EP 643: Naked Life Story - Lee Milburn

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to this week's episode of "This Naked Mind" with your host, Annie Grace. I'm excited to have Lee as our guest today, who will share his profound journey of finding freedom from self-medicating mental health conditions with alcohol. Lee's story sheds light on the hidden struggles in the North of England's drinking culture. We'll delve into how he started self-medicating with alcohol at a young age, the tumultuous path it led him on, and how long it took him to realize what he was truly doing to himself. And, of course, we also discuss the transformative impact of "This Naked Mind" in bringing clarity to Lee's life.

Please be advised that this episode contains discussions about suicide, which may be distressing for some listeners. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, we strongly recommend seeking immediate support from a mental health professional or a helpline. Listener discretion is advised.

Video discussed on the show: https://youtu.be/s_nc1IVoMxc

Thank you so much for listening to this episode. If you’re ready to see how This Naked Mind can help you on your personal health and wellness journey and wanna learn more. Go to ThisNakedMindpodcast.com to learn more. Again, that’s ThisNakedMindpodcast.com. We have all of our free resources, programs, social links and more available for you there. Plus, if you have your own Naked Life Story, you can submit it there as well. Until next week, stay curious.

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0:00.0	You're listening to this naked mind podcast I'm here with Lee. Hi,
0:15.0	this is Annie Grace and welcome to this naked vine
0:17.4	podcast and I'm here with Lee.
0:18.8	Hi Lee, how are you?
0:20.3	Hi, Annie, I'm fine, thanks. So good to be here with you. So thank you so much for
0:26.0	Yeah, you too. Let's let's go all the way back to the beginning in your relationship with
0:31.0	alcohol. Where did it start for you? Well, dear me, I mean, growing up in the
0:35.0	northeast of England, it's very much a drinking culture kind of society and it's bred in Eamon so from 13 14 year old it was
0:49.1	always kind of whoever's mom and dad was out let's go and empty the drinks cabinet and the idea of being just get up your nut, you know, and that's where it started and it just didn't stop. So I'm from kind of being a casual social drinker to drinking
1:08.4	lots and lots and lots and more and more and more. And unbeknown to me I was drinking to hide or the mass or health conditions.
1:18.0	So as you self-medicate, I was just going down me not with what is
1:24.5	should be acceptable of dealing with things,
1:28.1	get drunk, everybody does it.
1:30.0	You know what I mean?
1:31.0	So that's kind of where I was with alcohol.
1:33.6	Yeah and so was that like as soon as sort of I don't know high school college or was it yeah, 14, something like that. Yeah. 13, 14. And everybody was doing it. So it was like just a very typical thing for the 13 year olds to be getting drunk regularly.
1:55.9	Yeah, yeah, it still is. I mean, you see them now wandering into the park with the bottles of beer.
2:02.2	You see them stand outside the corner shop asking people to go in and kind of buy them booze.
2:07.0	Can you go in and get me some, can you get us 12 cans of steller? Can you get us three bottles of wine? So it is very much kind of northeast of England culture.
2:17.2	It's just what kids do, you know, and still do, sadly.
2:22.2	And is it sort of like just normalized by the adults too like the adults
2:26.5	are like oh yeah I remember that kind of kind of fondly looking back at it or is it the
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