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Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

E272: 6 Habits That Make My Life Better

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

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

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

When we develop a problem with alcohol, it becomes the center of our lives and most or all decisions are made after taking alcohol into consideration. When you remove alcohol, there’s a big empty hole in your life. You can fill this hole with other substances, sex or relationships, gambling or shopping, sitting around sad, or you can make some changes in your life. I’ve slowly made changes over the past 5 years to now have a life where I’m excited to wake up in the morning. In this episode, I’m sharing 6 habits that have improved my quality of life. Maybe this will give you some ideas about where you can start for yourself. What to listen to next: E242: The Science of Making Good Habits in Long Term Sobriety Huberman info: https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/using-deliberate-cold-exposure-for-health-and-performance https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-susanna-soberg-how-to-use-cold-and-heat-exposure-to-improve-your-health Sober Support: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Weekly emails on Fridays https://www.soberpowered.com/email  Work with me: Sober coaching https://www.soberpowered.com/sober-coaching Courses: The non-negotiable mindset https://www.soberpowered.com/mindset-course Anger Management  https://www.soberpowered.com/anger 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 all the research and effort that goes into this podcast. This is a one woman show! 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

When we develop a problem with alcohol, it becomes the center of our lives and most or all decisions are made after taking alcohol into consideration.

0:11.0

When you remove alcohol, there's a big, empty hole in your life.

0:15.0

You can fill this hole with other substances, sex or bad relationships, gambling or shopping, sitting around sad,

0:24.1

or you can make some changes in your life. I have slowly made changes over the past five years

0:29.9

to now have a life where I'm excited to wake up in the morning. In this episode, I'm sharing six

0:36.3

habits that have improved my quality of life.

0:39.5

Maybe this will give you some ideas about where you can start for yourself. And before we dig in,

0:44.6

I'd like to take a moment to thank my sponsors who made this episode possible.

0:49.9

Life can feel like a full contact sport sometimes. and when we're sober, that can feel overwhelming.

0:56.0

Now the stress and anxiety can start to build up while we're working on our tools to self-regulate.

1:02.0

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with the code power. Welcome back to the sober powered podcast. I'm your host Jill, and today I am sharing six

2:09.0

habits that make my life better. Number one is cold showers. So let me tell you a story before you

2:16.3

judge and react and don't want to listen to this anymore.

2:20.2

So one afternoon about a month ago, I was sitting on the couch sad and tired.

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