Women in Recovery: Finding yourself, your people and a life that fits

This workbook is for you if you are tired of holding everything together. Maybe you drank in a way that nobody really saw. Maybe you were the one who kept the house running, the appointments booked, the smile in place, and then poured a drink when it was finally quiet. Maybe you have stopped, and you’re trying to work out who you are without that evening ritual, and without the shame that came with it.

This workbook is for women in recovery. That includes women who don’t use the word alcoholic, women who are only just starting to question their drinking, and women who have been sober for a long time. It includes mothers and women who are not mothers, partnered women and single women, younger women and women in midlife and later. You don’t have to fit a type.

Women’s drinking is often misunderstood. It can be hidden, joked about, or treated as a reward for doing too much. It can also be judged more harshly, especially if you are caring for other people. Shame grows easily in that gap. This is not a workbook about becoming a new, perfect woman. You will not find dating advice or a makeover here. You will find honest questions, practical tools, and room to write, so you can notice who you have had to be, who you want to be, and what would help you stay well.

You can use Women in Recovery on its own, or alongside the other Freedom Room workbooks.

What’s inside

There are ten modules. Each one has some teaching, practical exercises, questions to write in, and one small action to take:

• How drinking can look for women
• Who am I now?
• Shame, guilt and the “good woman”
• Putting yourself back on the list
• Finding your people
• A social life that doesn’t revolve around drinking
• Hard moments and feedback sessions
• Looking after yourself as you go
• The life you want
• A fortnight of writing

The modules build on each other, so it helps to go in order if you can. You don’t need to write about the most painful things in order to get value from this. Everyday examples are often the most useful. Write in it. A few honest lines are worth more than a perfect page you never start.

How you get it

After you order, you’ll receive an instant PDF download. It’s yours to keep, so you can save it, print it, and work through it at home at your own pace.

If you’d like to talk anything through, you can call The Freedom Room on (07) 3325 1531.