Last Updated on May 12, 2026 by Dr. Christine Sauer

How to Drink Less to Live More and Sparkle – with Caroline Holke

Episode 226 of the Podcast and Video Show: “Sparkles 4 Mental Health”

Listen to/Watch Dr. Christine Sauer and Caroline Holke talk about alcoholism, addictions, and how easily people can slip into drinking too much.
What are solutions to this situation? Is there a way to “just drink less” in social situations and not get addicted? What are alternatives to drinking and using substances when it comes to relaxing and unwinding?


Listen to/Watch Dr. Christine Sauer and Caroline Holke talk about 

  • How Caroline came to do her work as a drink less coach
  • What it means to “get rid of the shitty parts of drinking”
  • Her best tips for navigating social situations
  • Her advice for women who find themselves relying on a drink to unwind
  • Whether using wine to unwind is really effective
  • What the Covid lockdown did to drinking rates among women
  • What advantages she found in drinking less 
  • How to Stop Overdrinking
  • And much more…

About Caroline Holke:
Caroline is the go-to coach for Type A, high performing women who want a logical approach to getting control of their drinking. She works exclusively with women who don’t have a drinking problem but do have a problem with some of the negative effects of their drinking (weight gain, long term health, etc.)
Most people focus on what to DO to cut back on their drinking. 
Caroline helps her clients by combining the external work with the inner work of figuring out what is “driving them to drink” in the first place. Addressing these underlying, foundational areas helps her clients create sustainable change in their relationship with drinking.
Contact Caroline Holke here:
Website:  https://www.carolineholkecoaching.com/ 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarolineHolkeCoaching 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caroline_holke_coaching/ 
Get her FREE Craving Toolkit https://adept-trailblazer-3417.ck.page/ce99464ba9 
Get her FREE  “Stop Overdrinking” Course
https://www.carolineholkecoaching.com/sod 
The Sparkles 4 Mental Health podcast and video show tells actionable and inspiring stories around mental health and brain health and teaches strategies to optimize your brain health and mindset for high performance 
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