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E111: Drinking Alone Drastically Increases Your Risk of Getting Addicted
FromSober Powered
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Drinking alone let's us drink the way we really want to, but it greatly increases your risk of developing alcohol use disorder. In this episode, Gill will describe some recent studies from the past few years about solitary drinking, and one study even called it “serious drinking”. In this episode you’ll learn more about how drinking alone increases the risk of developing a problem and especially developing a severe problem. You’ll learn why drinking alone becomes so attractive to us and how getting into this cycle creates a major problem.
What to listen to next:
E43: Drinking to Cope
E29: The Link Between Drinking as a Teen and Developing an Addiction
E30: Gray Area Drinkers
E81: Why We Drink: Social Drinkers vs Problem Drinkers
E87: Why Shame Increases Loss of Control Over Alcohol and How to Manage Shame
E91: Do You Want to be Sober or Do You Want to Drink Without the Consequences?
Resources I offer:
Free courses on YouTube. Each month is a new topic and videos are released every Tuesday at 12 pm EST. I will also be going live on the last Tuesday of each month at 12 pm EST on my YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeSyBTEFmsP49h2q_mxqMOw
Membership: Living a Sober Powered Life where I release episodes that help you navigate specific situations without alcohol (getting past day 3, dealing with shame, answering the question “why aren’t you drinking?”, and more) and there is an option to have monthly hang out zoom calls with me. https://soberpowered.supercast.com/
Weekly emails on Thursdays where I explain the latest episode in more detail, share images to help you understand the concepts, share announcements, interviews, writing, discount codes and more. https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6107260617e156c4839768b5
A free 3 day quit drinking challenge https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62f2cb3de5ea6b3d8aea4ab2
Sources are posted on my website
Disclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What to listen to next:
E43: Drinking to Cope
E29: The Link Between Drinking as a Teen and Developing an Addiction
E30: Gray Area Drinkers
E81: Why We Drink: Social Drinkers vs Problem Drinkers
E87: Why Shame Increases Loss of Control Over Alcohol and How to Manage Shame
E91: Do You Want to be Sober or Do You Want to Drink Without the Consequences?
Resources I offer:
Free courses on YouTube. Each month is a new topic and videos are released every Tuesday at 12 pm EST. I will also be going live on the last Tuesday of each month at 12 pm EST on my YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeSyBTEFmsP49h2q_mxqMOw
Membership: Living a Sober Powered Life where I release episodes that help you navigate specific situations without alcohol (getting past day 3, dealing with shame, answering the question “why aren’t you drinking?”, and more) and there is an option to have monthly hang out zoom calls with me. https://soberpowered.supercast.com/
Weekly emails on Thursdays where I explain the latest episode in more detail, share images to help you understand the concepts, share announcements, interviews, writing, discount codes and more. https://view.flodesk.com/pages/6107260617e156c4839768b5
A free 3 day quit drinking challenge https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62f2cb3de5ea6b3d8aea4ab2
Sources are posted on my website
Disclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Aug 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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