EP 395: Naked Life Story - Ruthie

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A college drinker whose alcohol consumption really ramped up in law school after she was diagnosed with anxiety and put on medication, Ruthie never imagined alcohol was contributing to her stress. Booze was supposed to quiet her mind, she thought. There were hangovers so bad she missed study groups. Weddings and other big events became excuses to over drink. After the traumatic births of her children and immersion in Mommy Wine Culture, Ruthie realized she wasn’t being the best mother she could be. She tried “every trick in the book” to drink less, but the guilt, anger, sadness, fear, shame, and shoulds kept her stuck in what felt like an unbreakable cycle. What finally worked for Ruthie? Listen as she shares her story with This Naked Mind head Coach Scott Pinyard.

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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.
0:27.2	This episode is sponsored by the Live Alcohol Experiment, a 30-day science-based and compassion-led
0:32.5	journey where you learn to develop a healthier relationship with alcohol without relying on
0:37.1	willpower. Why? Because the truth is that willpower runs out. Instead, you learn how to focus on what
0:43.4	you gain, not what you give up. So you can feel good about the decisions you make without shame or guilt.
0:49.0	With a 30-days-of-video training, virtual daily coaching, and a private and supportive community,
0:54.5	you get that and so much more. Join us today to get happier, healthier, and to take back your life.
1:00.7	Your Live Alcohol Experiment starts on the first, so sign up at livealcoholexperiment.com.
1:10.3	Hello everybody, I'm Scott Peneered, head coach of this Naked Mind, and I am here with another
1:16.3	edition of Naked Life Stories. Today, I have Ruthie with me. Ruthie, how's it going?
1:21.6	I'm good, how are you? I am good. I am good. I have been looking forward to this, so you and I
1:27.7	work together actually in one of our path groups. We'll get to that later. But I want to start all
1:32.7	the way at the beginning with you. Take us back to the very beginning of your drinking journey and
1:37.7	kind of how did it all start and we'll just work our way through it from there. Sure.
1:43.5	So I was never, I didn't really start drinking until college. I think I had one or two beers
1:50.7	in high school. It never really attracted me in high school. And then really after freshman year
1:57.4	in college was when I started to drink heavily. I would say I'd had a pretty typical college
2:03.9	experience in terms of occasional binge drinking or drinking more than I should.
2:10.5	In those days, I was able to wake up, fresh eye, and able to move on. As I think many college
2:20.2	people do or many people at the beginning of their drinking journey do. So I would say that
2:24.8	throughout college, my drinking definitely increased over time, just hanging out with friends and
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