529. Sober Curious with Ruby Warrington

Commune with Jeff Krasno

Commune Media

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.6 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Alcohol consumption is deeply ingrained in our culture. We experience it at almost every social setting—from weddings to funerals, from work events to family events. But rarely do we stop to question the impact alcohol has on our mental and physical wellbeing, because if you're a “normal drinker,” why bother? In this episode, journalist and author of the book Sober Curious, Ruby Warrington encourages you to get, well, curious about the role alcohol plays in your life, and more importantly, why you consume it.

In this episode we cover:

00:02:26: Defining “sober curious”
00:05:38: Exploring why we turn to alcohol as a social norm
00:07:37: Benefits of being sober curious
00:08:02: Defining the “confidence paradox”
00:11:34: Can we retrain our body to attune to natural highs?

This episode originally aired on Blinkist: https://www.blinkist.com/en/shortcasts/commune-with-jeff-krasno/1006

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the commune podcast.
0:08.0	My name is Jeff Krasnow.
0:09.7	Today on the show, you'll hear a blinkest shortcast episode titled Sober Curious.
0:16.3	And given the potential excesses of the holiday season, the release of this episode may be appropriately
0:22.8	timed for you and for me. So Blinkist is an app that gives you key messages for more than
0:30.2	5,500 nonfiction books and podcasts sent right to your smartphone to read and to listen to.
0:36.2	So Blinkist has taken a handful of Commune
0:39.0	Podcasts and rendered them in really interesting and unique ways. So I decided to feature a few
0:44.9	of those episodes here on the Commune Podcast. So in this episode, I was joined by Ruby
0:50.4	Warrington, journalist and author of the book Sober Curious.
0:55.0	We discuss alcohol consumption, a deeply ingrained facet of our social culture.
1:01.8	Now, we experience the consumption of alcohol at almost every social setting, from weddings to
1:07.1	funerals, from work events to family events.
1:10.3	We got a raise. Let's have a drink. We got
1:12.8	fired. Oh, shit. Let's have a drink. But rarely do we stop to question the impact alcohol
1:18.4	has on our long-term mental and physical well-being. Because if you're a normal drinker,
1:23.8	why bother? Well, this episode encourages you to get curious about the role alcohol plays in your life
1:31.9	and more importantly, why you consume it. But before we dive in, I have a small, minuscule favor to
1:39.9	ask of you. Here at Commune, we're curious. What topics do you want to hear about on the podcast next year?
1:46.3	Go to onecommune.com slash 24 survey to let us know. And who knows, we may create a whole
1:54.2	episode inspired by your idea. Thanks so much. Okay. Now without further delay, I present to you Ruby Warrington.
2:21.3	Today we're talking about alcohol.
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