Why living Alcohol-Free unlocks High Performance, with Ruari Fairbairns (One Year No Beer) (E240)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Ruari Fairbairns is the founder of One Year No Beer, an initiative that provides challenges, coaching programmes, courses and support to anyone who's looking to change their relationship with alcohol. OYNB uses cutting-edge behaviour change science, a robust technology platform and has a highly engaged community. In this episode, Ruari shares the personal experiences that led him to question his relationship with alcohol and how reducing alcohol intake has changed his life.
They discuss the ways in which alcohol negatively impacts our lives and why we should all try to cut down on our consumption. Ruari breaks down and explains the myths behind alcohol like “red wine is good for you” and “a beer at the end of the day will help you relax”. With a wealth of insights, he discusses the pervasive effects of peer pressure and what we can all do to prevent it.
Ruari explores the impact of Covid-19 on alcohol consumption, revealing a staggering 20% increase in the United States. The conversation touches on the psychological and tribal aspects of alcohol consumption, and Ruari explores alternative tools we can utilise to manage stress effectively. Ruari offers practical insights on preventing alcohol abuse to ensure individuals never reach a breaking point.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there you're listening to high performance the show that unlocks the minds of some of the most fascinating people on the planet. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Jay Comfort and in these conversations we learn from the stories successes and struggles of |
| 0:14.6 | our guests allowing us all to explore be challenged and to grow here's what's |
| 0:20.5 | coming up. Our system must process the alcohol. It has to get it out of your system. |
| 0:27.1 | If it doesn't, you will die. And I think a lot of the information out there is like, |
| 0:31.6 | oh well, alcohol can help you relax and all of that stuff. |
| 0:34.7 | Yes, but it's actually causing so much damage in the way we use it. |
| 0:40.6 | And actually if we use natural tools to learn how to relax and switch off and unwind |
| 0:46.2 | and we calm down our central nervous systems, then the difference is exponential. |
| 0:52.0 | I was in the Matrix very much love booze and what started to happen was I just got this little |
| 0:59.2 | annoying in the back of my head and we've touched on this but I think that's where most people are. The annoying is, |
| 1:05.7 | hang on a minute, I think alcohol is holding me back and if you go into that knowing because |
| 1:15.7 | everything is against that, society is against that. If you go, I'm thinking about not drinking. What? Don't be stupid, it's amazing fun. |
| 1:19.8 | I can't talk to them. And then I approach my boss and I think about not drinking and he was like you are |
| 1:26.9 | committing commercial suicide if you stop drinking. Everything you want, everything that you want in life to be happy to be healthy to be have longevity be |
| 1:37.0 | running around the garden with your grandkids to to build a successful business |
| 1:42.0 | to have productivity clarity to leave a successful business, to have productivity, clarity, to leave a legacy, |
| 1:45.3 | everything that you want is actually being taken away by alcohol. |
| 1:49.7 | And when you see that really clearly, and you see it from your perspective yourself, not some |
| 1:54.4 | bold guy on a podcast preaching to you evangelically, but you see it for yourself, then most of the |
| 2:00.6 | time you will choose not to drink. So on this show we welcome |
| 2:05.4 | Ruri Fairbends, the founder of One Year No Beer, and he's about to explain to you |
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