E228: Why Alcohol Automatically Captures and Holds Your Attention

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

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

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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If you’ve stopped drinking, have you noticed that when you walk into a room your eyes immediately go to where the alcohol is? Or how you keep track of how quickly everyone is drinking and what drink they’re on without any effort? Or how you never realized how much people in TV shows and movies drink until now? This is because alcohol can capture and hold our attention, leading to increased cravings that make it difficult to not drink. In this episode you’ll learn what’s going on in the brain to get our attention stuck on alcohol, how this makes it more difficult to quit drinking, what factors increase the ability for alcohol to grab and hold our attention, and how we can overcome this to be successful in sobriety. What to listen to next: E224: alcohol makes your brain stop working E211: the anticipation of a drink E197: making the decision to quit drinking Sober Powered Skills Bonus Episode: 3 Exercises to Increase Top-Down Control of Your Brain https://www.soberpowered.com/skills Sober Support: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Anger Management Program https://www.soberpowered.com/anger Weekly emails on Fridays https://www.soberpowered.com/email 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	If you've stopped drinking, have you noticed that when you walk into a room your eyes immediately go to where the alcohol is, or how you keep track of how quickly everyone is drinking and what drink they're on without any effort or how you never
0:14.9	realized how much people in TV shows and movies drink until now. This is because
0:21.0	alcohol can capture and hold our attention leading to increased cravings that make it difficult to not drink in this episode. You'll learn what's going on in the brain to get our attention stuck on alcohol,
0:34.3	how this makes it more difficult to quit drinking, what factors increase the
0:39.5	ability for alcohol to grab and hold our attention, and how we can overcome this to be successful
0:45.6	in sobriety.
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