{"podcast":{"title":"Rewired Sober","slug":"rewired-sober-7110186","podcast_index_feed_id":7110186,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/rewiredsober/","website_url":"https://rewiredsober.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d80d3dd9-542a-4703-8bb3-d1a805b0d894/Rewired-Sober-3.jpg","author":"Kate Vitela","episode_count":80,"summary":"Rewired Sober is a sobriety and recovery podcast for women who are tired of surface-level self-help and ready for real change. Hosted by psychiatric nurse, addiction specialist, and recovery coach Kate Vitela, RN, this podcast explores the neuroscience of addiction, emotional sobriety, mindset change, and the messy, honest reality of rebuilding your life after quitting drinking. This is not a preachy recovery podcast full of toxic positivity or shame. It’s real conversations about: women and alcohol gray area drinking anxiety and emotional regulation perfectionism and people pleasing cravings and habit loops neuroplasticity and brain rewiring identity in midlife anger, grief, and healing creativity, fashion, and self-expression in recovery relationships, boundaries, and self-trust learning how to feel your feelings without numbing them Kate combines clinical insight, lived experience, humor, and a feminist lens to help women understand why they drink, not just how to stop. Whether you’re sober curious, newly alcohol-free, or years into recovery and wondering “now what?” — this podcast is designed to help you build a life that actually feels good to live. If you’re looking for a so…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T18:18:31.848618+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rewired-sober-7110186"},"episode":{"title":"EP: 64 The Double Standard: How Women Are Gaslit About Alcohol, Stigma, and Recovery","slug":"ep-64-the-double-standard-how-women-are-gaslit-about-alcohol-stigma-and-recovery","published_at":"2026-03-10T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rewired-sober-7110186/ep-64-the-double-standard-how-women-are-gaslit-about-alcohol-stigma-and-recovery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rewired-sober-7110186","url":"https://rewiredsober.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/4cb9a96b-8eb3-48a3-9466-21c5d02a1aca.mp3","summary":"Women don’t just experience alcohol use disorder differently than men — they are judged differently too. In this episode, we explore the double standard women face around drinking, addiction, and recovery, including how stigma, biology, trauma, and social expectations intersect to create unique challenges for women. You’ll learn why women often develop alcohol problems faster, why shame and secrecy delay treatment, and how cultural pressures — including work, caregiving, and societal expectations — contribute to rising alcohol use among women. We also talk about the concept of being “gaslit” by cultural narratives that frame women’s struggles as moral failure instead of understandable responses to stress and life circumstances. Most importantly, this episode highlights treatment approaches and recovery pathways that actually support women — including trauma-informed care, nervous system regulation, connection-based healing, and women-centered recovery communities. If you’ve ever wondered why drinking became a coping tool, or why recovery has felt complicated, this conversation will help you understand the bigger picture — and remind you that change is possible. What You’ll Learn in This Episode The double standard society applies to women who drink How stigma and shame impact women differently than men The biology of alcohol and why women develop dependence faster (telescoping effect) Hormones, stress, and nervous system regulation in addiction Trauma exposure and psychological risk factors unique to women The cultural shift: work, caregiving, and the modern “double burden” Why alcohol marketing targets overwhelmed women How social and environmental stress affects substance use patterns Treatment approaches that work well for women The importance of safe spaces and wom…","meta_description":"Women don’t just experience alcohol use disorder differently than men — they are judged differently too. In this episode, we explore the double standard w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3292,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rewired-sober-7110186/episodes/ep-64-the-double-standard-how-women-are-gaslit-about-alcohol-stigma-and-recovery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rewired-sober-7110186/ep-64-the-double-standard-how-women-are-gaslit-about-alcohol-stigma-and-recovery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}