EP 566: Reader’s Questions - Are there benefits to counting days?

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to deciding to live alcohol-free, many of us are convinced there are certain rules we need to follow and things we need to do. We get caught up in the shoulds and they can hold us back from freedom. Annie Grace dives into some hot topics including whether we need to count days and why she never found any benefits to counting days herself. She also shares what she thinks about being labeled as an alcoholic.

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Alcohol Experiment, a free 30-day challenge designed to interrupt
0:05.4	your patterns, give you control, restore your health and put you back in touch with the version of you
0:10.8	who doesn't eat alcohol to cope, relax or enjoy life. More than 220,000 people have already tried
0:17.0	the alcohol experiment for themselves and has seen improved sleep, increased happiness,
0:21.4	reduced anxiety and so much more. Join thousands in this inspiring, hopeful and exciting program,
0:27.2	re-examine your beliefs and reconnect with the best version of you without ever feeling like
0:32.0	you're missing out. Start today for free at alcoholexperiment.com.
0:38.4	Hi, this is Annie Grace and welcome to This Naked Mind Podcast. Today I am answering some
0:43.2	questions from readers and from people in our programs and I am going to do a few of them for you.
0:48.7	All right, Annie, is there a way to do this without having to count days? Yes, in fact,
0:53.2	I don't count days. Actually, it was years and years and years before I knew my quit date. I now know
1:00.2	it. It was December 15th of 2014, but it was like, I didn't count days. It was literally as if the
1:09.3	when I went through all the information, when I did all the research, when I walked out of my office
1:13.2	that one day and I told my husband, like, look, I don't think I'm drinking after today and he was so
1:18.6	surprised and astounded and did not know what to think and for sure didn't believe me. It was,
1:23.5	it was like, there was no reason to count days. Like, if I stopped, you know, eating something that
1:28.8	was giving me, like, say, I loved eggs, right? Love eggs. And actually, this is a true story for me.
1:34.4	My second son, I got pregnant with my second son. I was having all of this really bad stomach pain
1:38.9	and I couldn't figure out what it was. And we were doing all of these sorts of like elimination
1:43.4	things. And finally, I went and I got a blood test and I realized I had a developed an allergy to
1:48.8	eggs during this pregnancy. It's really random. I love eggs like eggs are like my go-to food. They
1:53.4	were like the perfect protein. I love double eggs. I look scrambled eggs. And I couldn't eat eggs. They
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