Ep 182: Reader Question – Since I stopped drinking I noticed my friends drinking less. Is this normal?

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Is it pure coincidence that my friends have been drinking less ever since I stopped drinking? Annie addresses this interesting social phenomenon and gives us startling statistics surrounding social habits that may help explain this “coincidence”. Find out what social contagion means and what role it can play in changing drinking habits and patterns.

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0:00.0	This is Annie Grace and you're listening to this naked mind podcast where without
0:15.2	judgment, pain or rules, we explore the role of alcohol in our lives and culture.
0:28.4	Hi friends, it's Annie Grace and I am the author of this naked mind and I am answering
0:32.8	readers questions and if you haven't read this naked mind you can start reading it for
0:36.8	free at www.thisnakedmind.com.
0:40.9	You can download it.
0:42.6	And today's question is really cool because it's actually more of sort of a comment but
0:49.8	a guy his name is Joe.
0:51.3	He wrote it and he said that his friends around him since he stopped drinking have been drinking
0:57.5	less and he is kind of pretty ecstatic about this and he just has been noticing it because
1:02.6	we become very, we notice other people is drinking a lot when we've sort of stopped and
1:08.0	especially when we've learned everything that we've learned about you know what alcohol
1:11.6	is and how we've sort of been ingesting something that's so harmful and a lot like smoking
1:18.3	you know you notice when people are smoking and because it's not something that you want
1:23.5	to be doing anymore you really notice it in other people.
1:26.5	So he's noticed that people are drinking less than they used to now that he stopped drinking
1:31.2	and he's wondering why this is and this is a really cool thing and I think that it's one
1:37.1	of those aspects of our society that has we have such an ability and an impact to make
1:43.5	a change because we are on the cusp of something as a society.
1:47.0	We're waking up to the dangers of alcohol and it's not just like on this Facebook page.
1:51.8	I mean if you look for it it's everywhere.
1:54.0	Actually there's been studies to show that people in their 20s are drinking less than people
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