E210: Good News, Your Brain Heals A LOT After 90 Days Sober… Unless You Relapse

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

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

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Significant brain healing can happen within the first few months of being sober. Finally some good news for us, right? In this episode you’ll learn more about how alcohol damages the brain to make it harder to stay sober and how the brains of people who are able to stay sober differ from those who go on to relapse. It’s not just deciding that you’re done with drinking and that’s it. That’s what we observe other people do who aren’t addicted and then we feel like losers with no self-control when we do the same. The problem is, when you drink heavily long term it changes your brain and this makes it hard for the brain to function properly. What to listen to next: E196: how the brain heals in sobriety E191: going back and forth makes your cravings stronger E205: kindling in alcohol withdrawal E202: wtf is "the work" Sober Support: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Anger Management Program https://www.soberpowered.com/anger Sober Powered Skills (bonus episodes with practical application and coping skills) https://www.soberpowered.com/skills Weekly emails on Thursdays https://www.soberpowered.com/email Quiz: what should you focus on to stay sober? https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/661458075c79120015d2eb4f Free resources https://www.soberpowered.com/free Thank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors. Learn more: https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsors If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support my work https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpowered Sources are posted on my website Disclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Significant brain healing can happen within the first few months of sobriety.
0:04.8	Finally, some good news, right? In this episode you'll learn more about how alcohol damages the
0:10.7	brain to make it harder to stay sober and how the brains of people who are able to stay
0:16.1	sober differ from those who go on to relapse. It's not just deciding that you're done with
0:22.3	drinking and that's it.
0:23.8	That's what we observe other people do who aren't addicted and then we feel like we're losers
0:29.0	with no self-control when we can't do the same.
0:31.9	The problem is when you drink heavily long term, it
0:35.0	changes your brain and this makes it hard for the brain to function properly.
0:39.7	And before we dig in, I'd like to say a quick thank you to my sponsors who made this episode possible.
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