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EP 02: Reader Question: Why do I have so much anxiety the day after drinking?

This Naked Mind Podcast

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How Alcohol Can Make You Feel Pleasurable

After four months of sobriety for myself I did this test where I went into a room I locked myself in a room with two bottles of wine and wanted to see how the alcohol made me feel. Alcohol dupes you into thinking that there's some inherent pleasure and alcohol so my own personal test was just to say okay I'm going to be open-minded about this  I don't have any of the cravings because it's been four months, he says. He adds: "There's also a big aspect of sadness around this too"

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