E283: Alcohol Shortens Your Perception of Time (Instant Gratification)

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

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

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🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Learning to put effort into our lives, be patient, and not rely on instant gratification is challenging. Alcohol teaches us that we can have what we want immediately and with no effort. Real life doesn’t work that way. In this episode, I explain alcohol myopia, which is how alcohol narrows our focus and prevents us from accurately thinking about the future. You’ll learn about how your brain is wired for instant gratification and how to start breaking out of this when you get sober. What to listen to next: E254: Why You Can’t Make Good Decisions About Your Drinking (or Anything Else) E263: Sugar Cravings After Quitting Drinking E265: Rewiring Your Reward System After Getting Sober E267: Resources vs Support 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 Free resources https://www.soberpowered.com/free 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	Learning to put effort into our lives, be patient, and not rely on instant gratification is challenging.
0:07.7	Alcohol teaches us that we can have what we want immediately and with no effort, but real life
0:13.4	doesn't work that way. In this episode, I explain alcohol myopia, which is how alcohol narrows
0:20.3	our focus and prevents us from accurately thinking
0:23.2	about the future.
0:24.6	You'll learn about how your brain is wired for instant gratification and how to start breaking
0:29.5	out of this when you get sober.
0:31.7	And before we dig in, I'd like to take a moment to thank my sponsors who made this episode
0:36.6	possible. Life doesn't slow down just
0:40.2	because we're sober. If anything, it can feel more intense, especially when stress builds and your
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