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Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Thinking About Drinking Constantly, Then Thinking About Sobriety Constantly

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

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

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Obsessing over our drinking is very frustrating and it takes over our lives. There is so much more to life than worrying about alcohol. When you get sober, it can be equally frustrating to obsess over sobriety. In this episode, I discuss getting space from thinking about it all the time, some reasons why we constantly think about it, and all the cool things I've done with my space and mental freedom. What to listen to next: E254: Why You Can’t Make Good Decisions About Your Drinking (or Anything Else) E283: Alcohol Shortens Your Perception of Time (Instant Gratification) E276: A Burst of Mental Clarity at 60 Days Sober (Cognitive Healing) E274: High Dopamine, Low Effort Behaviors and Making Sobriety Feel Less Hard E228: Why Alcohol Automatically Captures and Holds Your Attention E224: Alcohol Makes Your Brain Stop Working Work with me: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Sober coaching https://www.soberpowered.com/sober-coaching  Weekly email: You’ll hear from me on Fridays https://www.soberpowered.com/email Free resources https://www.soberpowered.com/free Courses: The non-negotiable mindset https://www.soberpowered.com/mindset-course Don’t try harder, try different  https://www.soberpowered.com/willpower Support the show: If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support all the research and effort that goes into this podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpowered Thank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsors Sources are posted on my website Disclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

One of the most frustrating parts of struggling with your drinking is all the time that we spend

0:06.2

thinking about it. And it isn't until we get some distance that we really appreciate how much time

0:14.0

we spent thinking about it, recovering from it, and then negotiating and seeing if we can be a special occasion drinker or

0:23.2

whatever. When I quit drinking, I didn't have the mental bandwidth to keep my house clean on top of

0:29.7

trying to learn how to function like a normal person and feel my emotions. So I had all the shame

0:35.3

build up for years about the state of my house. When we moved two

0:39.5

years ago, I used it as a fresh start to keep my new house clean, and I've done that with the help

0:44.4

of house cleaners. They hold me accountable because I can't blow up my house because I know they're

0:49.5

going to be back in two weeks. And this is why I'm excited to tell you about HomeGlow. You can instantly book

0:55.8

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1:02.6

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1:09.0

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1:11.7

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1:16.1

cleaning off your plate this fall by using HomeGlo. Head to homeaglow.com slash power to get your first

1:22.8

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1:43.6

I went from thinking about my drinking nearly 24-7 to then obsessing about sobriety all the time.

1:54.0

It was all I thought about, it was all I wanted to talk about.

1:58.0

And in the beginning it was exciting, but eventually after I was a year

2:03.2

sober or so, it started getting frustrating. Like, am I just going to go from thinking about

2:08.8

drinking all the time to thinking about sobriety all the time? But that went away too. And then I

2:15.1

started thinking about Instagram all the time. How can I get more followers? How can my

2:21.1

post get more attention? How can I get more podcast listeners? And then I got really obsessed with

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