Podcast 411: Re-Thinking Addiction + A Guide to Creating the Sober Life You Love (with Amanda White, Therapist)

The Dr. Leaf Show

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I speak with therapist Amanda White about why some people choose not to drink, her new book Not Drinking Tonight, how to heal your relationship with alcohol, getting to the root issues behind why you drink, and how to build a beautiful, sober life. Sign up to Patreon to get access to the full video and audio recording add-free, exclusive downloads, live Q&As, and more: https://www.patreon.com/drcarolineleaf Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/amanda-white Get Amanda's book here: https://amandaewhite.com/book OFFERS FROM OUR SPONSORS: -BiOptimizer’s Magnesium: For an exclusive offer for my listeners go to http://www.magbreakthrough.com/leaf and use DRLEAF10 during checkout to save 10% on your order. -Athletic Greens: All you have to do is visit athleticgreens.com/leaf to take ownership over your health and pick up the ultimate daily nutritional insurance! -Kion: You can now save 20% on monthly deliveries and 10% on one-time purchases. Just go to getkion.com/DRLEAF. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: 3:30, 4:40, 49:30 Quitting the binary addiction model 4:15 Everyone, not just people addicted to drinking, can examine their relationship to alcohol 8:00 Alcohol abuse is about more than addiction 13:40 The toxic messages about alcohol use in our society 15:00 Boundaries are not selfish—they are an important part of mental self-care 16:15 Having a drink to fall asleep: how can it backfire? 20:43 You can recover from alcohol misuse! 21:30 Amanda’s own struggles with drinking & how she found healing 31:40 There are different ways to deal with alcohol misuse 32:33 Tools to find healing & change your relationship with alcohol 35:30 The importance of mental self-care & mindfulness: taking care of the future self 42:50 Why we need to re-think addiction 46:47 Why we need to move beyond awareness & feelings to find healing ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com -Get a free Cleaning up Your Mental Mess workbook when you subscribe to my weekly email at drleaf.com! - Visit my website at https://drleaf.com for more free resources -Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/- -Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf -Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf -Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf *DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog are for educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dr. Caroline Leif and welcome to my podcast.
0:07.6	You're listening to Cleaning Up Your Mental Messe and this is all about helping you to get
0:11.6	simple and sustainable strategies to help you live your happiest, healthiest and most peaceful
0:16.3	life. Choosing not to drink can be daunting. It's everywhere in our culture, our socialising
0:22.0	and our de-stressing and it can seem so black and white. You drink or you don't drink and if you
0:27.2	don't, people ask you why. In today's podcast, I talked to Amanda White who's a licensed
0:32.3	therapist and founder of Therapy for Women's Center and we're going to be talking about her new
0:38.0	book, Not Drinking Tonight. Amanda helps you unpack your relationship with alcohol in a judgment-free
0:44.6	and relatable way and she shows you how to find out why you drink, heal your relationship with
0:49.9	alcohol and build the sober life you love. Just before we begin, this is not medical advice. If
0:55.6	you need this is for educational purposes, if you need medical advice, please contact the appropriate
1:00.4	medical professional and now onto today's podcast. Looking for a scientificly tested and strategic
1:10.8	way to improve your mental health? Then it's time for you to download my new app Neurocycle,
1:16.5	the world's first and only Mind Brain detox app. Neurocycle is a step-by-step program you do over 63
1:24.0	days to identify an unbiotoxic thinking habits, trauma and limiting beliefs. The app doesn't just
1:30.5	help you remove the bad stuff but also helps rebuild healthy new neural networks into your brain.
1:36.8	Neurocycle also includes many guides for in-the-moment situations like a guide to help you
1:41.2	work through panic attacks and a guide for parents to use with kids. Struggling with sleep,
1:46.8	Neurocycle has a guide to help you fall asleep quicker and stay asleep longer. I spent over 30
1:52.6	past years developing and testing this Neurocycle system and used it with my patients who struggled
1:57.2	with anxiety, depression, brain injury, recovery and so many other things. It's used by over 500,000
2:04.1	people worldwide including world-class athletes, pastors and celebrities. To get started today,
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