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🗓️ 11 June 2021
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As a kid, Darren saw alcohol normalized by his father and frowned upon by his mother. By 13 years old, he was going to the pubs. In his later teens, he drank to get drunk. When a sales career where he could drink pints at lunch crossed his path, Darren leapt at it. Over the years, Darren’s drinking increased - he would give sales presentations to secure large contracts and not remember them the next day. After a breakdown in 2014, Darren stepped away from the job. But his drinking continued and worsened. He tried to stop for years, exploring different programs and even taking a bizarre trip to another country to meet his AA sponsor and work the 12 steps. Eventually, Darren explored Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) - he shares what it is and how it helped him.
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0:00.0 | This is Annie Grace and you're listening to this Naked Mind Podcast where without judgment, |
0:16.0 | pain or rules, we explore the role of alcohol in our lives and culture. |
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1:03.2 | Hi, this is Annie Grace and welcome to this Naked Mind Podcast. |
1:09.3 | I'm here with Darren, welcome Darren, how are you? |
1:12.9 | I'm good, thank you very much, how are you? |
1:15.0 | I'm doing good. |
1:16.0 | Absolutely. |
1:17.0 | I'm really pleased to be here, thank you. |
1:19.8 | That's so awesome. |
1:21.8 | Glad to have you. |
1:23.3 | So why don't you sort of take us back to the beginnings of your drinking journey where |
1:28.8 | it all started for you? |
1:30.8 | Yeah, sure. |
1:33.6 | I think with me as with many others, it was kind of normalised in my youth. |
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