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Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

E231: Everything You Need to Know About Alcohol Withdrawal

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

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

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Withdrawal is pretty obvious, the symptoms that we experience when we quit drinking. There is a lot more to it though. In this episode you’ll learn about why we have withdrawal symptoms and how alcohol impacts the central nervous system. Then I will focus on kindling and how withdrawal can become worse the more cycles we go through, and how returning to drinking during the withdrawal period puts stress on the brain and strengthens the associations we have with alcohol leading to more intense cravings the next time we try to quit. If you are stuck in the back and forth then this is an important episode to listen to. This episode is part of a 9 episode series for Dry July 2024. Make sure to follow my podcast so you don't miss the rest of the series. Dry July Sober Powered Skills Special Dry July Course 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 Thursdays 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

Withdrawal is pretty obvious, the symptoms that we experience when we quit drinking.

0:05.4

There's more to it though, a lot more. In this episode you'll learn about why we have withdrawal symptoms

0:12.3

and how alcohol impacts the central nervous system,

0:15.6

but then I'm going to focus on kindling and how withdrawal can become worse,

0:21.4

the more cycles that we put our brain through and how returning to

0:25.7

drinking during the withdrawal period put stress on the brain and strengthens the associations

0:32.0

and cues that we have with alcohol

0:34.5

causing more intense cravings the next time we try to quit.

0:38.5

If you're stuck in the back and forth,

0:40.5

then this is a very important episode for you to listen to.

0:44.0

And before we dig in, I'd like to say a quick thank you to my sponsors who made this episode possible.

0:52.0

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