the positive thing about this shift in the conversation towards sober curious or beginning to think

about your relationship with alcohol earlier is that it's so much easier to make changes before

you get to a place where you have lost control, where you are dealing with major consequences

in your life. And so I love it that people are starting to be more mindful and explore

their relationship with alcohol.

What's going on, Hurtlers? Emily Avati here.

You are listening to episode 273 of Hurtle, a wellness-focused

podcast where I connect with everyone from your favorite athletes to top experts and industry

CEOs about their highest highs, toughest moments and everything in between. We all go

through hurdles in life, and my goal through these discussions is to empower you to better

navigate yours and move with intention so that you can stride toward your own big potential.

And of course, have some fun along the way. Today on the show, I am chatting all about

sober curiosity with Dr. Sarah Wakeman. She's the senior medical director

for the Mass General Hospital Substance Use Disorder Initiative. She's also the program

director of the Mass General Addiction Medicine Fellowship and an assistant professor of medicine

at Harvard Medical School, aka this woman has a lot of knowledge to give us on all

things sober curiosity. We kick off our discussion today by defining what it means to be

sober curious and we also get into the basics surrounding alcohol use disorder, which, believe it or not, is extremely

widespread. Dr. Wakeman and I have a really interesting conversation about what it means to be

sober curious, what incorporating this lifestyle into your everyday might look like, how to talk

about your choice to forego alcohol if this is something

that is important to you and that is really purposeful knowing your why if you are someone

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