This is Annie Grace and you're listening to this naked mind podcast where without judgment,

pain or rules, we explore the role of alcohol in our lives and culture.

Hi friends, it's Annie Grace and I am answering questions. I am the author of this naked mind.

Polynesians from my voice and then I haven't done that many videos this week. I have been under the

weather, but hopefully I'm getting better. Anyway, so today I had a great question from Amy.

Amy asks, I would love more support on not becoming a zealot about not drinking. I want to respect

and accept my drinking friends and family for who they are and where they are, even if that

respect isn't always mutual, but it's hard when something changes in your life. You want everyone

to have a piece of the gift that you've received and I just want to tell everybody about it. So,

wow, what a cool question. Amy, my favorite question so far was the question about what to do in

the euphoria for a honeymoon period ends and I thought well, that is such a cool question because

talk about switching the entire conversation about drinking, you know, going from being worried about

missing out or not having fun to being worried about when that period of euphoria wears off and

I mean, that was really a cool question because that's how it was for me. I just was completely

euphoric and almost high on the fact I didn't drink for two to three months and then

I still remain excited about the fact I don't drink. And I think that it's, but going back to

this question specifically, I think that it's really about kind of remembering how you felt before

you were a non-drinker and when you were drinking, you most likely had this belief as your friends

probably do that quitting was hard and that it would involve pain and missing out and most people

still have this belief and I've just started my first Tony Robbins book Awaken the Giant. A lot of

my readers of my book have recommended it to me because they've seen some similarities

in kind of the neuroscience and stuff and yeah, it's a great book. So apologies for the

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