EP 246: Reader Question - How do you deal with anger or emotions when alcohol free?

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Alcohol free and still feeling angry, annoyed, emotional at times? Totally normal. While we tend to expect permanent sunshine and rainbows when we stop drinking, in reality life will always be ups and downs and roller coasters with all sorts of bumps along the way. How do we deal with the challenging times without numbing out? Annie shares some ideas.

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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, this is Annie Grace and I'm the author of this naked mind today.
0:30.9	I'm answering reader's questions and I got a great question from test.
0:34.7	Test writes energy says, hi Annie, thank you so much for the alcohol experiment.
0:38.4	I've just completed it and also read your book and I've just purchased your 100 days of
0:42.2	lasting change.
0:43.2	It's all great.
0:44.2	Thank you so much.
0:45.2	You're changing lives.
0:46.2	My question is, how do you deal with times when you still feel angry or emotional even
0:50.1	though your alcohol free?
0:51.7	How do you talk to yourself in these situations where previously you might have resorted to
0:55.4	a drink?
0:56.6	I don't want to drink by the way.
0:57.9	I just get frustrated that I still feel really annoyed sometimes.
1:01.4	So test is such a good question and I think sometimes we have this false idea that once
1:07.0	we stop drinking alcohol, everything's going to be sunshine and rainbows and I think that
1:12.2	a lot comes from because we see so many people posting about how much better life truly
1:16.3	is and life truly is significantly better.
1:19.8	You know, your joy comes back and are chemically your brain rebalances, you start to experience
1:24.4	things, excitement and hope and good feelings that you have an experience since you are
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