Statistically it may be true that men are higher perpetrators than women in the illustrations discussed, but not once are females generalised negativity in an example. You know, it’s really just about again, being super curious, and allowing enough solitude or time just with you and your thoughts, and maybe a journal to recognize how you’re speaking to yourself, you know, would you talk to a stranger like that? Most people, including myself that I’ve met, that actually awakened to how we’re talking to ourselves in our own heads, if we write it down, and we reread it, we realize we wouldn’t even say that to someone we didn’t like, yeah, much less our children or our partners, or someone we really love.

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As we know from Sir Roger Bannister breaking the 4-min mile, once we see something is possible, it stops being impossible. And then, with repetition, it even becomes possible for us. Here in Colorado, signs of Fall are all around us. The leaves are changing colors, the crisp air is here, and some places [...] As a self-professed former wine enthusiast and author of books delving into the intricate relationship between alcohol and our minds, I've often pondered [...] And now, let’s dive into this very special episode. And I could not think of a more perfect guest for this milestone than Annie Grace. I am truly honored to have her on the show and to share her work. And this first book, This Naked Mind was published just four months before I quit drinking six years ago. So, it was one of the first books I read on this path and helped me so much. Both the book This Naked Mind and Annie’s second book, The Alcohol Experiment, are ones that so many women cite as the intro to shifting their perspective on drinking and one of the tools that really helped them on the path to deciding that alcohol isn’t a substance that’s making their lives better or that they want or need in their lives. When I did a podcast episode on the Best Quit Lit for women, I asked all these women I know to record what books helped them and to tell me why. And This Naked Mind was at the top of the list for many women. One woman said that Annie’s book was a relief, because it opened her eyes to all of this subconscious messaging, telling her that drinking was going to bring her connection and happiness and excitement and love. And another told me that Annie made a huge impact on her life that Annie’s book was the first she’d ever read. And the way any gently and kindly explained about the addictive trap of alcohol, brought tears to her eyes. She said, I always hated myself for being so weak until Annie’s book educated me and started me down the path of where I am now. Whether you know you want to stop drinking and live an alcohol free life, are sober curious, or are in recovery this podcast is for you.You can stop drinking for a few days but find yourself needing multiple drinks just to get through the day. Casey struggled with his drinking for years. He rode the moderation rollercoaster a few times and finally decided the time had come for [...] Why it’s a false choice to believe that you have only two options around alcohol: submit to a life of deprivation or continue to drink Joining Annie Grace on this enlightening podcast episode is Kathryn, who shares her transformative journey from a life influenced by the normalization of drinking to a path of freedom and revolutionary self-discoveries. Kathryn's story highlights the pivotal role that This Naked Mind played in her remarkable metamorphosis. From her early fascination with alcohol to navigating the challenges of mental health and unhealthy drinking habits, Kathryn's experiences shed light on the power of introspection and the quest for a life that transcends the confines of societal norms. Trigger Warning: This episode does mention instances of sexual assault.

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As a new PT myself it’s great to learn from these ladies. Their vast knowledge & Advice is phenomenal and relayed in terms everyone can understand. Emma & Chloe also have you lolling with their tales and raw honesty! You know, it didn’t it really didn’t take effort. Because I will just read it and understand Oh, well, why didn’t I didn’t I know this before? And it was mind blowing in the sense that I can’t tell you how many times I must have said like, how do we not know this? How do we not understand this? How is this something that is kind of hidden from our general knowledge? And it was amazing experience, because in some ways, it had me questioning so many things that were just “common knowledge”, and realizing that often common knowledge is, you know, not actually true. We’ve just collectively sort of made it true. And if you look under the surface, the things that we know to be true, like we know the sky to be blue, have pretty big holes in them, we’re just not questioning them. Because we’re not even aware, there’s something to question. And that’s where it was for me with alcohol. I wasn’t even aware that there was something to question for a long time. And a lot of people when they try to change something, when they try to change their behavior, they usually start with the behavior first or, you know, doing the action, right. Annie, what did you do? It’s like you took the part of my brain that wanted to drink and you took it away.” Annie Grace shares a deeply personal and transformative conversation on this week’s episode with our inspiring guest Linda. Linda shares her remarkable journey of how she overcame alcohol problems and adoptee challenges. Together, Annie and Linda explore the intersections of alcohol issues and adoptee identity, family factors that can influence our drinking, moving beyond the 12-steps and more.Each week, I’ll bring you tools, lessons and conversations to help you drink less and live more. I’ll teach you how to navigate our drinking obsessed culture without a bus, how to sit with your emotions, when you’re lonely or angry, frustrated or overwhelmed, how to self soothe without a drink, and how to turn the decision to stop drinking from your worst case scenario to the best decision of your life. Thanks ladies! Amazing coaches, I’m learning lots and if I can be just a slice of how good you are I’ll be happy. Alicia found herself at a crossroads in life. Her story is one of resilience, self-discovery, and a commitment to stay motivated to quit [...] I think, yeah, I think it is two phases. I think that’s really a really astute point. Because I think initially, you have to allow enough of a mindset shift to awaken, okay, maybe it’s gonna be okay. You know, because our experience no matter what is going to be our best guide, right? Even if you’ve quit drinking completely with willpower, and you might have to be four or five 610 years into it. I mean, this is legitimately true for people who’ve totally quit with pure willpower. Eventually your experiences will show you that life is tolerable without alcohol. And but if you have a mindset shift, you can go into it like life might not just be tolerable, but it might be Really fun.

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As the experiment progresses, readers learn about the science behind alcohol and its effects on the body and mind. They are encouraged to practice mindfulness and self-awareness to better understand their triggers for drinking and to develop healthier coping mechanisms. We’ve created this aura of shame and blame to where we’re celebrated. We say, hey, I want to stop smoking. Not only is it celebrated your friends cheer you on, there’s no weirdness, you’re not invited to parties, because oh, well, now they’re not going to be smoking cigarettes, right? Like, none of that happens. Yet with alcohol. We are still and it’s getting better all the time. But we’re still if some, he says, you know, I’m gonna stop drinking. The first question is usually, well, why? Well, what’s wrong with you will do have a problem? As if, it is your fault. Absolutely. And that is a fantastic podcast, and you have like 400 episodes or more. Is that right?

And so that initial mindset shift, I think is vital. And it just sets the stage for how much easier it can be if you can access a place where it’s like, okay, I don’t know for sure that my life will be miserable. I’m not entirely sure. Let me see how this might be and allowing that to be true for every first whether it’s that first happy hour, the first all-inclusive vacation, the first holiday, the first birthday, whatever the case is, but then I think we do need to do work, especially if we are in the group of people, which I think many of us are, who have used alcohol to self-medicate. And I think that work involves building a life you don’t want to escape from, for me, being alone, in my own mind, was a really terrible place to be. And before it was alcohol, I would just, you know, noise, whether it was always being social, or always being too busy, or putting everything I could on my plate or being a workaholic, or, you know, I mean, not even being able to get into a car without having like some something going, that was going to distract me usually a murder mystery on a, you know, book on CD at the time, or whatever the case was. Because being by myself, in my own mind, was not a safe place, it felt just full of landmines, it felt full of self-judgment, and self-loathing. And, you know, worry about everything that I could not control the entire world, all of my friends, everybody I’d loved. And so, it wasn’t a safe place to be. And so, if we’re medicating to escape our own minds to escape the narrative that’s happening in our own heads, we do have to work on that, because we might be able to put down the alcohol once we learned enough about it, but I promise we’ll switch to something else. We’ll go right into that next thing, whether the next thing is overworking or, you know, too much television or whatever that next thing is to distance us from us. And so, the work on that, I think is very important. And it doesn’t have to be overly difficult. Yeah, absolutely. And that’s why me too, like exact, exact journey, you know, really allowing that, being gentle with myself figuring out what I needed. And I think that that is probably the most common denominator in the long term success is that and to be fair, not everybody is drinking to self-medicate a lot of us are but not everybody is. But when people are drinking to self-medicate, the most common denominator is, and it’s the most exciting thing, although I will say that awareness is always the best thing. Because it’s always the place from which we can affect change. We cannot change something we’re not aware of we if we don’t know what’s happening to us, we don’t know we’re talking to ourselves, very mainly in our minds, we cannot change it. But awareness is always painful, because we’re seeing something that kind of wish it wasn’t true. We kind of wish we didn’t have to go there and fix that. But if we can celebrate that, and say, Okay, well, I’m here for this, I’m going to live, learn how to live awake, I’m going to learn how to live without self-medicating, and I’m going to do the work. And it might be a significant amount of work, but it’s all good work. And it’s all fun work. And it’s all forward progressing. I think humans, in my experience, we are happier in momentum towards growth than we are with all those circumstances being perfect in the world. Yeah, like we would you would find human beings, and this is I think, just evidenced by how much we have in our culture and society today. We don’t have a lot of people who are desperate, you know, for survival fearing for their physical safety. I mean, I know that there are certain circumstances but as a whole, most of us had food on the table. We’re not being chased by the lion and yet depression and suicide is off the charts. And I think a lot of that is because we are not allowing like that momentum of growth, right? Kaily is a 33-year-old mom and loving wife. She's had an incredible life, but it hasn't been without its share of challenges, primarily [...] This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life by Annie Grace The Alcohol Experiment by Annie Grace is available in English, the original language it was written in. As of now, there are no other language editions of the book available. Book Editions

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You are of two minds about alcohol - you have a desire to drink less, but you also feel deprived, left out, or upset when you think about or try to abstain. These monthly calls allow members to get expert science, insight, advice, and real-world experience right from Annie Grace. Today, a member asks a crucial question: "My extended family and friends do nothing else but drink. I would love coaching on having to create new relationships, explaining what I've learned, mourning the old me, and not having to explain myself over and over and over again. Now, they don't even want to come over because what will we do?" This episode is an in-depth exploration of this dilemma and a guide to navigating the challenges of creating new alcohol-free relationships. Yeah, and I know so many women are familiar with your work but there are also some women who are entirely new to looking at their drinking their questions. They’re drinking or being worried about it. Can you talk a little bit about that third way your approach? And so, I had a method, I’d show up, and I drink a pint of water, and then a glass of wine, and then a pint of water. And I remember even sometimes, knowing that I didn’t want to be the person who was drunk or making a fool of herself, because I was doing for my career, I would go into the bathroom and throw up that last glass of wine just to keep drinking, and keeping up with these people were twice my age, mostly men. And what happens is alcohol does what alcohol does. It didn’t matter – my history, or, you know, my genetics or anything like that. But over time, every way that I used to just cope with the realities of being human, from running to reading to all of these sorts of things, I just very slowly replaced them with a drink, I’d come home after a hard day of work. And I’d look at my running shoes, and I’d look at a bottle of wine and be like, Oh, that’s easier. I believe (and the science says!) that a positive approach is far more effective than a negative approach. Scare tactics & willpower don’t work over the long term and true, lasting change comes from positive desire.Research that has found alcohol to be the most harmful drug to individuals and society on the planet, outranking cocaine, heroin and painkillers Annie Grace is the author of The Alcohol Experiment. She is a well-known author, speaker, and coach who specializes in helping people overcome alcohol addiction. Welcome to an exclusive inside look at the monthly coaching call with Annie Grace for members of The Annie Grace is the author of This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life and The Alcohol Experiment: A 30-day, Alcohol-Free Challenge to Interrupt Your Habits and Help You Take Control. She grew up outside Aspen, Colorado, in a one-room log cabin without running water or electricity. Having discovered a passion for marketing, Annie Grace earned a Masters of Science (Marketing) and dove into corporate life. As the youngest vice president in a multinational company at the age of 26, her drinking career began in earnest. At 35, in a global C-level marketing role, she was responsible for marketing in 28 countries; she was drinking almost two bottles of wine a night. Knowing she needed a change but unwilling to submit to a life of deprivation and stigma, Annie Grace embarked on a journey to painlessly gain control of alcohol — for her that process resulted in no longer wanting to drink. Never happier, she left her executive role to write and share This Naked Mind with the world. In her free time, she loves to ski, travel (26 countries and counting), and enjoy her beautiful family. Annie Grace lives with her husband and three children in the Colorado mountains. I mean, I totally agree, I spent 8 years in that place where, you know, I think everybody tries to moderate and makes all the rules about like, I only have two drinks, or only drink when I’m out, or I’ll switch when I’m drinking. So, I think it takes a while of experimentation, and then trying a period of time without alcohol before you realize that it’s actually way easier to not drink, and you’re happier than when you’re trying to control it.