Podcast Episodes

E295: The Feeling of Lost Time From All the Years We Spent Drinking

Episode 295

I’ve been wanting to make this episode for years, but I felt like it would be offensive if I talked about how I struggled with feeling like I wasted years of my life drinking because I quit at 29 and…

Published on 7 hours ago

E294: Why Stress and Emotions Feel Intolerable Without Alcohol

Episode 294

Emotional reactivity is one of the biggest roadblocks to staying sober. For many of us, our brain’s alarm system has been rewired by years of drinking to overreact to even the smallest stressors, mak…

Published on 1 week ago

Why Shame Blocks Change

Guilt says “I did something wrong.” Shame says “I am wrong.” It feels like proof that you’re a weak-willed loser with no self-control when you keep drinking even though you said you wouldn’t or you d…

Published on 2 weeks ago

E293: Tolerance and the Disappearing Buzz

Episode 293

Have you ever thought back to the early days of your drinking and remembered how just one or two drinks gave you exactly what you wanted? That light, carefree buzz—the feeling that you were relaxed, …

Published on 3 weeks ago

E292: Why One Drink is Never Enough

Episode 292

Have you ever promised yourself you’d only have one drink? Maybe it was at dinner, or after work—you told yourself, “Just one, that’s it.” But once that drink was gone, something shifted. Instead of …

Published on 4 weeks ago

E291: Why You May Still Crave Alcohol Long Term, and Why No Cravings Doesn’t Mean You’re “Cured”

Episode 291

We tend to think of cravings as the enemy in sobriety. If you still want to drink, it must mean you’re doing something wrong. And on the other side, if the cravings go away, it’s tempting to think yo…

Published on 1 month ago

Thinking About Drinking Constantly, Then Thinking About Sobriety Constantly

Obsessing over our drinking is very frustrating and it takes over our lives. There is so much more to life than worrying about alcohol. When you get sober, it can be equally frustrating to obsess ove…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

E290: How to Quit Drinking Without Hitting Rock Bottom

Episode 290

A rock bottom moment isn’t required to get sober, although it obviously helps. We have no control over what will be our rock bottom, and often we stack consequences for a long time before enough is f…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Most Important Thinking Shift I Made in Sobriety

Quitting drinking doesn’t automatically change how you think, it just removes the numbing. For many of us, that means we’re left with a mind that defaults to worst-case scenarios, criticism, and hope…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

E289: Emotional Tunnel Vision: When Little Problems are a Big Deal

Episode 289

In sobriety our brains are still stuck in survival mode. We zoom in on small problems, assume they’re huge, and feel overwhelmed by everyday stressors. Minor stressors make our lives grind to a halt.…

Published on 2 months ago