I've been wanting to make this episode for years, but I was worried that it would be offensive

if I talked about how I struggled with feeling like I wasted years of my life drinking

because I quit at 29. And I know most people quit way later than that. But I finally decided

to move forward with this because I noticed an interesting trend in the people

that I work with. So in this episode, we'll talk about why the sense of wasted years hits us so

hard in the first year of sobriety, how our brains are wired to replay what if scenarios,

and why younger and middle-aged adults

struggle more with regret than older adults do and most importantly we'll explore

how you can shift from shame over your past to meaning and opportunity in the

present so no matter when you quit you can stop looking backwards and start living the years that you

have. And before we dig in, I'd like to take a moment to thank my sponsors who made this episode possible.

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