Freely Sober with Ericka Andersen

In Freely Sober, Ericka Andersen invites Christian women to reconsider their relationship with alcohol from a posture of honesty, curiosity, and self-compassion, offering empowering knowledge and trusted recovery principles for those curious about sobriety or seeking a way out of a habitual or destructive relationship with alcohol.

Andersen vulnerably shares her own story of sobriety, reflecting on how her private drinking habits began impacting her faith and life. Through her honest account, she opens the door for sober curious women of faith to explore their drinking patterns and see clearly to choose what's best for them.

Freely Sober features:

• Practical Tools for Growth: Includes reflection questions, action steps, and assessments designed to help listeners see alcohol more clearly
• Faith-Based Guidance: Invites listeners to draw closer to God in their sobriety journeys, leaning on the Holy Spirit and a supportive community for encouragement and accountability
• Accessible for a Variety of Stages: Great for those who are sober curious, questioning their habits, or who want to dig deeper into how alcohol affects their life and faith

Interview Outline:

• What exactly does it mean to “sober curious”? 
• What eventually led you to stop drinking? 
• What motivated you to write about the topic now, including countless articles and of course the new book, Freely Sober? 
• According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), more than twelve million American women struggle with alcohol in some way. Why do you think the struggle with alcohol is so often seen as a man’s problem? 
• Why do Christians often avoid talking about the struggle with drinking? 
• What is the first step to changing one’s relationships with alcohol? 
• What mindsets or myths often get in the way of women making changes, or even talking about their struffle alcohol? 
• Which questions do you lay out for women to consider with regard to alcohol? Why are these important? 
• Loaded question--should Christian's drink alcohol at all? 
• How did alcohol impact your spiritual life? 
• How has your life changed since you changed your relationship with alcohol? 

Ericka Andersen is a journalist whose writing has appeared in Christianity Today, World Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. She is the author of Leaving Cloud 9 and Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women. She lives with her husband and two children in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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