Radio Headspace Letting Go of Who We Used to Be
Mar 20, 2026
A personal story about giving up alcohol and the routines that once defined belonging. Reflections on how habits, roles, and friendships shift when you change. Moments of isolation, grieving what was lost, and slowly discovering who you are now. An invitation to trust the uneasy but hopeful process of becoming someone new.
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Identity Is Built Around Routines
- Identity often forms around habits, roles, and relationships rather than an intrinsic self.
- Dora asks who you'd be if you lost routines and social ties, highlighting how unsettling that gap can feel.
Quitting Drinking After Quiet Realization
- Dora decided in her early 20s to stop drinking after noticing its toll on mental health despite no dramatic rock bottom.
- She describes repetitive Friday-night partying followed by weekend regret and a quiet morning realization of enough is enough.
Change Requires Grieving Old Identities
- Change triggers grief because it often requires releasing identities tied to habits and communities.
- Dora emphasizes that it's not only logistics but mourning who we used to be and uncertainty about who we become.