About

I am Bonnie Alina, a do-it-all mother of 4, business owner and entrepreneur and a woman who found freedom from alcohol after a 25 year struggle. I am a lifelong yoga and mindfulness practitioner who enjoys an active lifestyle. My most authentic calling is to be of service and I am thrilled to serve as a Holistic Alcohol Coach to sober curious moms in my hometown of beautiful Portland, Oregon, across the country and the world who are ready to quit drinking with the guidance and facilitation of a personal coach.

“There comes a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud is more painful than the risk it takes to blossom”.

Anias Nin

I am your guide to the other side of alcohol

I lovingly curate safe and judgment-free coaching containers for Sober Curious Moms, which are the result of my longing for a richer internal life (mental, emotional, spiritual) and for true and lasting freedom from alcohol. This work is the culmination of my personal journey over the past 25+ years and how I discovered the tools to coach myself to the other side. It is my deepest honor to share these tools with those moms in the grip of alcohol who want to heal their past, create a new path forward for themselves, and leave a legacy of health and wellness for their children.

My story-

This process worked for me, it can work for you too

I know the power and effectiveness of this process because I am living proof. I come from a long line of heavy drinkers on my father’s side and I started drinking in my early teens after experiencing the pain of having lost my mother to a mental health crisis. The next 25 years included a continuous cycle of partying, binge drinking, quitting, cleaning up my act, and repeating. I tried to find balance by eating healthy, doing regular cleanses, running 20 miles a week and having a regular yoga practice. As a mother, I felt strongly that conscious participation and balance had to be part of my life. So I drank less - a couple of glasses of wine while making dinner, and maybe just one more after the kids went to bed. If I was lucky the drinks were only on the weekends, but the pull to drink was always there as was the opportunity.

Like so many when the pandemic hit, my drinking increased to cope with my feelings of overwhelm and anxiety homeschooling 4 children, taking care of my dying father and having less access to some external grounding tools like in-person exercise classes.

But finally I woke to the realization that there will always be some circumstance outside of myself that could be a reason to drink. The opportunity to participate is all around us, but it will always be one's own decision to drink, or not. And when I discovered that the desire for and attachment to alcohol is not actually a given, like I was so sure it was for me, but that it starts with something unfolding in the mind, my heart and mind blew wide open and I was ready to embrace a new way.

Alcohol was no longer serving me, it was not aligned with my personal goals or values, and certainly didn’t support feeling good in my body, mind or spirit. I am so grateful that each day I wake up with a clean mind and clean body.

Today I am more present with myself, my children, my friends, the milestones, the celebrations and everyday life. I have so much more space in my mind now that I am no longer thinking about drinking. Today alcohol is irrelevant to me. Today I see it for the numbing agent that it truly is. Are you ready to join me on the other side of alcohol?

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