EP 310: Reader Question - Does alcohol really make you more creative?

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

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🗓️ 29 August 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

It is very common for us to believe alcohol makes us more creative. But, does it really? Is there any scientific proof? In this episode, Annie Grace explains the one thing alcohol does to make us think we’re more creative when we drink, and how we can find creativity without alcohol.

I'm so excited you guys, because we are just about to start another live alcohol experiment. If you do not know about the alcohol experiment, you need to literally drop everything right now and go to thisnakedmind.com/lae. That's L-A-E for Live Alcohol Experiment. And here's the thing, this 30 day challenge is designed to interrupt your patterns and put you back in touch with the best version of you. You'll know it's that version that's living the most joyful life. That version that doesn't need alcohol to relax or have a good time. And that version that's having more fun and is more peaceful than ever. Again, it's a 30 day challenge. It's live. It's starting on the 1st so hurry up, go to thisnakedmind.com/lae.

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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 am answering Reader's question. I have a question today from
0:32.6	a reader and the question is does alcohol really make you more creative? The question is from
0:38.2	A, we'll call her to keep privacy. My question is this, does alcohol really make you more creative?
0:43.0	I am now 80 days into alcohol free thanks to you and your 30 day alcohol experiment. I love
0:47.8	it. The lies I've believed about alcohol turned out to be just that lies. Alcohol didn't make me
0:52.7	more relaxed, calmer, sleep better or anything else I believed. Instead it was the opposite. I'm loving
0:58.1	my alcohol free life and I'm so happy to no longer feel trapped as a drinker. The one struggle I
1:03.6	still have is creativity. I'm a published writer novelist and I got into drinking because it felt
1:08.0	like one or two glasses of wine helped me open up and be more creative. However, as we all know,
1:12.7	that one or two ended up being three and more as my tolerance grew and it stopped being as effective.
1:17.9	The negative, negative impact of drinking piled up. However, parts of me still believes that alcohol
1:22.6	will help me write better. I'm not sure if that's true or that's the wine which langed me again.
1:27.2	There's a long history of romanticizing drinking among writers to the point where a lot of people
1:31.3	believe artists are more creative if they drink. I'd like to know the facts. Is it true that alcohol
1:35.6	makes us more creative and how can I get back into writing without drinking many things? Hi Amy.
1:41.4	This question is such a good question. First of all, let's look at it from the perspective of I
1:49.2	actually had completely, I always wanted to be a writer. The irony that I had this vision of myself
1:55.1	in some cabin, somewhere with my laptop and my glass of wine and I was going to write novels and
2:01.0	it was going to be beautiful and glorious and all sorts of stuff. The irony of the fact that I am
2:05.0	now a published author of almost two books, one and the second one coming and they are about
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