How To Drink Less Without Feeling Boring, Judged, Or Stressed With Therapist Amanda E. White

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

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

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, I’m interviewing Amanda E. White and together we’re answering questions that all of you sent in about challenges you’ve run into with drinking less. Amanda is the author of the amazing book Not Drinking Tonight: A Guide to Creating a Sober Life You Love, which I highly recommend. She has hundreds of thousands of followers on her amazing Instagram account @therapyforwomen and she’s a licensed therapist and I can’t think of anyone better to answer your questions about sobriety and even just being more intentional with alcohol. On the episode we get into: what to do with friends instead of going to bars how to turn off your brain or chill out after work without booze what to do when others think you’re judging them for continuing to drink how to still have a ton of fun without alcohol + what to do if you miss feeling drunk how to deal with people’s questions about drinking, including the dreaded “are you pregnant?” the best recommendations for non-alcoholic drinks (+ how to order at bars!) how to address money issues around not drinking, including splitting tabs an exact script for what to say when people ask why you’re not drinking what to do if your partner or other loved ones drink how to get over the self-conscious feeling of going out or talking to strangers sober tips for dating while sober (+ one thing you should NEVER do) and so much more! We would LOVE to hear from you any thoughts, reactions, or takeaways you have as you’re listening, so definitely screenshot and tag me @lizmoody and Amanda @therapyforwomen on Instagram. To join the Healthier Together Podcast Club Facebook group, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthiertogetherpodcast. This episode is sponsored by Levels. Sign up at levels.link/HEALTHIERTOGETHER to receive an additional two free months of your Levels membership. This episode is sponsored by Seed. You can get 15% off your first month's supply of Seed's DS-01™ Daily Synbiotic by going to seed.com/daily-synbiotic and using the code LIZMOODY. This episode is sponsored by AG1 by Athletic Greens. Visit athleticgreens.com/healthiertogether and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. This episode is sponsored by Pique. Get 5% off plus a free blooming teas pouch complete with premium Pique samples when you purchase 2 or more cartons from piquetea.com/LIZMOODY and use code LIZMOODY. Healthier Together cover art by Zack. Healthier Together music by Alex Ruimy.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, and welcome back to the Healthier Together podcast.
0:05.0	I'm your host, Liz Moody, and I'm a best-selling author and long-time journalist.
0:08.9	This podcast is all about helping you live your healthiest, happiest life, whether we're
0:12.7	getting doctor-recommended tips for supporting our immune health, hearing the secrets to
0:16.8	making friends as an adult, or learning all of the best productivity tips to create an
0:21.3	amazing morning routine.
0:23.5	And yes, those are all real episodes, so if any of those topics sound good to you, scroll
0:27.5	on back in the archives.
0:29.4	Today, we are back with the third and final episode in our series all about exploring
0:34.3	our relationship with alcohol.
0:36.2	While you definitely don't need to have listened to the previous two episodes to enjoy this one,
0:40.9	I highly recommend going back and doing so.
0:43.6	We've covered how alcohol impacts our gut health, our cancer risk, our brain health, and
0:47.7	our hormone health, and we've learned exactly what to do to mitigate all of those negative
0:52.9	health effects.
0:53.9	They're not scary episodes at all.
0:56.2	All of the doctors that I interviewed still drink themselves, but they are so empowering
1:00.9	and they'll give you so many facts that will just absolutely blow your mind.
1:03.8	I cannot stop talking about the alcohol and period connection or the stem cell stunning
1:08.8	thing, which is crazy, or how it stays in our saliva for hours after we drink, and it
1:13.6	raises our risk of cancer that way.
1:15.2	It's wild, wild information that I did not know, and I can't believe we don't talk about
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