E276: A Burst of Mental Clarity at 60 Days Sober (Cognitive Healing)

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

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

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Many people experience a noticeable shift in mental clarity around 60 days sober. When it happened to me I felt like I was waking up from a long dream and I could finally use my brain again. This may feel like being present, having patience, better focus and attention, improved memory, and reduced mental clutter. In this episode, I’ll explain how alcohol causes cognitive impairments, why we have mental clarity around 60 days in, and how things like memory, attention, and processing speed recover in early sobriety. You’ll learn a general timeline for cognitive healing and which functions take longer than 60 days to begin to recover. What to listen to next: E246: Alcohol and Dementia E220: The Hippocampus and Alcohol: Blackouts, Memory Deficits, and Learned Associations E216: 4 Types of Impulsivity E254: Why You Can’t Make Good Decisions About Your Drinking (or Anything Else) E265: E265: Rewiring Your Reward System After Getting Sober Work with me: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Sober coaching https://www.soberpowered.com/sober-coaching Weekly email: You’ll hear from me on Fridays https://www.soberpowered.com/email Courses: The non-negotiable mindset https://www.soberpowered.com/mindset-course Anger Management https://www.soberpowered.com/anger Support the show: If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support all the research and effort that goes into this podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpowered Thank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsors 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	Many people experience a noticeable shift in mental clarity around 60 days sober.
0:07.0	When it happened to me, I felt like I was waking up from a long dream and I could finally use my brain again.
0:14.0	This may feel like being present, having more patience, better focus and attention, improved memory, and reduced mental clutter.
0:23.2	In this episode, I'll explain how alcohol causes cognitive impairments, why we have mental
0:29.3	clarity around 60 days in, and how things like memory, attention, and processing speed,
0:35.8	recover in early sobriety.
0:37.7	You'll learn a general timeline for cognitive healing and which functions take longer than
0:43.0	60 days to begin to recover.
0:45.8	And before we dig in, I'd like to thank my sponsors who made this episode possible.
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