EP 706: Reader’s Question - Healing Emotional Pain Without Alcohol

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Does it feel like every hurt from the past still drives you to drink today? You try to relax, have fun, and fit in, but that glass of wine keeps calling your name, especially when anger or sadness bubble up. Maybe you've even tried therapy, but the pain lingers, and the urge to drink persists. In this episode, Annie Grace explores the three main reasons we drink, why traditional therapy might not be the answer, and offers a powerful message of hope for healing emotional pain without alcohol. There's a way to break free and build a life you love, so listen in!

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0:00.0	Hey there!
0:05.0	Every month Annie has a call with our Path 365 members and answers their questions.
0:09.5	She tackles a wide range of topics from what to do with big emotions, what kinds of tips and
0:13.4	advice she has for addressing difficult situations, how to deal with cravings, and
0:16.9	so much more. Listen in as she does some real life coaching for our path
0:20.4	members. Hi, this is Annie Grace and I am answering readers questions and today I have a question that is somewhat intense but I thought really worth giving
0:37.1	my best shot at kind of what I can give to this question of course I am not a therapist I am not a doctor so we all need to be very clear on that before I I sort of dig in so this is a question from Diane
0:48.7	Diane writes and she says hi Annie I'm listening to your book via audible and on chapter 15.
0:53.4	I love it and all makes sense and it's ever inspiring and changing my thought process.
0:57.4	I especially like the story about your father and how with his strong pliable mind
1:00.6	he decided to stop drinking all at once. Looking back I can see that I found my
1:04.7	relief and stress, discouragement, and a feeling of being no good due to an extremely abusive childhood.
1:10.3	This ingrained subconscious mind of mine is still having the feeling of being not good enough despite over 40 years of counseling medications rehabs etc.
1:20.0	I get that wine has created horrible consequences for me and my family, especially my son who's now 25.
1:25.0	However, I don't know how to manage the tapes in my brain from the abuse and being an extremely sensitive person.
1:31.2	If I were deceived, especially by a client or my sisters, I
1:34.4	reach for the wine to relieve the anger and the hurt feelings. These
1:37.6	responses and reactions have developed over a lifetime. I'm now 66. A. A. A for 25 years
1:42.3	did nothing but get me into trouble with like minds, more hurts, more lies, more gossip.
1:46.3	Can you address in a podcast how to deal with and come to terms of changing the way that one reacts automatically by rewiring our ingrained and learned bad feelings about oneself
1:54.7	the subconscious mind and not having to squelch the hurt pain or anger by using alcohol.
2:00.0	What do you suggest?
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