A fierce reminder that drinking doesn’t just blur the edges — it makes us invisible to ourselves. Today’s Morning Call cuts through the fairy tales, the excuses, and the Wine-O’Clock nonsense and brings you back into full, glorious focus.
This episode dives into the self-erasure that happens with alcohol, the way it warps our perception, steals our peace, and turns our lives into something we defend instead of live. And then we pivot — hard — into visibility. Into sovereignty. Into the clarity that comes when we stop negotiating with poison and start recognising our worth.
You’ll learn three simple practices to reclaim your space, your boundaries, and your sober voice — no martyrdom, no moderation myth, just truth and power.
If invisibility is the problem, sight is the solution. And today, you choose to see yourself.
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So many women crumble under the weight of the life they thought they’d have by now — the career, the relationship, the version of themselves they once pictured. And for years, many of us drank at that gap between expectation and reality.
Today’s Morning Call is a straight-talking reminder to stop mourning the fantasy and start honouring the life you actually have — the sober, breathing, learning, fiercely present life in front of you.
We look at how expectations become invisible weights: tightening your body, clouding your mind, blocking your joy, and whispering lies that you’re behind. You’re not behind. You’re here. You’re alive. You’re sober.
And today, you get to put the “shoulds” down.
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Today’s message is a door-kick, not a gentle nudge. We’re talking about the moment you stop hovering at the edge of your life and start stepping into it — fully, boldly, without waiting for the perfect mood, the perfect plan, or the mythical day when your ducks finally behave.
Inspired by Zen Prem’s blisteringly honest piece, this episode reminds you that “fine” is a slow death, regret compounds with interest, and your dreams will not shout forever. Sobriety gives you the clarity, the courage, and the backbone to chase what matters — not someday, but now.
Start. Start today. Let this be your rallying cry: Stop waiting. Start fucking living.
In today’s Morning Call, we cut straight through the fantasy that someone, somewhere, is coming to save us. That old script — the wounded woman waiting to be rescued — is done. Mark
Manson’s words hit hard, and they should. Because victim mode isn’t softness; it’s a velvet coffin. And rescuing everyone else is just the same trap in a different costume.
This episode is your wake-up call to step out of the waiting room of your own life and step into your power. No more martyrdom. No more fix-it missions. No more outsourcing your peace.
You’re the one you’ve been waiting for — and today, you stop waiting.
Today’s message is simple but mighty: carry kindness.
With World Kindness Day just behind us, this episode asks you to take a closer look at the real, everyday mercies that hold us together — the small gestures, the fleeting exchanges, the moments of grace we give and receive without fanfare.
I share the full poem “Small Kindnesses” by Danusha Laméris, and then we dive into what kindness looks like in sobriety:
the softness with boundaries, the gentleness with backbone, the courage of choosing compassion in a world that’s lost the run of itself.
This is your reminder that kindness is not weakness — it’s power.
And it’s a practice that begins with you.
As we look skyward and say,
“Not today, lady. Not today.”
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Before you reach for the phone or the pain, pause — and plug into your power instead.
This is your Morning Call. Please take a breath, as you whisper to yourself — “Not today, lady. Not today.”
Here’s what I want you to carry with you today:
When you wake up, are you plugging into your pain or your power?
Every morning, we reach for something — a thought, a feeling, a memory — and that choice sets the tone for the day ahead. Are you fuelling yourself with what hurts, or with what heals?
In this episode, we talk about the quiet, daily decision to plug into strength instead of sorrow. Power isn’t the absence of pain — it’s what carries us through it. Sobriety is the socket where truth, clarity, and courage live.
Before the phone, before the scroll, before the doubt — pause, breathe, and ask yourself:
What am I plugging into today?
As we look skyward and say, “Not today, lady. Not today.”
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When the bottle shattered at 1 am, I didn’t scream. I laced up my sneakers and swept. Because sobriety isn’t the absence of broken things — it’s the ability to face them without falling apart. This Morning Call is about the difference between the mess and the woman who cleans it. Put on your shoes, lady — it’s time to face what’s fallen, not become it.
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This is your Morning Call. Please take a breath, as you whisper to yourself — “Not today, lady. Not today.”
For years, I was the mother of good intentions — meaning to start, to change, to quit. My garage became a graveyard of hobbies and half-dreams. But sobriety doesn’t come from meaning well; it comes from finally doing. Today’s call is about growing up your good intentions and taking one honest step forward — from “I meant to” to “I did.”
Gratitude isn’t a quote, a caption, or a passing “thanks.” It’s a way of living — a declaration we make through our choices, our boundaries, and the way we show up every single day.
In this episode, Sue unpacks what it means to live your gratitude, not just speak it. Because words are wind — and action is where the magic happens. Whether it’s choosing connection over isolation, or peace over chaos, this is your reminder to stop saying “thank you” and start being it.
As we look skyward and say, “Not today, lady. Not today.”
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This Morning Call is a wake-up bell for any woman stuck on autopilot. Sobriety isn’t a trophy to polish or a performance to maintain — it’s the foundation for building something real. Sue calls us to stop replaying the old scenes, stop dragging the broken suitcase of who we used to be, and start designing a life that feels like home.
Your routines are either building your future or maintaining your past — and today, we choose the ladder up.
Take a breath, whisper “Not today, lady. Not today.”
Let’s build.
In this Morning Call, Sue invites you to lay down your weapons and honour the body that carried you through every storm. For years, we treated ourselves like battlegrounds — pushing, punishing, and numbing. But sobriety asks for something deeper: to turn the scorched earth into holy ground. To rest. To nourish. To protect what’s sacred. This is a call to stop fighting yourself and start cultivating peace, patience, and gentleness in the body that never gave up on you.
Take a breath, whisper “Not today, lady. Not today.”
Your healing begins here.
Sobriety isn’t just about removing poison — it’s about finding your medicine. Today, we’re talking about the moments that make you feel truly alive. The spark. The pull. The universe is tapping you on the shoulder, saying, “This is what keeps you here.” If you don’t fill the space left behind by the bottle, fear and old habits will try to take it back. So this morning, we’re choosing what heals us. What lights us up. What reminds us who the hell we are. Go find what makes you feel alive — that’s your medicine.
When stillness feels dangerous, we busy ourselves into exhaustion. Today’s Morning Call is a reminder that peace isn’t a reward for productivity — it’s a right. Put the list down. Breathe. Allow joy in without earning it. Presence over panic. That’s where sobriety blossoms.
Today’s call is a love letter to truth. To the power of story. To the sober women who’ve taken the pen back and are writing their own endings, one real, unfiltered line at a time.
We are not our weight, our Wi-Fi speed, or our to-do list. We are story — messy, magical, magnificent story.
Once upon a time, alcohol tried to write our chapters in shame and silence. But those days are done. The pen is back in our hands. This is the page that changes the whole book.
Whether you’re ready to share your truth or simply listen in witness, this episode is your reminder: you belong here. You’re still here. Still writing. Still becoming.
So hold your story close — not because it’s perfect, but because it’s yours. And as you step into the day, coffee in hand, remember the mantra that’s carried us this far:
Not today, lady. Not today.
We don’t go to meetings for a miracle — we go to gather strength for when the miracle doesn’t come. In this Morning Call, Susan peels back the glitter and gets real about what keeps us standing when life gets lifey. Sobriety isn’t a lightning bolt or a mountaintop moment — it’s management, grit, grace, and the daily decision to show up.
This is a raw, no-frills reminder that meetings are not magic—they’re maintenance. They’re the toolbox, the anchor, the proof that we don’t need a miracle to keep going. We just need each other.
Take a breath, lady, and whisper it with me—
Not today, lady. Not today.
In this Morning Call, Susan takes us beyond the Pinterest-pretty version of hope and into its raw, muscular truth. This is not the soft kind you sit and wait for — this is hope in action.
From her signature opening line to the final breath, she reminds us that real hope is a verb — the steady, stubborn act of choosing life even when it hurts. Hope is not waiting for the light; it’s striking the match.
With poetic punch and no-nonsense warmth, Susan calls on us to practise hope like it’s yoga for the soul: to breathe it in, stand in it, and keep moving forward. Because we don’t wait for hope here — we live it.
You’ve worked too hard to treat hope like a maybe.
Hope is the plan. Hope is the path. Hope is the action.
Susan delivers one of her most soulful Morning Calls yet — a gentle reminder that sobriety isn’t a ladder to climb but a river to flow with.
In this episode, she calls time on the endless push to “rise higher” and “level up,” reminding us that recovery isn’t about reaching some mythical summit — it’s about presence, depth, and honesty. It’s about rooting, not rising.
Through poetic reflection and her trademark Irish wit, Susan reframes sobriety as a living, breathing journey — sometimes slow, sometimes wild, always real. She invites you to stop climbing, take a breath, and feel the solid ground beneath your feet.
Because you’re not behind.
You’re not late.
You’re blooming — right on time.
In this episode of The Morning Call, Susan calls time on comparison culture and the myth of effortless sobriety.
When you look at another woman and think, “I want to be like her,” remember — you’re seeing the napkin, not the sixty years it took to draw it. With her trademark mix of wit and wisdom, Susan shares the legend of Picasso in Madrid and the truth behind every calm, grounded, sober woman you admire: she built that serenity brick by brick.
This Morning Call is a rallying cry for women to stop projecting, stop comparing, and start building their own masterpiece — one decision, one day, one “Not today, lady” at a time.
In this episode of The Morning Call Lounge, Susan invites you to slow down, breathe, and bear witness — to yourself, to your life, and to the women walking beside you.
No fixing. No tidying up the sadness. No toxic positivity.
Just presence. Just truth.
With her signature Irish wit and no-nonsense tenderness, Susan reminds us that recovery isn’t neat — it’s messy, holy, and real. She talks about the quiet courage of staying put when life hurts, the power of owning your sober story without apology, and the unexpected beauty that sneaks back in when we stop numbing our pain. This is a love letter to every woman who’s ever whispered, “The other way wasn’t working.”
Take five minutes, hit play, and let this Morning Call wrap around you like a blanket of strength, grace, and sober gold.
In a world obsessed with hacks, fads, and miracle cures, one truth never changes — we just don’t drink today.
In this episode of The Morning Call Lounge, Susan Christina reflects on the noise of modern wellness culture — from kale to cold plunges — and reminds us that freedom lives in the simplest act of all: the daily refusal.
Grounded, honest, and fiercely calm, she shares why consistency, not complexity, saves lives — and why sometimes the most rebellious thing a woman can do is simply whisper:Not today, lady. Not today.