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Podcast: Late Starters Club
Episode: Unveiling Gray Area Drinking: An Interview with Jolene Park
Description: Jolene Park made the decision to stop drinking in 2014, without any dramatic rock bottom or dark story. As a nutritionist and wellness advocate, she had previously facilitated wellness challenges where she temporarily stopped drinking. However, she often found herself going back to drinking, believing that she could be a social drinker and have a glass of wine with friends. This back-and-forth cycle continued for years, with Jolene frequently consuming entire bottles of wine alone and feeling terrible the next day. Â At the age of 43, she realized that she didn't want to continue this pattern and d...