What happens when a mom realizes her daughter’s teenage drinking story looks a lot like her own?

In this episode of The Amazingly AF Mother Daughter Podcast, Jaime shares how her own relationship with alcohol began in 7th grade, mirrors parts of Jules’s story, and how those patterns quietly shaped their family for decades. From hiding beers under the bed to throwing house parties when her parents were out of town, Jaime opens up about how alcohol became her shortcut to confidence, belonging, and being “the fun one.”

Jules shares, for the first time on the podcast, a painful high school experience involving sexual assault, the shame that followed, and how it explains why she was so fiercely protective (and sometimes rage-filled) when she caught Jaime drinking as a teen. Together, they connect the dots between generational trauma, silence around alcohol, and why so many families repeat the patterns they swore they’d never repeat.

They also talk about what’s different now that Jules is almost one year alcohol free, how she’s finally processing decades of buried memories, and how both of them are intentionally breaking the cycle for Jaime’s kids and all the grandkids.

Topics covered include:

• Growing up in a “normal” drinking culture on one side of the family
• Jaime’s first beer in 7th grade and chasing popularity with alcohol
• Hiding beers, house parties, and learning to “clean up” the evidence
• Why Jules reacted so differently to her sons drinking vs. her daughter
• Jules’s high school assault and the devastating shame that followed
• How that trauma shaped the way she parented and tried to “protect” Jaime
• What it feels like to finally remember and process events after quitting drinking
• How community, coaching, and honesty helped Jules actually share her story
• Teaching kids that alcohol is “poison” without making it taboo
• Breaking generational patterns so the grandkids have a different legacy

This episode is for you if you grew up around alcohol, have complicated feelings about your family, or are trying to give your kids a different story than the one you lived through. You are not the only one, and it’s never too late to change the script.

Key Moments

00:00 – Intro: why Jaime and Jules started this podcast
01:10 – Growing up in a drinking culture on Jaime’s mom’s side
02:20 – Jaime’s first beer in 7th grade and linking alcohol to confidence
03:45 – Hiding beers and the middle school dance moment
05:20 – The first big house party and “cleaning up” the evidence
07:10 – Being the “cool little sister” and how older siblings influenced drinking
08:45 – Jules catching Jaime partying and why the rage came out
10:30 – The double standard between sons drinking and a daughter drinking
13:15 – Jules shares a high school assault for the first time
19:08 – Feeling your feelings instead of numbing them
22:23 – Growing up in a “don’t talk about feelings” family
25:51 – Breaking the generational pattern for the grandkids
26:29 – Charlotte’s “we don’t buy that, it’s poison” moment
28:53 – Final encouragement

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