E138: 5 Ways Problem Drinkers Think Differently

One of the most empowering things I’ve learned in my research is that not everyone experiences alcohol in the same way. When I got sober, I started talking to my husband more about his experience and I started interacting with people in the sober community who shared my experience with alcohol. Over time, I realized how different my husband and I were. In this episode I want to talk about 5 ways we think differently than take it or leave it drinkers. I’m going to use the word normal occasionally in this episode and as a reminder I don’t think we’re abnormal or bad. I think it’s helpful to understand and appreciate how the take it or leave it drinker actually approaches alcohol because it allows us to see how different our experience is.

What to listen to next:

E79: why do we romanticize alcohol?

E99: why we can never drink again

E91: do you want to be sober or do you want to drink without the consequences?

E127: why you obsess about your drinking

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