Hello, Frickled Foodie fam. Today's solo episode is one that we've been talking about a lot

over the past I

Guess like four-ish months, but my decision to stop drinking in a now unpacking of like what has happened

Since I've given it up, you know, I did that episode, which I will link in the show notes of

why I kind of decided to give it up and now I'm reflecting on

The time since I've given it up how I feel what's been happening

You guys have admitted a lot of questions that I want to dive into so this is

Hopefully an informative and helpful episode and also something that I can direct people to for anyone who has questions on this topic when I

Reference it across my platforms because it's obviously something I talk about even just candidly in

Discussing a weekend or whatever it may be I do just want to preface that like this episode is something

I definitely want to talk about but I also do not have all the answers. This is just my experience. That's all I can share

similarly when I talk about

Alcohol in my decision to cut out alcohol. I did not struggle with addiction

So that it this conversation does not include that I obviously recognize that a lot of people in this world do struggle with addiction

And it's not as easy of a decision to just simply make so I'm not at all

Like looking over that fact. It's just not something that I experienced

Similarly, it's why I don't call myself sober because I haven't given up like plant substances

Which we will also dive into and on that note. I do just want to say like I feel I

Guess vulnerable is the term and I feel a sense of like a vulnerability hangover sometimes

When I share all this stuff and lay it out there for you guys whether it's talking about this or my anxiety or

Family stuff, whatever it might be because a lot of people do consume this and

It's this feeling of like putting it out into the world for anyone to depict in the way that they want and I don't think that I would feel this way

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