The Crossroads That Changed Everything | Kelly's Naked Life | EP 900

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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What made me question my drinking? “It wasn't a rock bottom — it was a barstool, a mirror, and a quiet voice asking where this road was headed,” says Kelly. Kelly grew up in a drinking household, spent years drinking daily, and was smart enough to see the writing on the wall before things got worse. Five years later, she joins Coach Cole to share the health wake-up call, the book that changed everything, and how The Path gave her the tools to finally walk away for good. Kelly and Cole discuss: How drinking became the unquestioned norm The decade of daily drinking that crept in through stress, social life, and relationship habits What made me question my drinking: health symptoms, a telling look around the bar, and a sister's timely recommendation Reading This Naked Mind and feeling like Annie Grace had written her exact story Why giving herself one year felt safer than forever The vacation experiment that showed her exactly what alcohol was still costing her How stopping drinking didn't just clear her head but handed her back her time, her focus, and her professional edge Trading the bar stool for the yoga mat and becoming the person she used to watch from the other side of the street And more on self-compassion, community, five years of freedom, and why she will never go back... Episode links: nakedmindpath.com Related Episodes: Escaping The Hamster Wheel of Drinking | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | E847 - https://thisnakedmind.com/why-cant-i-quit-drinking-after-so-many-tries-afc-e847/ How to Stop Daily Drinking: Finding Happiness and Healing After 35 Years | Pierre’s Naked Life | E790 - https://thisnakedmind.com/how-to-stop-daily-drinking-e790-pierre/ How Can I Not Forget All the Reasons I Quit Drinking? | Reader Question | EP 54 - https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-54-reader-question-how-can-i-not-forget-all-the-reasons-i-quit-drinking/ 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! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp, Quince, and Shopify. BetterHelp: BetterHelp is offering our listeners 10% off at betterhelp.com/nakedmind Quince: get free shipping and 365-day returns at quince.com/naked Shopify: Sign up for $1 month trial at shopify.com/mind

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0:00.0	You're listening to This Naked Mind with Annie Grace.
0:14.7	Hey everybody. Welcome to This Naked Mind podcast. I am Cole Harvey, filling in for the amazing
0:19.6	Annie Grace. And today we have a naked life story.
0:22.5	We have Kelly here to tell her story around her journey with alcohol. Hey, Kelly. Hey, how are you?
0:28.7	I'm doing great. How about yourself? I'm doing good too. Yeah. Thank you so much for being here
0:34.6	and being on with us today. Yeah, no problem. Yeah. Well, why don't you just
0:40.5	tell us, tell the listeners, you know, just introduce yourself and a little bit about you and just
0:45.9	tell your story around alcohol. Okay. Well, I did grow up in an alcoholic family, so it was
0:53.6	pretty much a given that adults drank. And I saw it, you know, my entire childhood. And then I was always very conscious about not over drinking when I was younger. And then I did start living with someone that drank every day. And I got in the habit of drinking every
1:13.2	day. And I knew that would be a problem if I started drinking every day. And I was going through
1:18.5	some just hard times. You know, we were trying to sell properties with or, you know, I was trying
1:25.6	to sell some properties and the crash was happening and
1:28.2	and I did notice that I started drinking when I wasn't like when I was stressed and stuff and
1:33.3	then I did take um it was probably about 10 years ago I took a 30 day break from drinking
1:41.3	alcohol and I felt really good and then it took me forever to try to do that
1:47.2	again. It was just really, really tough. I did want to quit alcohol for a very long time. I just, I
1:55.3	as I wrote in my story to this naked mind is that I really felt like I was at a crossroads.
2:02.6	I was having, when I reflect back now, it's been five years now that I haven't had any alcohol.
2:09.0	And when I try to remember what was leading up to that, I mean, I was having like indigestion problems.
2:16.3	I was having my mouth was actually sloughing off. You know,
2:20.2	it's like, this is not good, but I was looking around me. I was going out, going out drinking,
2:25.2	but drinking at home as well, but going out drinking probably two to three nights a week and looking
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