Laura McKowen on When Drinking Becomes a Problem
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2020
⏱️ 3 minutes
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Joshua and Ryan discuss how to determine when bad habits are becoming addictions with author and blogger Laura McKowen. Listen to “Maximal” episodes of The Minimalists Private Podcast exclusively at patreon.com/theminimalists
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| 0:00.0 | Don Minimists. |
| 0:02.0 | Hmm. |
| 0:03.0 | Guess what? |
| 0:04.0 | The Minimists are going on tour with a live version of the Minimists podcast. |
| 0:09.5 | And I want to invite you to join us for a night of less. |
| 0:13.0 | Find your nearest city at theminimilists.com slash tour. |
| 0:16.5 | We'll see you there. |
| 0:18.5 | Don't want to know how do you know when your drinking has become a problem. |
| 0:25.5 | See, this is a fine line because it's actually not a line at all. |
| 0:29.5 | It becomes a bit of a spectrum. |
| 0:31.5 | You were talking earlier about someone can have one or two drinks a day. |
| 0:35.5 | And this was happening with Bex, my wife. |
| 0:38.5 | And she's never had a problem with alcohol or any substance abuse. |
| 0:43.5 | But there was a period of time when we were first dating where she was drinking pretty much every night. |
| 0:48.5 | But it would be one or two glasses of wine. |
| 0:50.5 | And she realized there was even some negative consequences to that. |
| 0:54.5 | And I would say that it was a bad habit for her. |
| 0:57.5 | And when she was back to the previous question, she wasn't addicted. |
| 1:00.5 | It was easier for her to stop. |
| 1:02.5 | But it was something she was relying on without necessarily even knowing. |
| 1:06.5 | It became habitual. |
| 1:08.5 | It's a psychological reliance, but she wasn't physically addicted to it. |
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