Menopause & Alcohol: What You Need to Know

Alcohol feels different after menopause and you're not imagining it.

If a drink that once helped you relax now disrupts your sleep, increases anxiety, worsens hot flushes, or leaves you feeling flat the next day, this book explains why without judgment, rules, or pressure to quit.

Menopause & Alcohol: What You Need to Know explores how hormonal changes alter the way alcohol interacts with sleep, stress, mood, metabolism, energy, and emotional resilience in midlife.

You'll learn why tolerance shifts, recovery takes longer, and reactions feel more unpredictable even when your habits haven't changed.

This is not a book about abstinence.
It is not a book about discipline or guilt.

It is a calm, evidence-informed guide to understanding what's happening in your body so you can make informed, confident choices that support how you want to feel.

Inside, you'll discover:

• why alcohol affects sleep, anxiety, and energy more strongly after 40
• how hormones, stress, and blood sugar influence alcohol sensitivity
• why reactions vary from woman to woman and from week to week
• how alcohol can subtly affect mood, motivation, confidence, and clarity
• how to navigate social situations and special occasions without pressure
• what a supportive, neutral relationship with alcohol looks like in midlife

Written for women navigating perimenopause and menopause, this book replaces confusion with clarity and pressure with permission.

You're not failing.
Your body is adapting.

Understanding changes everything.