This Naked Mind Podcast

Paul Churchill is the founder of Recovery Elevator Podcast, which started out as a personal accountability tool and now has over 2 million downloads!  Paul tells Annie about his own struggles with alcohol addiction and what led him to start the Recovery Elevator Podcast.  Paul and Annie discuss the stigma around alcohol addiction and Paul’s mission to help change that stigma in our society.   Episode Links: Recovery Elevator

If I understand and agree with pretty much everything I read in This Naked Mind, why am I having such a hard time actually quitting?  Annie gives us some great information on why we might be experiencing this frustrating situation and provides some great resources to help us move forward. Episode Links: Alcohol Explained by William Porter  The Alcohol Experiment Urge Surfing

Dawn Nickel is the co-creator of She Recovers.  Dawn talks to Annie about her personal struggles with addictions to alcohol, marijuana and most recently, work.  Her recovery work in all of these areas led her down the path to creating She Recovers in the hopes of reaching other women who struggle with any kind of addiction.   Episode Links: She Recovers Guiding Principles

How do I know if I am an alcoholic? So many of us have asked ourselves this question at some point. Annie tackles this question with information on the term “alcoholism” vs the newer term of “alcohol use disorder” and provides us with a better question we should be asking ourselves in order to gain freedom in our relationship with alcohol. 

Andy Ramage is the co-founder of One Year No Beer and the author of The 28 Day Alcohol-Free Challenge.  Annie and Andy discuss how One Year No Beer started by Andy describing his own personal journey with alcohol.  Andy found freedom his relationship with alcohol that ignited an unmistakable passion to help others do the same.  Episode Links: One Year No Beer 28 Day Alcohol-Free Challenge by Andy Ramage Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins 

Annie discusses how to expose the unconscious belief that drinking is just a habit by explaining Liminal Thinking and how our experiences, observations, assumptions and conclusions have determined our current reality. 

Amy is a former professional comedienne who struggled with addictions to anything and everything.  After getting sober in 2012, she wrote a beautifully honest addiction memoir, My Fair Junkie.  Amy talks to Annie about her addictions and the life of freedom she is now living in such a refreshingly real and raw way.     My Fair Junkie by Amy Dresner 

When we are finally settling in to sobriety, it might be easy to forget how bad things actually were when we had no control in our relationship with alcohol.  How do we stay mindful and aware.  Annie provides some great advice and tips on staying the course.

Annie was recently interviewed by Michael Patrick for the StillFeel21.com Podcast.  Annie and Michael discussed spontaneous sobriety, the unconscious mind, societal conditioning around alcohol and whether or not alcohol can truly relax us.  There is so much great information packed into this short interview that Annie wanted to share it on her own Podcast as well.   Episode Links: http://www.stillfeel21.com/

When we truly believe that alcohol is not helpful to us in any way, but still find ourselves craving it, how can we stick to our decision and fight against cravings?  Annie provides an explanation for what a craving is and where it is coming from and shares a significant amount of research with us to give us some amazing advice and information on overcoming these cravings.   Online Community Resources: TNM Community Hello Sunday Morning Club Soda One Year No Beer