Author name: Julie Miller

Why do I feel lonely when I’m surrounded by people? That question sits beneath a lot of sober lives. It shows up after the drinking stops and the noise dies down. When someone starts telling the truth more often, setting better boundaries, or realizing that being around people is not the same thing as feeling […]

Burnout doesn’t usually show up all at once. Most of the time, it creeps in slowly and insidiously – often looking a lot like regular stress. You feel a little more overwhelmed than usual. Your patience gets shorter. Small things start setting you off. You’re tired, but you keep pushing because the list of responsibilities

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