Episode Details

From 90-Day Breaks to 5 Years Sober: Todd Kinney's Story

Episode 128 Published 1 year, 6 months ago

Description

Todd Kinney is an attorney in Omaha, a husband, a dad of four. From the outside, his drinking was completely normal. The right job. The right house. Weekend drinking only. No mornings, no shakes, no real consequences anyone could point at.

Inside it was a different story. He drank faster than everyone else. He had no off switch. He was hiding empty beer cans in different trash cans so his wife wouldn't see how many he'd had. He cycled through the same shame loop every Saturday morning, and he genuinely thought he was the only person on Earth feeling it.

Then his 14-year-old son asked him a question at a baseball game that he couldn't shake for weeks. A few months later, his wife whispered something at a dinner table in Arizona that changed everything. Todd is now nearly five years sober.

You'll hear about: why high-functioning drinking is its own kind of trap; the 450 attempts at moderation that never stuck; the question his son asked that wrecked him; what really sat underneath the shame; why none of the bad things he feared about sobriety actually happened.

If you're a parent quietly questioning your drinking, this one's for you.

My website:

https://www.toddkinney.com/

The Book:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=i+didn%27t+believe+it+either+book&crid=2299C4Q69JNMC&sprefix=i+didn%27t+believe+%2Caps%2C156&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_17

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/tkinney111/

If you want to connect with me via Instagram, you can find me on the instahandle @Soberdave https://www.instagram.com/soberdave/

or via my website https://davidwilsoncoaching.com/

Provided below are links for services offering additional help and advice.

www.drinkaware.co.uk/advice/alcohol-support-services

https://nacoa.org.uk/