EP 268: Reader Question - Sneaking Drinking, Ways to Rebel Without Alcohol

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Chelsea asks, “I seem to have a deep seated need to have a private secret outlet or vice or I feel like something is missing from my life; what can I do to satisfy my wild side and still stay sober?” On today’s episode, Annie Grace shares three different layers of beliefs that keep us stuck drinking and uses the ACT Technique to explore Chelsea’s challenge.

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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.
0:28.8	Hi, it's Annie Grace, author of this naked mind and the alcohol experiment. And today I have an
0:33.8	awesome question that was written in for the podcast and it was saying, hi Annie, I'm, I feel I'm
0:39.7	beginning to, beginning a transformation and I've known for a long time that I don't want to drink
0:45.2	when I started a diary, it became apparent that I seek alcohol as a secret, sneaky pleasure
0:52.4	that I just cannot say no to. When I was a child, I would sneak lollipops or ice cream once I
0:57.6	discovered alcohol that I snuck alcohol. The pleasure was secret and was the substance.
1:03.6	The main reason I find that I relapse is that I don't think I can live a life where I'm 100% good
1:09.1	or as good as I can be. I seem to have this deep-seated need to have a private secret outlet or
1:15.0	vice or otherwise it feels like my life is missing something. I get a couple of weeks sober and then
1:20.5	I think a sober life is too pure and good and I need a break from it all. I'm a conformist but I
1:25.2	harbor these rebellious inclinations. What can I do to satiate my wild side as a wife and mother
1:30.6	and yet stay sober, Chelsea? So Chelsea, this is such an incredibly good question. I think that there's,
1:38.1	there's things that keep us drinking, right? There's thoughts about really three things I've
1:44.2	discovered after talking to thousands and thousands of people that keep people drinking.
1:50.2	Thought number one is beliefs that we have about the substance. So the substance does something for
1:55.2	us. So if you're drinking because you feel like the substance relaxes you or you feel like the
1:59.4	substance loosens you up or it calms your nerves or whatever. So the substance alcohol actually does
2:05.6	something for you and that's your belief. And we can blow through those beliefs pretty easily with
2:09.6	science. Those are really easy, really simple. We blow through them because most of those are just
2:14.0	not true or if they're true, they're only true for 20, 30 minutes and then they're not true at all
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