Learning How To Enjoy Socializing Without Alcohol | Regina’s Naked Life | E814

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

What if you could enjoy socializing without alcohol and actually feel more connected? Regina’s story is a powerful reminder that alcohol doesn’t have to be part of the equation. From her early days of using alcohol to fit in, to the realization that alcohol was no longer serving her, Regina shares how her relationship with alcohol shifted. Through challenges and growth, she learned how to enjoy socializing without alcohol and found deeper, more authentic connections. Join Regina and Coach Cole as they dive into her journey and explore how breaking free from alcohol can unlock real social joy. In this episode, Cole and Regina discuss: Growing up with family mental health and addiction challenges First drinking experience at 12 and using alcohol for emotional release How to enjoy socializing without alcohol when it's been your connection tool Understanding the difference between social drinking and problem drinking Family patterns of addiction and mental health struggles Using alcohol as a coping mechanism for anxiety and trauma Postpartum psychosis and the wake-up call to change The power of "This Naked Mind" and cognitive dissonance concepts Finding empowerment through alcohol-free experiences Learning how to enjoy socializing without alcohol at concerts and events Practical strategies for maintaining alcohol freedom and other topics…

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0:00.0	You're listening to This Naked Mind with Annie Grace.
0:14.4	Hey everyone.
0:15.5	Welcome to The This Naked Mind podcast.
0:17.6	I am Cole Harvey.
0:19.1	I'm filling in for the lovely Annie Grace. And today we have Regina here to share
0:24.2	her story. Regina, good to see you. Good to see you too. Yeah. Happy to be here. Glad you're here.
0:30.6	It's an honor to have you on and to just to hear your story. And if you would,
0:36.2	would mind just taking us back to your earliest memories
0:40.8	and experiences with drinking, like the beginning of your alcohol journey. So the beginning of my
0:46.3	alcohol journey started when I was like 12, I would say. I was in sixth grade. And I think that I had a few sips of alcohol prior to that,
0:56.6	but it was the first time that I actually drank and got drunk. And a family friend was she,
1:04.3	we were at her house and she was like, hey, how about I get some vodka? And she was like an adult.
1:11.1	And it was just me and my friends.
1:13.2	And we were at the house and we were like, okay.
1:16.5	And she didn't drink, which I thought was odd.
1:19.8	It was like she didn't drink, but she was like giving it to us.
1:23.1	And then, yeah, we got drunk that night and offered it to us.
1:26.6	And I just remember like feeling, I just remember being, like, drunk and, like, we just
1:33.7	cried and, like, just let our emotions out.
1:36.5	And it just felt like a big release at that time.
1:40.8	Yeah, that must have been, that's quite a, quite an experience there as you were,
1:46.3	it seemed like an older person, somebody like that just offered this to you. Yeah, she was a family
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