278: An alcohol problem shows up on the inside before it shows up on the outside.

Soberful

Veronica Valli & Chip Somers

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this solo episode, Veronica explains why an alcohol problem appears on the inside long before it appears on the outside. Most people think an alcohol problem is a homeless person or someone who gets DUIs. Veronica explains how that is misleading, and an alcohol problem shows up in our feelings (shame, guilt, fear, anxiety) long before anyone can see it. We become adept at hiding how we feel and what is happening. She also explains how no one realises when their drinking crosses the line, from drinking to having fun to needing a drink to cope. This episode will help anyone who is wondering about their drinking and wants to truly understand that getting sober is 10% not drinking alcohol and 90% emotional sobriety.

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0:00.0	I dreamt that you were twisting through seven suns of gold and the gypsy was insisting
0:10.2	that story must be told I came two in the morning but I took it as a warning that you might be a treasure.
0:22.4	I could touch but never hold.
0:27.6	Hello and welcome to the Soberful podcast.
0:31.5	I'm Veronica Valley.
0:33.3	And it's a solo episode today.
0:35.3	I'm going to be talking about how an alcohol problem really shows up.
0:41.5	I'm hoping in this episode I'm going to clear up some kind of misinformation about what an
0:47.8	alcohol problem really is and what sobriety really means. And why, ultimately, stopping drinking is 10% not drinking alcohol, 90% emotional sobriety.
1:01.3	And I'm going to explain what all of that means.
1:05.1	One of the things that clients say to me when they get on a call is if my friends knew I was signing up for a sobriety program,
1:15.0	they wouldn't believe it. They would think that's crazy. Nobody thinks I have a problem.
1:19.9	That's fairly common. And the reason for that is an alcohol problem shows up on the inside years before it shows up on the outside.
1:31.6	So we have been led to believe in our cultures. And when I say cultures, I mean UK, Europe,
1:39.5	North America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, generally speaking, those cultures.
1:45.7	We think an alcohol problem is visible that we can see it.
1:51.9	We generally think an alcohol problem is a homeless person, drinking out of a brown paperback.
1:57.5	We think an alcohol problem is someone who's getting multiple DUIs and can't hold down a job
2:03.8	due to their drinking. Those are things that we can visually see. Maybe the person who's always
2:10.1	falling over drunk, that kind of stuff. Now, those things are certainly an alcohol problem.
2:15.4	But the thing is, an alcohol problem shows up internally
2:19.2	before it shows up on the outside.
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