EP 80: Reader Question – I drink to f*ck my brain up, just for a little while, can you help?

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2018

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

So many of us have turned to alcohol in times where we just want to lose ourselves and escape the pressure and noise. What can we do to get out of this cycle? Annie answers this question with some great information and amazing advice.

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Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted by Dr Daniel G. Amen

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer

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0:00.0	This is Annie Grace and you're listening to this naked mind podcast where without judgment,
0:16.0	pain or rules, we explore the role of alcohol in our lives and culture.
0:20.0	Hi, this is Annie Grace, the author of this naked mind and I am answering readers' questions.
0:32.0	Today I have a question from Claire. She says, Hi Annie, I've watched so many of your Q&As and I've read
0:38.0	your book in Jason Bales and I consciously get all of it. But it seems that one area that isn't covered
0:44.0	is I know alcohol doesn't taste nice, I know it's bad for my body, I know I'll hate myself tomorrow. But for now,
0:50.0	right now, I just want to lose myself and I like that alcohol does that for me. I'm totally aware that I drink
0:56.0	to just F my brain up just for a little while. Can you help me with that one? I've just done day six. I'm a regular drinker
1:02.0	who would like to cut back or stop. Claire, that's such a good question because to be honest,
1:08.0	I can write a book about all the things that alcohol actually doesn't do. It doesn't relax us,
1:16.0	certainly not over time, even though it feels like in the moment, it doesn't increase our pleasure in life,
1:22.0	it actually drastically decreases from pleasure in life and all these things I can prove scientifically.
1:28.0	With tons of internal and external evidence that alcohol doesn't actually do a lot of what
1:34.0	guys must tell us it will do. It doesn't increase connection, it doesn't end loneliness, all these things.
1:38.0	But to your point, does it make you lose your mind? Does it make your brain turn off when your brain won't stop?
1:48.0	Does it just oblibiate you in a way? And yes, yes, that's what alcohol does. That's what it says on the tin,
1:56.0	that's what it does. If you drink, you will eventually become unconscious because it makes your neurons
2:01.0	even higher slower. Your thought process is slow down and you drink enough, it will make you pass out.
2:09.0	It erases your ability to think and it numbs you to the point where you can no longer function and you can no longer use your senses.
2:17.0	It dulls your senses. And so if you are drinking to erase what's going on in your head, alcohol will do that for you.
2:27.0	And I want to be really upfront and honest about that because I'm not going to try to convince you of something that alcohol won't do.
2:34.0	Alcohol will numb and obligate you. It will take away your senses and your memory. It will lessen your ability to be present in reality.
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