Author name: Julie Miller

Many people reach a point where life looks fine on paper yet feels strangely hollow. As host Julie Miller explains in the episode, this experience is more common than most realize: “My life is really great – and – I still feel kind of empty, like something’s missing.” In this conversation with Kristyna Holler and […]

When Emotions Feel Like the Enemy Many people trying to live alcohol-free discover something surprising: the hardest part is not quitting drinking. It is facing what comes after. As Julie Miller explains early in the conversation, people often ask, “What do you do to stop feeling things if you aren’t drinking?” That question reveals the

Some nights, loneliness doesn’t look like tears or drama. It looks like a thumb scrolling in bed while your brain searches for relief. It looks like “just five minutes” that turns into thirty. It looks like walking away from your phone with a sour taste in your mouth and not knowing why. In Episode 180

Valentine’s Day can stir up all the stuff we usually try to outrun. In Episode 179 of No Alcohol Needed, hosts Julie Miller and Steve Knapp sit down with guests Mike Coyne and Christen Miller for an honest conversation about love, life without alcohol, and what changes when you stop performing and start telling the

Most people don’t need to be convinced they have a dark side.They already know. It shows up in the thoughts they don’t say out loud, the reactions they regret, the behaviors they explain away or promise themselves they’ll fix later. It’s the part of them they try not to look at too closely, the part

For people who have quit drinking, the holiday season can feel like a maze of emotional landmines. It brings joy, yes – but also pressure, exhaustion, family dynamics, grief, old memories, and traditions tightly woven with alcohol. Even people with solid sobriety often feel a sense of dread bubbling up by November. And for those