Find the Courage to Choose Yourself: Patrick's Naked Life | E735

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever feel like you’re going along with the crowd just to fit in? Patrick C. liked drinking because it made him more social. Instead of being the shy, quiet kid he used to be, alcohol made him feel more fun and confident. But when he started feeling worse every time he drank, Patrick realized he wasn’t drinking because he wanted to. Rather, he was drinking to please people and not let them down. In this episode, Patrick talks to Annie about his journey to a healthier lifestyle, his struggles with anxiety, and how he finally overcame the fear of explaining his choices to others. While Patrick was already on his way to freedom before his mother gave him a weathered copy of This Naked Mind, the book inspired him to finally open up and share his story with his loved ones. In this episode, Annie and Patrick will discuss: - Patrick’s experience with anxiety - The pressure young people feel to drink in social settings - How Patrick handles his anxiety now - Facing the fear of life without alcohol - Worrying about being judged for not drinking socially - How This Naked Mind inspired Patrick to write his story - How setting boundaries helps with his new social life - Other ways he has fun with friends now - How choosing yourself first makes it easier to do it again - Why it’s important to teach kids about alcohol - How Patrick now inspires his friends and family - Annie’s kids’ book, Buzz to Buzz Kill - The problem with the message “drink responsibly” - The role alcohol plays in the economy - And other topics… Related Episodes: EP 655: Naked Life Story – Maria Warner: https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-655-naked-life-story-maria-warner-2/ EP 684: Reader’s Question – Why Does Drinking Alcohol Make Me Anxious?: https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-684-readers-question-why-does-drinking-alcohol-make-me-anxious/ EP 523: How To Talk To Your Kids About Alcohol TNM Parents: https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-523-how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-alcohol-with-scott-pinyard-and-tnm-parents/ Other Resources: Is Drinking Alcohol Part of a Healthy Lifestyle? – Decoding the Buzz: https://thisnakedmind.com/is-drinking-alcohol-part-of-a-healthy-lifestyle/ Let's Talk About The Idea of "Drinking Responsibly": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnHkRs0V3xQ Ready to take the next step on your journey? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious!

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0:00.0	You're listening to this naked mind with Annie Grace. Hi this Naked Mind podcast, I'm here with Patrick. Hi,
0:16.0	this is Annie Grace and welcome to this Naked Mind podcast,
0:19.0	and I'm here with Patrick. Hi Patrick, how are you?
0:21.0	I'm great, how are you?
0:22.0	I'm doing really how are you?
0:22.9	I'm doing really good.
0:24.2	So let's dive right in.
0:26.3	Why don't you take me back to the beginning
0:28.8	in your journey with alcohol?
0:29.8	Where did it all start for you?
0:31.7	I was probably a bit of a late starter. Not really. I probably had my first
0:36.0	drink at 15, 16, but it wasn't until I turned 18, the legal age to drink here in Australia, that I really started to get hooked
0:46.4	when I finished high school.
0:48.0	So a bit of Australian culture, you know, everyone has 18th birthday parties that kicked off.
0:51.9	We have, when everyone finishes high school they go to the
0:55.4	gold coast for a week and that's just a week of drinking and it's all these parties events.
1:01.1	I think I just got a little cooks from there and I think the reason why I liked it so much initially was just been a bit more of an introverted reserve kid growing up. With alcohol I was had more confidence, I was more social, I felt like this different fun person and
1:19.4	didn't really know where to stop at one. And even at a young age I think I was just really
1:24.3	susceptible to really bad hangovers from 18 they were just horrific.
1:29.1	Everyone said about 30 but for me like from the get-go they were horrible and then did a lot of
1:35.7	traveling in my early years as well so a lot of did some backpacking in Central America, Europe, Asia, so a lot of party hostels drinking on random
1:47.7	Monday nights with random much people, which I was crazy either. And then when I hit with 20, I went to Stockholm on exchange.
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