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E116: Drinking Envy and Wishing You Could Be “Normal”

Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

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Playing the Tape Forward When You're Around Drinkers

It's really easy for me to romanticize my husband's drinking because he's doing what I wish I could do. But at the same time, I can also recognize and accept that it's impossible for me to drink that way. My brain is a little bit different than his and that's just how I drink. We only understand our own experience. And this is something you can be mindful of while you're around drinkers.

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