly out of alignment.

Jaime and Paula talk about motherhood, shame, emotional sobriety, and why community is often the missing piece in lasting alcohol-free change.

If you’re sober curious, questioning your drinking, or craving more clarity and purpose, this episode will resonate.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• The “miserable middle” and constant mental negotiation around alcohol
• Drinking in motherhood and the shame many women carry
• Why you don’t need a rock bottom to quit
• The fear of stopping — and what’s on the other side
• Building community and finding women you relate to
• The difference between sobriety and emotional sobriety
• Tools that support long-term change: gratitude, journaling, spirituality, and honest self-check-ins

Paula’s message is simple:
How much longer do you want to feel like this?

Connect with Paula:
Instagram: @happiest_houraf
Website: www.happiestouraf.com

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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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In this episode of The Amazingly Alcohol-Free Mother Daughter Podcast, Jaime and her mom Jules talk about something that can feel terrifying early on: traveling alcohol-free.

From airport beers at 7am, to “vacation rules,” to planning trips around alcohol and even prescription pills, we’re sharing the honest truth about what travel used to look like and how different it feels now.

Jules is heading to Mexico for two months to celebrate her 70th birthday, and we talk through what she’s excited about, what she’s cautious about, and how she’s preparing to stay grounded, supported, and clear. Jaime also shares her first big alcohol-free trip (and the moment she wanted to drink the second she walked into the resort), plus practical tips you can use right away.

If you have a trip coming up and you’re thinking, “How am I going to do this without drinking?” this one is for you.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why vacations can be a major trigger (and how to plan ahead)
• Airport strategies: what to do when everyone else is drinking
• Building a sober travel toolkit (music, podcasts, snacks, routines)
• Staying connected to support and community while traveling
• Reframing travel as rest, not recovery
• Jules’ “why” and what keeps her committed to this next chapter

Please rate and review if the podcast is resonating, it helps more people find these conversations.

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From Liver Failure to One Year Alcohol-Free: Jules’s Turning Point

In this episode of The Amazingly Alcohol-Free Mother Daughter Podcast, Jaime and her mom, Jules, talk honestly about why we keep drinking even when we know it’s bad for us.

Jaime shares drinking through COVID in an attempt to feel better, and Jules opens up about continuing to drink after serious health scares, including liver failure. Together, they reflect on addiction, habits, cravings, and what finally helped Jules reach nearly one year alcohol-free.

This conversation is about awareness, self-compassion, and how small daily choices and support can lead to real change over time.

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When a natural disaster hits, many of us reach for the fastest relief we know: alcohol. In this episode, Jaime and her mom Jules share a real-time update from Packwood, Washington after historic flooding and evacuation, and talk honestly about why the bar felt like the obvious move for so many people and what changes when you’re alcohol-free.

Jules is just weeks away from one year alcohol-free, and she opens up about the brief moment the thought crossed her mind during evacuation and why she chose clarity instead. Jaime shares how disasters can trigger anxiety, catastrophizing, and the urge to numb, plus the tools that help you stay grounded when everything feels out of control.

This conversation is a reminder that alcohol doesn’t make hard things easier, it delays them. And that being alcohol-free can unlock something powerful: presence, service, and the ability to truly show up for your people.

In this episode, we cover:
• Why people congregate in bars during storms and crises
• How alcohol impacts anxiety, sleep, and decision-making under stress
• Jules’s craving moment during evacuation and how she worked through it
• Community support, donations, and showing up for neighbors
• What changes when you stop numbing: confidence, focus, and self-trust
• Cozy coping that actually helps (yes, Soup Jules makes an appearance)

Key Moments:
00:00 Flood update from Packwood
06:51 Jules nearing one year alcohol-free
07:22 The craving moment during evacuation
10:13 Bars, disasters, and the pull to numb
15:20 “Would you be doing this if you were still drinking?”
20:12 Soup, comfort, and resilience
23:30 You can do hard things, alcohol-free

If you’re navigating anxiety, overwhelm, or a tough season, you’re not alone. Keep going.

Please rate and review if this episode resonated with you, and share it with someone who needs this reminder today.

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