E302: Feeling Like a Normal Person Again After 8-10 Months

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

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

4.9 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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A lot of clients will tell me that they feel like a normal person again. This isn’t a random occurrence, there are 4 very real changes that are happening to the brain during the healing process that allow you to feel normal eventually. In this episode I’ll describe this milestone and 4 changes that make it possible. If you enjoy learning about timelines, then there is a detailed timeline of healing and what to expect inside my community or as a client resource. What to listen to next: E300: how problem drinking develops and escalates E296: the science of why we drink E295: the feeling of lost time E289: emotional tunnel vision: when little problems are a big deal E283: alcohol shortens your perception of time 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 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	A lot of clients will tell me that they feel like a normal person again.
0:05.0	And this isn't a random occurrence. There are four very real changes that are happening to the brain during the healing process that allow you to feel normal eventually.
0:16.0	So in this episode, I will describe this milestone and the four changes that make it possible.
0:22.6	And before we dig in, I'd like to take a moment to thank my sponsors who made this episode possible.
0:28.3	Now that we actually feel our stress instead of numbing it, the evenings can hit a lot harder.
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