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Back to SearchE279: The Pendulum Effect of Healing
Episode 279
When we start doing “the work”, it’s normal for your behavior to swing hard in the other direction. Emotions become more intense, old memories flood back, or you may feel like everyone needs to know …
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
E278: Intrusive Thoughts About Drinking When You’re Already Sober & 3 Ways to Deal
Episode 278
We’re used to intrusive thoughts about drinking while we’re trying to quit and in the early days, but these thoughts can continue to pop up months or even years later. Does this mean you’re on the pa…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
E277: Being Willing to Start is the Hardest Part (“The Work”)
Episode 277
I thought getting sober was the end of the story. I did it, I succeeded, now life will be amazing forever. But the parade never came. Instead, I started to get uncomfortable and notice patterns in my…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
E276: A Burst of Mental Clarity at 60 Days Sober (Cognitive Healing)
Episode 276
Many people experience a noticeable shift in mental clarity around 60 days sober. When it happened to me I felt like I was waking up from a long dream and I could finally use my brain again. This may…
Published on 5 months ago
E275: 3 Ways Alcohol Damages the Heart and How to Have Good Heart Health in Sobriety
Episode 275
Alcohol damages every area of the body, but in this episode we are focusing on the heart. I’ll explain 3 ways that alcohol damages the heart, how the heart heals after we get sober, and 5 things you …
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
E274: High Dopamine, Low Effort Behaviors and Making Sobriety Feel Less Hard
Episode 274
Your brain is wired for quick hits of dopamine, or high-reward, low-effort habits that feel good in the moment but sabotage your long-term goals. Over time, this conditions your brain to expect rewar…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
E273: How the Sober Brain Breaks Down Alcohol Associations (But They’ll Build Back Up if You Drink Again)
Episode 273
We believe alcohol is required for vacations, unwinding, dealing with stress, celebrating, and socializing. We have built up powerful associations in our brains to reinforce these beliefs through dop…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
E272: 6 Habits That Make My Life Better
Episode 272
When we develop a problem with alcohol, it becomes the center of our lives and most or all decisions are made after taking alcohol into consideration. When you remove alcohol, there’s a big empty hol…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
E271: Alcohol, Career Stress, and the Lie of “I Function Just Fine”
Episode 271
“I function just fine, it’s not like I’m missing work”, I said until I started missing work. “I have a masters degree, I couldn’t have gotten this far if I was an alcoholic.” Have you ever thought th…
Published on 6 months ago
E270: Cravings Increase After Quitting Drinking and Peak Around 60 Days Sober and 6 Months Sober
Episode 270
You probably expect that the more sober time you have, the less you crave alcohol. That’s true for some people, but others experience an effect called incubation of craving. This is where cravings bu…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago