Putting Down The Pint | Gina’s Naked Life | E828

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

You’ve been a bartender for years, and alcohol has been a constant in your social life, your travels, and career—so how do you stop drinking when you work in a bar? For Gina, the turning point came when she realized that alcohol no longer added value to her life, in fact, it almost seemed mundane to drink. After reading This Naked Mind by Annie Grace, Gina unlocked a new way of thinking about alcohol and began to see how much freedom there was without it. In this episode, Gina shares her journey and the strategies that helped her break free from a life dictated by alcohol. In this episode, Gina and Cole discuss: How alcohol became an "annoying albatross" after being a constant part of her life. Her unique experience as a lifelong bartender and solo traveler, with alcohol as a companion. Pondering the question - how do you stop drinking when you work in a bar The profound impact of Annie Grace's "This Naked Mind" and how it confirmed everything she thought. Why she didn't tell a single soul about her journey for a year. Rediscovering her creative potential and finishing a novel started 15 years ago in a "drunken stupor." The financial benefits of sobriety – saving $10,000 in a year and two months! How she manages to still interview bartenders and write about spirits without craving a drink. Gina's powerful message to her past self: "You do not have to be drunk to have fun." And so much more… Episode links: Gina’s podcast - https://lakeandsumterstyle.com/healthy-living-podcast/ Gina’s article - https://lakeandsumterstyle.com/repurposing-a-beloved-glass-for-a-more-purposeful-life/ Related Episodes: Can someone in the service industry stay sober? - Reader Questions - E560 - https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-560-reader-question-can-someone-in-the-service-industry-stay-sober/ The Sober Experiment - Alex and Lisa’s Naked Life - E259 - https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-259-naked-life-story-alex-and-lisa/ How To Plan an Alcohol-Free Vacation - Reader’s Questions - E652 - https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-652-readers-question-how-to-plan-an-alcohol-free-vacation/ Ready to take the next step on your journey? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious!

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0:00.0	You're listening to This Naked Mind with Annie Grace.
0:14.5	Hey everyone and welcome to The This Naked Mind podcast.
0:17.3	I am Cole Harvey filling in for the amazing Annie Grace.
0:20.2	And today we have the lovely
0:21.9	Gina here with us. Gina is going to tell her story about alcohol. And Gina, thank you for being on
0:27.2	today. Call is so great to be here. And I never lack for storytelling and telling stories.
0:34.0	So many stories to tell. But I do appreciate everything that you guys do over there at this
0:39.9	naked mine and when i read annie grace's book i read it last year it's a funny story how i read that
0:45.3	but thank you so much for having me yeah absolutely we're so glad to have you on yeah why don't
0:51.2	you just take us back to the beginning of your journey with alcohol?
0:55.1	Well, okay. So how much time do we have and are the dinosaurs roaming? I really want to talk
1:00.7	about how this naked mind sort of snapped me into understanding where I was about a year ago.
1:08.0	It was basically a confirmation for me of everything I'd ever thought
1:13.1	about alcohol. And I was always like, why doesn't anything resonate? Why is booze so much fun?
1:20.3	And, you know, it's just a cyclical situation. But taking it back, you know, I'm almost 60.
1:26.6	And I was a Lashki kid, you know, whatever. We partied in the 70s. I'm not going to lie to you. So it was, you know, go to the 7-Eleven when you're in seventh grade and have some dude buy you a bottle of Boone's farm. And that was super normal, right? And so that was high school, you know, a few beers down, whatever.
1:46.0	I was in a sorority. So then party, party, party. I've been a bartender all my life and I'm still
1:51.7	a bartender. So alcohol has been not just social, but just everywhere I look in my life.
1:58.4	And so it's just kind of a part of things. And, you know, I got to the point where it just became annoying.
2:06.6	It became boring.
2:08.6	And it became one of those things where it was just this albatross, you know, every day hanging around.
2:14.6	I, my whole life was like, let's go to the bar and have a few, you know, throw a few back.
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