Not Even Wine With Dinner
Hey friends! It's Kristen Crisp here. I'm your middle-aged friend, talking about how I navigated a weird life of drinking, sobriety, love, and loss. All wrapped up in an ADHD brain full of chaos, kindness, and a heavy dose of sarcasm. In 2022, my big sister Robin died of cirrhosis after hiding her alcoholism so well that we were caught off guard by her death. This prompted me to start the NEWWD movement (great anagram, isn't it?). A place to bring a little insight with a touch of humor to humans over 50 through stories and information about wellness, sobriety, life, love, and loss.
Episodes
How many of us thought those parties and drinking events during our childhood looked "fun?"
Kristen talks about her memories and how "cocktail culture" shaped her beliefs about alcohol and its influence into her future drinking habits.
A few bits & pieces:
* Setting the scene of the cocktail party
* The hidden message behind "can I have a sip?"
* When the fun fades
* Kids are always watching
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Do you ever push yourself to the point of burnout? We all do. But let's be honest, it's not good for us.
Kristen shares a recent experience she had where she reached a point of "not feeling it" and made a conscious choice to shift a project back in order to take care of herself and how you can do the same.
A few bits & pieces:
* The point where she said "screw it"
* Things she learned and taught while working in the wellness indu...
This week, Kristen shifts gears and goes into personal storytelling mode. Talking about drinking her first beer at age 12 and what traumas led her to that moment in her childhood.
A few bits & pieces:
* The first beer experience
* Her background and family history
* School and the awful bullies
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"When you shift the focus back to yourself, you're telling the speaker, "You don't matter."
Kristen talks about how the art of active listening is seemingly dead in our society. How we try to talk to someone and the first thing the listener does is flip the script back on to themselves with a "me, myself and I" perspective.
This is a topic deep to her heart and something she's actively working on herself.
A few bits & pieces:
* Ho...
Trigger warning - the word "suicide" is used in this episode to talk about how the awareness of long term drinking can essentially take lives.
Kristen discusses how heavy drinking can take a toll on the body that can eventually lead to death. Her sister's unexpected death from the cirrhosis she was hiding was an eye opening experience to how the body shuts down over time with continued alcohol abuse.
A few bits & pieces:
* An e...
We all think we're immortal when we're young, then life happens, and we wake up in our middle years.
Kristen talks about aging and how hard alcohol is on the body and mind if you continue drinking into your senior years.
A few bits & pieces:
*How we ignore the aging "lectures" when we're young
*No one likes to deal with a drunk old person
*Alcohol and its adverse effects on an aging body
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Have you been hit hard by the reaction of a "grown adult" when you tell them you've quit drinking? Were you stunned, shocked or even offended?
Kristen talks about how peer pressure doesn't stop in the playground and how to flip the script when someone reacts negatively or defensively to your change in life.
A few bits & pieces:
* How peer pressure starts in school
* The different kinds of pressure
* Kids vs. adults in the playgro...
In a world where drinking is so normalized, those who struggle can slip through the cracks into addiction.
Kristen talks about how she heard many comments like "Why are you quitting? You drink normal!" when she began her sobriety journey and how dangerous this conversation can be.
A few bits & pieces covered:
* Kristen's drinking history and what became her "normal"
* Signs and symptoms of what's not normal
* A few questions from...
Do you identify as "sober curious?" If so, in this episode, Kristen explains where you are in the 5 stages of change - a behavioral theory that will help you navigate the steps to making change in your life.
A few bits & pieces:
* Explanations of each step and what it represents
* Examples of each stage
* Encouragement to get to step 5 and make a long-lasting change
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In this episode, Kristen talks about her observations as the sober girl at the bar and how eye-opening, cringe-worthy, and uncomfortable it can be.
She recently wrote about it here on her Medium page. Check it out for free:
What I Observed As the Sober Girl at the Bar
A few bits & pieces about this episode:
* How to plan and prepare for a night at the bar while sober
* What to say when questioned about your sobriety
* The escape pl...
In a world full of chaos and insanity, Kristen asks you to look at your glass. Is it half full or half empty? Whether it's water or scotch, how you view the glass is how you view the world, and possibly, yourself.
Let's see if she can help you turn your glass upside down.
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Have you noticed that society has stopped filtering itself? 🗣️
I have, and I'm here to tell you, it's not okay.
Join Kristen this week as she talks about how we've all gotten a bit worse for wear when it comes to speaking our minds. Let's take a step back and think before we speak. 🤔
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Happy 2026! Did you set a new years resolution or jump into Dry January? Kristen shares why she was so late getting cracking on the podcast and why its so much better to set an intention vs. starting something cold turkey on January 1st.
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In this final episode of Season 1,Kristen narrates one of her classic, Christmas tales. A story of her dysfunctional holidays during her young adulthood.
Peppered with family, festivities, and the flavor of cheap, 90s cuisine, her story is one familiar to many. Trying to navigate the season as best you can when everyone else seems to have lost the plot.
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In this episode, Kristen shares her sarcastic, tongue-in-cheek story of how to celebrate the holidays in total dysfunction.
She narrates her recently published story, "Holiday Dysfunction Disorder: A How-To Guide" which is based on many of her chaotic holiday experiences as a young adult.
Following this, she talks about how to set intention, and create scenarios and scripts for the holiday season.
To read the story, check out her M...
When we think of gratitude, we think of being grateful of external things. What about inner gratitude? The act of being grateful for our own talents, abilities, and wins? No matter how big or small.
Kristen shares some of the things she's been grateful for in her life. From her upbringing, to her sister's coming out, to toilet paper.
She hopes to spark something in you to realize how the little things are things we shouldn't take f...
This week, Kristen shares her excitement about finally launching the NEWWD website, www.notevenwinewithdinner.com.
Then she covers how our habits go from being "normal" to becoming unhealthy, aka, addictions.
Be sure to have a pen and paper, as she has a few journal prompts for you this week.
Be sure to check out the NEWWD site and also head over to the Skool page to join the community and access her free weekly webinars.
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Deep talk from deep in the heart of Texas!
In this episode, Kristen opens up about how her recent visit to Texas sparked her to reflect on how and why she started drinking decades ago at age 13. She shares her story and the revelation she had while experimenting with non-alcoholic drinks at a few southern bars.
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Kristen introduces the podcast and talks in depth about the mystery behind the name, Not Even Wine With Dinner.
She shares how trying to get sober while working in a job steeped deep in drinking culture was more difficult than she thought. This opened her eyes to want to help others along the road of their own journey.
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Welcome friends to Not Even Wine With Dinner.
NEWWD (great anagram, isn't it?) is a movement to help humans (especially those over 50) talk about sobriety, drinking, aging, and mental health.
Kristen Crisp, wellness and sobriety guide, started NEWWD by telling her personal stories of life, love, loss, and liquor on Medium.com. Her lifetime of drinking, dysfunction in the family, and her sisters unexpected death, makes for some soul...
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