EP 192: Reader Question – How can I talk to my husband about his drinking?

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

When we’ve quit drinking but our spouse hasn’t, it can be challenging to coexist. So, how do we approach this topic with him/her? Annie answers this frequently asked question for us and gives us helpful advice on what do to and what not to do.

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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.
0:20.2	Hi friends, this is Annie Grace with this naked mind and today I am answering a question
0:32.2	from Cindy.
0:33.2	Cindy says, Annie, there's one topic I'm struggling with and I don't believe there was a reference
0:37.6	to it in the book.
0:39.0	I've been successful since January with not drinking, congratulations and I used to hold
0:44.1	my hand with my husband who's a heavy beer drinker.
0:46.7	I would switch to wine during a typical weekend evening and that's where my overindulgence
0:51.2	would get the best of me.
0:52.6	I found your book in November and it was life changing for me but my husband has not even
0:56.5	asked me what was in your book that really sunk in and resonated to so profoundly change
1:02.0	my drinking habits.
1:03.8	It feels like he can tell some sort of conversation is coming, the big talk and I think it will
1:08.9	happen organically when the time feels right so please, please address when you change
1:13.5	what your spouse drinks as much as ever and it's so much more obvious to you than when
1:17.8	I was participating in it as if that was a good thing.
1:21.1	He's a fabulous man and I'm totally in love with him and devoted to him but this is really
1:24.7	getting to me.
1:25.7	Sometimes I wonder if he drinks as much as he does to be able to function in our life and
1:30.9	I feel our love is strong and true and everlasting but what if he loves beer more than me.
1:37.1	So Cindy, this is a question that comes up frequently so first of all you're not alone
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