EP 583: Naked Life Story - Rina

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Annie Grace welcomes Rina Bowring to the podcast today. Rina grew up in South Africa and her experiences with alcohol started as a preteen using alcohol to overcome her social fears. After drinking regularly in her teens and early 20’s, a move to Australia led her to reduce her drinking. This lasted until the birth of her son, overwhelmed by motherhood she embraced the 5 o’clock happy hour with a glass of wine and the belief that it was helping her. This continued through after the birth of her daughter but the appeal of drinking had left her. She tried to find control over alcohol in many ways but it was ultimately The Alcohol Experiment that freed her. Annie and Rina discuss how finding freedom from alcohol unleashes gratitude, managing a social life alcohol-free, and how our connections become more valuable alcohol-free.

LIVE ALCOHOL EXPERIMENT

I'm so excited you guys, because we are just about to start another LIVE Alcohol Experiment. If you do not know about the Alcohol Experiment, you need to literally drop everything right now and go to LiveAlcoholExperiment.com. And here's the thing, this 30 day challenge is designed to interrupt your patterns and put you back in touch with the best version of you. You'll know it's that version that's living the most joyful life. That version that doesn't need alcohol to relax or have a good time. And that version that's having more fun and is more peaceful than ever. Again, it's a 30 day challenge. It's live. It's starting on the 1st so hurry up, go to LiveAlcoholExperiment.com.

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Live Alcohol Experiment, a 30-day science-based and compassion-led
0:05.2	journey where you learn to develop a healthier relationship with alcohol without relying on willpower.
0:10.4	Why? Because the truth is that willpower runs out. Instead, you learn how to focus on what you
0:15.8	gain, not what you give up. So you can feel good about the decisions you make, without shame or guilt.
0:21.1	With a 30-days-of-video training, virtual daily coaching, and a private and supportive community,
0:26.3	you get that so much more. Join us today to get happier, healthier, and to take back your life.
0:32.2	Your Live Alcohol Experiment starts on the first, so sign up at livealcoholexperiment.com.
0:40.2	Hi, this is Annie Grayson. Welcome to this naked mind podcast, and I'm here with Rina. Hi, how are you?
0:45.2	Hi, Annie, I'm good. How are you? Oh, good. So good. So why don't you sort of take me back to the
0:53.9	beginning in your relationship with alcohol? How has it been for you? Yeah, I mean, I find it so
1:01.1	interesting because people always start with when they had their first drink. And I actually can't
1:07.2	even remember having my first drink. That's so weird. But I do have these memories of being quite
1:14.6	young, like 12-13, and my best friend and I, you know, going to my parents' bar fridge and
1:20.4	sneaking some of their, like, cider and drinking that in my room. And that was like, and the memories
1:27.2	attached to that was just always like, you know, intimacy, fun, connection, doing something naughty.
1:36.3	And that's what alcohol, I think, did for me, from such a young age, I was quite introverted and shy.
1:43.0	You know, socially awkward, like, I suppose all teenagers are, but you just don't know it,
1:47.2	you think you're the only one. And, yeah, alcohol was just this instant way of getting rid of all
1:55.3	of that social fear that I had. And it connected me to this bigger group of people who, in my eyes,
2:01.7	were so cool and we were all drinking. It gave me this instant, you know, a circle of broader friends.
2:09.1	And it was just, you know, such a strong connection with fun and just letting my guard down
2:15.6	from such early age. And that was kind of like my whole teenage years would go out partying, you know,
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