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This Naked Mind Podcast

EP 409: Naked Life Story - Ryan O’Connell

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Ryan O’Connell is an actor and writer of the hit Nexflix series, Special. He knows intense levels of pressure, stress, and anxiety. But after growing up with a mother who struggled with alcohol, he knew alcohol dependency was a path he wouldn’t follow in his own life.

Alcohol addiction found Ryan as it finds many, through other avenues of dependency. When he quit his addiction to painkillers, his glass or two of wine each night soon met him with much more, resulting in a mild hangover on a daily basis.

When the pandemic revealed a real problem, Ryan knew it was time to make a change. Learn how reading This Naked Mind led Ryan to a data-driven discovery that helped him change his life and how he views alcohol in our society today.

Do not listen on 2x! Ryan's personality is purely entertaining and his story is empowering!

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Episode Links:

Ryan’s Netflix Series - Special

Ryan’s Memoir - I’m Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves

Ryan’s Story in People magazine

Transcript

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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.

0:21.3

This episode is sponsored by the Alcohol Experiment, a free 30-day challenge designed to interrupt

0:32.5

your patterns, give you control, restore your health and put you back in touch with the

0:36.8

version of you who doesn't eat alcohol to cope, relax or enjoy life.

0:41.3

More than 220,000 people have already tried the alcohol experiment for themselves and has

0:45.9

seen improved sleep, increased happiness, reduced anxiety and so much more.

0:51.0

To join thousands in this inspiring, hopeful and exciting program, we examine your beliefs

0:55.5

and reconnect with the best version of you, without ever feeling like you're missing out.

1:00.4

Start today for free at alcoholexperiment.com.

1:02.8

Hi, this is Annie Grace and welcome to this Naked Mind Podcast and I am super excited

1:12.4

to be here with Ryan O'Connell.

1:14.0

How are you?

1:15.0

I'm good.

1:16.0

How are you?

1:17.0

I'm so good.

1:18.0

So you have such a fascinating, interesting story and I don't want to give away any of it

1:23.6

because I want to hear it all out of your own mouth.

1:25.9

So why don't you sort of back us up to the beginning where it all started for you?

1:30.4

Wow, fascinating.

1:31.4

That's quite, I bet a lot to live up to.

1:35.4

When I think of drinking, I think of it as the world's least compelling Groundhogs day,

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