How to cut down on drinking

Life Kit

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🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

If you want to drink less or give up alcohol completely, it's natural to feel scared or anxious at first. What do you do at parties? What if people think you're boring? And how can you deal with temptation? Casey Davidson, sobriety coach and host of the Hello Someday podcast, has tips for those starting a sobriety journey. And she argues that everyone would benefit from an evaluation of when and how alcohol shows up in their lives.

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0:26.0	You're listening to LifeKit from NPR. Hey everybody, it's Mariel. Alcohol is everywhere in our culture.
0:38.1	Think about how many bars and liquor stores are in your city or town.
0:41.3	How many ads you see on social media and on TV?
0:44.5	How many times your favorite character on your favorite show
0:47.1	pours themselves a nice glass of bourbon or sips an ice-cold beer?
0:53.6	Understandably, then, it's easy to forget that alcohol is really not good for us.
0:58.5	Drinking increases your risk of certain types of cancers and other chronic diseases. In fact,
1:03.2	the World Health Organization says there's no safe amount of alcohol to drink. In the short-term,
1:08.1	drinking can also give you hangovers, interrupt your sleep, drain your wallet, and sometimes hurt your relationships.
1:14.2	So what do you think about taking a break?
1:16.4	Some people do this for a month.
1:17.7	Dry January, sober October, some do it for longer.
1:21.6	Casey Davidson is a sobriety coach and host of the Hello Someday podcast for sober curious women.
1:27.3	She quit drinking about nine years ago.
1:29.5	At the time, she was drinking a bottle of wine a night, seven nights a week.
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