If I ever ate food or drink something else that was an alcohol that made me feel the way that I felt

for almost 20 years drinking alcohol, I would immediately stop consuming that substance or food.

Like, why are our minds so hyper focused on the fact that we need to consume alcohol?

Facts do not have opinions.

Just don't let perfection be the enemy of good.

Self love is really about self-respect and acceptance.

Welcome to the whole view. I'm Stacey Toth of Real Everything. I'm here each week to dive deeper

into how we can find happiness and health inside and out your self-love, body positivity,

and discovering new ways to be ourselves. Before we get started, a reminder, this podcast is for

general education purposes and is not intended to diagnose, advise, or treat any physical or mental

illness, and we always recommend that you see a licensed health professional accordingly.

And I went to offer a trigger warning today. We'll be talking about drinking.

So if you or someone you know needs help with substance abuse disorder or any sort of addiction,

you can call 800-662-HELP in the US for the national helping. That said, I have been having the

conversation that we're going to have today with so many people recently, especially since

Holly Whitaker's New York Times bestselling book quit like a woman, like came out gangbusters a

couple of years ago, and many people have tried abstaining or doing dry January since then,

and are just genuinely so precurious, I find. I myself haven't been drinking for a few years,

and I find that oftentimes instead of the pushing, oh, you should just have it at a party,

people are like, oh, that's interesting. Tell me more about that. So today, we get to talk more

about that in a friendly setting with two guests. So listeners, you're very lucky. I want to introduce

you to Molly Dash. She is at as you are life coaching, and you can also pay her on Instagram as

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