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E164: How Taking Breaks from Drinking Helped Me Quit For Good

E164: How Taking Breaks from Drinking Helped Me Quit For Good

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E164: How Taking Breaks from Drinking Helped Me Quit For Good

FromSober Powered

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Aug 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

I see a lot of people take a break, drink again, and beat themselves up for being a loser. Breaks are really important for collecting data on your drinking. We need proof that it’s never going to be different and we need the experiences to fully understand what alcohol is doing to us. In this episode I’m going to walk you through the 2 different breaks I took from drinking, how they helped me get to acceptance, and what you can do to accelerate your timeline and quit drinking a little bit sooner.
What to listen to next:
E162: what to expect cognitively when you quit drinking
E97: why we keep believing it'll be different
E99: why we can never drink ever again

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Released:
Aug 11, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Do you ever say, "I'm never drinking again!", but then you drink again? There are many reasons why this happens, and none of them are that we're weak-willed losers. After years of rationalizing why her drinking wasn’t that bad, Gill reached her breaking point. With her background in biochemistry, she set out on a quest to understand why some of us struggle with addiction and others don’t. In the Sober Powered Podcast, Gill uses science, psychology, and compassion to help you understand why you struggle to moderate, why it's so hard to quit drinking, and how to develop the coping skills you need to stay sober. Not sure where to start? Episodes 76, 91, 94, 99, and 102 are very popular!