EP 320: Reader Question - What is the pink cloud?

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

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🗓️ 3 October 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The term “pink cloud” is generally used to describe a state in which a someone abstaining from drugs or alcohol manifests euphoria, overconfidence, and a false sense of wellbeing, therefore making them more vulnerable to relapse. However, there has been very little scientific research done on the pink cloud. On today’s episode, Annie Grace explores what happens to the brain and the body when you stop drinking alcohol and where that euphoric feeling might come from.

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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.
0:29.6	All right. Today's readers question is what is the pink cloud? So here's the question. It says,
0:34.1	hi, Annie, first off, I love, love, love your podcast in your book. I'm officially seven weeks
0:38.9	alcohol free. Woohoo. I'm curious about your thoughts about the pink cloud that everyone says
0:42.8	happens during the early days of sobriety. I read up in it and they say it's almost a high
0:47.3	euphoric feeling during the early times of going alcohol free, but then it ends. Do you think
0:51.5	this even exists? I felt like I had a high during the first five weeks and now I feel somewhat
0:55.5	blah and I'm almost wondering if this is all there is I would love to hear what you think.
1:00.4	So this is such a great question. And to be really frank and upfront and transparent,
1:07.2	I when I stopped drinking and became alcohol free, I didn't even know there was such a thing
1:12.5	as the pink cloud. And so this has been a learning experience for me based on a lot of people saying,
1:18.3	hey, what is this thing that people are talking about? And it's gotten the pink cloud itself,
1:22.1	I think it's gotten like this sense of common knowledge, so to speak. And so I kind of wanted to go,
1:28.6	okay, well, what does the science say? So the science says that the term pink cloud is used to
1:34.1	describe a state in which a person undergoing treatment manifests euphoria over confidence in
1:40.1	the false sense of well-being, therefore making them more vulnerable to relapse. It is not an
1:45.6	official syndrome. I mean, it is called a syndrome, but syndromes are often used improperly.
1:50.8	It was actually first described by alcoholics anonymous and it's described as the period where an
1:56.6	addict or an alcoholic feels a slight euphoria in early recovery. People experiencing this
2:01.8	become overconfident about staying clean and sober. And then another definition and this
2:08.0	all is from a study done in published in the Journal of Nursing and Healthcare in May 2019 by
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