BJDW: Numbing the pain in infertility with booze and the party girl persona special guest: Maureen Benkovich
With the brutal stats that 1 in 5 women in the U.S. struggle with infertility, there’s a good chance that you or someone you know, knows the struggle of wanting to be happy for your friends’ pregnancy news while simultaneously feeling the immense pain of recurrent pregnancy loss and infertility. Today’s guest is all too familiar with this heart-break and generously shares her story so that just one other woman can know she is not alone.
Grab your tissues and a cup of tea and join us as fellow coach and friend, Maureen Benkovich, shares how turning to alcohol to ease social insecurity in her teen years created an opening for alcohol—as the “magical elixir” we’re conditioned to believe that it is—to take up a much bigger space in her life over many years.
From using alcohol to celebrate achievements as a fitness competitor and to numbing the pain in infertility, hear how Maureen’s story highlights the detox-to-retox cycle that so many of us get stuck in.
Also like so many of us, hear how Maureen did a really good job of looking like she had it altogether, while silently suffering from depression, anxiety, grief and loss. Afraid to burden anyone with her real suffering and turning to booze and “the party girl” identity for comfort that never lasts.
What was the painful prompt that led Maureen to finally do something about her relationship to alcohol? How did questioning her purpose and questioning God’s presence in her life, bring her to her knees and create a path to healing and freedom from alcohol? How did community and scripture play big roles in her journey?
We hope that you will be as blessed by Maureen’s courage and beauty in this episode as we were while recording it.
