EP 655: Naked Life Story - Maria W.

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Feeling stuck in the cycle of saying yes to everything and everyone, even when it comes to that extra glass of wine? You're not alone. This week on the podcast, we're breaking away from people-pleasing with Maria, who traded in hangovers and social pressure for self-compassion and meaningful connections. Get ready to ditch the guilt and embrace the joy of living life on your own terms as we explore Maria's journey from daily drinker to thriving, alcohol-free warrior. We'll uncover how she navigated the unexpected challenges of the early days alcohol-free, discovered the hidden benefits of saying no, and built a life filled with genuine relationships and unapologetic self-care. So, tune in and raise a glass (of sparkling water, of course!) to reclaim your power and live a life that truly sparks joy, one unpleasant "no" at a time. Let's get curious!

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 is Annie Grace and welcome to this Naked Mind podcast and I'm here with
0:18.6	Maria. Welcome Maria, how are you? I am doing great and thank you so much for having me on today. Oh, thank you. I am doing great and thank you so much for having me on today. Oh, thank you for being here. It's just amazing. So why don't you sort of take us back to the beginning in your relationship with alcohol? Where did it all start for you?
0:32.8	Yeah, my story is probably a lot like everybody else's story. I remember my father coming
0:40.7	him from work and pouring himself a beer and inviting one of us for children to come over and sip the foam off of his beer, which we all loved being chosen by dad to be the one to sip it.
0:55.0	Mom had a nightly gin and tonic and so it was just part of our culture and our family to see the drinking. And I was kind of a late
1:08.9	drinker though with my friends. We really didn't start until our senior year of high school.
1:16.1	I feel like sometimes you hear people that start super early.
1:19.4	So I feel like May 17, 18 maybe was a little bit later in an odd way.
1:25.2	That's a saving grace that I started a little bit later.
1:30.1	It was me.
1:30.9	I was the one that stole the bottle of wine from my parents closet and took it with my friends and we passed it around and we hated it, but we just thought it was something that you did as an adult and and then it just went from there
1:46.2	college and became part of my life and routine.
1:51.3	Oh wow and so how was it in college? Did you, were all your friends doing the same thing or was it?
1:58.1	Yeah, and I'm horrified to say that I probably was like the pusher, you know, trying to rally everyone to go out to the fraternities.
2:08.6	One of my friends didn't drink and I was like, come on, let's go, we'll what fun and so I'm kind of embarrassed about that now I've
2:15.7	apologized to her since now that I've had this time to reflect so just you know in general the the entire college scene of you know every
2:28.9	weekend and I think I realized on a Friday morning in my first class, there was no one in class.
2:36.1	And I said, where is everyone?
2:37.7	And someone told me, oh, they were at the bars last night.
2:40.0	They're not coming to class today.
2:42.4	What, you can drink on a Thursday night.
2:44.9	I didn't know that.
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