EP 148: Reader Question - Should I start drinking socially?
This Naked Mind Podcast
Annie Grace
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
I fear that my break from alcohol won’t be a realistic, permanent option. What about my family, who are big drinkers, and my friends who depend on me to have a drink with them? Maybe I should drink socially so that I can maintain my relationships? Annie gives us great insight and answers that will help propel us forward with confidence to continue living a naked life.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Annie Grace and you're listening to this naked mind podcast where without judgment, |
| 0:16.0 | pain or rules, we explore the role of alcohol in our lives and culture. |
| 0:20.2 | We're going to have a question from Kay, we're going to call her Kay, for privacy, but she says, |
| 0:41.6 | I wanted your advice on this. I've been alcohol for recent January 1st. It's been positively |
| 0:45.5 | amazing life change. However, I haven't told anyone except my husband and he's been helping me |
| 0:49.8 | fake it in front of our drinking friends or family. It's good, but I fear that it's not going to be |
| 0:55.7 | a long-term solution for everyone for several reasons. Probably one, my whole family drinks a lot. |
| 1:01.2 | I tell them I quit. They're going to think something truly tragic happened. That's sad, but I truly |
| 1:06.9 | don't think they would believe me if I just tell them the truth that I was drinking too much and too |
| 1:10.8 | often a series of bad decisions, no big rock bottom moment and I decided to try the other way |
| 1:15.5 | and I figured out life is blissfully better. Problem number two, I've created a persona for 25 |
| 1:21.3 | years as a friend who will always drink with you. My friends pretty much count on me to be the one |
| 1:25.3 | to have a drink with them, lots of drinks have needed. Somehow I feel like I'm letting them down |
| 1:29.7 | by not quitting. Problem number three is I still crave the socialization of the type of moms who bond |
| 1:35.6 | around raising children over a glass of wine or moms night out and I'm new to my town so I'm just |
| 1:40.0 | making friends and now I'm totally unsure of where I fit in. Problem number four, and if I'm |
| 1:44.8 | almost probably the biggest, I was totally judgy about other people who didn't drink when I was the |
| 1:48.5 | drinker. I was uncomfortable about them and didn't trust them. I feel like I get that bad from |
| 1:54.2 | others now, even though I totally deserve it, I'm going to, if I get that bad, I'm at a crumble. |
| 1:59.6 | I figured out I'm not going back. I've been so much better wife, mother, and personal around. |
| 2:04.0 | I feel like I've been graced with a keys to true happiness, but I now feel like I'm back |
| 2:07.8 | into this corner. These issues have been the things that have caused me to consider breaking my |
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