Lisa explains that she was prompted to write, Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture, published in June 2017, when she realized after 24 years of working in hospitals, that doctors and traditional health care offer few solutions to women with alcohol use disorders. Lisa Boucher’s personal experiences make her especially qualified to write this book. She is nearly 30 years into her own recovery, the daughter of an alcoholic mother, and a registered nurse with extensive professional experience witnessing the effects and misdiagnoses of alcoholism. To raise this awareness and what can be done to change it, Lisa invited mothers, daughters, health professionals, and young women to share their stories of why they drank, how they stopped, and the joys and rewards of being present in their lives once they changed if or how much they drank. Additionally, their families go to great lengths to “help,” because a wife, mother or grandmother “can’t possibly be an alcoholic,” which exacerbates the myriad of problems for all concerned that arise when a loved one drinks too much. As she explains, and as I’ve observed in the work I do with individuals and families, women have a complicated relationship with alcohol, both individually and societally, for a number of reasons.

PS.I invited author, Lisa Boucher, to share this Q and A about her new book, Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture, because of its focus on women. This blog was instrumental in my growth and healing from childhood trauma, and will remain for future survivors who are looking for encouragement and validation in their journey. That reaffirms that there will always be a need for survivors to share their voice. Even now, years after since the last episode was recorded, the podcast still gets listens every single week. Thank you all for your continued readership of this blog and for listening to the podcast. You can also find the episodes on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or your favorite podcasting app. If you come across any of these and notice the player isn’t working or the link to an episode doesn’t show for some reason, I’ve got the solution for you.Īll episodes of Surviving My Podcast and the Beyond Your Past Radio Podcast, are still alive and well over on the hosting service. If you’ve been a reader of this site, you know that some posts have podcast episodes that compliment the post.

Just checking in, even though this blog is no longer updated with regular content, a quick post was in order to let everyone know about the podcast episodes in some of the blog posts. I hope everyone is doing as well as possible!

Raising the Bottom by Lisa Boucher