This Naked Mind Podcast
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This Naked Mind Podcast
Bestselling author Annie Grace invites you to explore the role of alcohol in our lives and culture without rules, pain, or judgement. Ready to make a change? Join The Alcohol Experiment - a FREE 30-day challenge designed to deliver happiness, wellbeing and self-respect. Check out The Alcohol Experim...
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938 episodes
Regular Drinkers Don't Exist
Learning how to stop feeling left out when you quit drinking starts, for Brenda, with a very specific list: people who can supposedly drink like it's...
Drinking Out of Boredom
Trigger Warning: This episode includes mentions of a medical emergency and a homicide.
Sunday morning, and Brenda can't get out of bed. H...
When You Quit and They Don't
Trigger warning: This episode contains references to disordered eating and the death of a parent following a medical complication.
“I'm...
The Drink Responsibly Myth | Interview - The Shift
Annie Grace grew up in a cabin with no running water, no electricity, and a dad who never drank. A decade later, in a corporate job in New York City,...
Why One Drink Never Stays One Drink
Why can’t I just have one drink? For Pamela, that question comes from her struggle to moderate her drinking, and for Claude, it sits in her fear of ne...
Twenty-Five Years Trying to Quit Drinking
Judd never considered that he would quit drinking before turning forty. After all, for twenty-five years he would pick the idea up and put it down as...
Stop Borrowing Confidence From a Glass
What does it take to figure out how to stop relying on alcohol for confidence? Amy needed eleven months alcohol-free, followed by more stops and start...
62 Wasn't Too Old to Stop Drinking
Deb's Naked Life | EP 920
If you're thinking about stopping drinking in your 60s but keep telling yourself you're too old, too set in you...
Who Am I Without Alcohol?
⚠️ Trigger warning: This episode contains references to domestic violence and a mental health crisis.
Who am I without alcohol? Does that...
The Life You Stop Needing to Escape
What does building a life you don't want to escape from actually take? Donna joined The Path in March 2021 after a COVID grocery store moment she coul...
How to Give Yourself Grace About Drinking
⚠️ Trigger warning: This episode contains references to childhood abuse, parental alcoholism, and the death of a parent from alcohol-related illness.<...
When Using Alcohol to Self-Soothe Stops Working
Trigger warning: This episode contains references to drunk driving, DWIs, and thoughts of not wanting to live.
Zita was in her kitchen in...
The Real Reason You Drink
⚠️ Trigger warning: This episode contains references to psychological and emotional abuse in a marriage.
The answer to "why I use alcoho...
How Grief Built Perfectly Made AF
Trigger warning: This episode contains references to the alcohol-related death of a family member.
Is it possible to build something mea...
Are You Drinking To Escape?
Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of traumatic brain injury.
Are you drinking to escape your life? Catherine was. She ca...
I Was A Functional Drinker For 32 Years
For 32 years, Travis was a functional drinker who never got a DUI, never missed a day of work, and never fit the picture most people hold when they he...
Why You Drink To Fit In
Andrew and Adele both know why they need alcohol to socialize — or think they do. For Adele, 64 and living in a New Zealand wine region, it started at...
Summer of Love
In Summer of Love, Kerri Maher writes about wine country glamour, shame that runs across generations, and the woman at the center who can't quite say...
Why You Keep Going Back To Alcohol
Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 919
If you're trying to figure out how to stop drinking for good, you’ll want to tune in for...
When AA Isn’t Working
Tim's Naked Life | EP 918
When AA isn't working, most people assume they're the problem — not committed enough, not broken...
When Alcohol Is The Only Coping Tool You Know
Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 917
What happens when you finally want to stop using alcohol to cope, but the idea of facing...
How One Mom Stopped Drinking
Sabrina’s Naked Life | EP 916
Trigger Warning: This episode includes mentions of an eating disorder.
What does...
Feeling Raw? That Means It's Working | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 915
Trigger Warning: This episode contains references to suicidal ideation, childhood trauma, family violence, and mental illness.
Laura has...
High-Functioning Doesn't Mean Fine | Tim’s Naked Life | EP 914
Is your life mostly intact — job fine, marriage okay, responsibilities covered — and yet you're drinking every single night and can't quite picture st...
Breaking the Drinking Cycle, Finding Yourself | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 913
Have you ever gotten exactly what you wanted, only to wait for something to go wrong? That's where Brenda is in today's episode — alcohol-free, feelin...
The Book That Changed His Mind Twice| Jonathan's Naked Life | EP 912
Ever used drinking to cope with grief and felt like it wasn’t even a conscious choice but rather a reflex? Jonathan knows that feeling exactly. He'd b...
Why Do I Keep Going Back to Drinking? | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 911
What if the thing keeping you stuck isn't a lack of willpower, but a lack of understanding what's really driving you back? Linda has nearly 100 days a...
Breaking the Alcohol Shame Spiral | Krista's Naked Life | EP 910
What does it take to finally break the alcohol shame spiral when it's been running your life for decades? Krista knows the cycle well: a data point, t...
When Grief and Drinking Go Hand in Hand | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 909
Trigger Warning: This episode includes conversations about grief, loss of loved ones, family estrangement, trauma, and depression.
Have y...
How I Stopped Drinking After Trying To Moderate | Michele’s Naked Life | EP 908
Wondering how I stopped drinking after trying to moderate for years? "Have I got a story for you!" says Michele. She ran a business, raised her daught...
How to Rebuild Self-Worth After Drinking | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 907
Trigger warning: This episode contains references to domestic violence, suicidal ideation, & self-harm ideation.
If you've been wondering...
How Coaching Helped Me Change My Drinking | JiAna's Naked Life | EP 906
What if the thing you thought was holding your life together was actually pulling you under? JiAna spent years reaching for alcohol not because she wa...
Why Willpower Fails With Alcohol — and What Actually Works Instead | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 905
Have you ever done everything "right" and still felt like alcohol had the upper hand? You're not alone — and there's a really good reason for that. Co...
Rewiring My Mindset Around Drinking | Anne's Naked Life | EP 904
What happens when the thing you're most afraid to lose is also the thing quietly costing you everything? Anne grew up in a home where five o'clock coc...
Letting Go of Shame and Finding Freedom | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 903
Does it ever feel like you know everything there is to know about why you drink, and none of it is enough to make you stop? You're not alone in that....
Beyond Moderation and White-Knuckling | Where Are They Now? - Calley | EP 902
What is gray area drinking for women – and what happens when “drink less” slowly turns into “I don’t even want this anymore”? In this Where Are They N...
How to Separate Fun From Alcohol | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 901
What if the fun was never actually in the drink? What is the best way to stop associating fun with alcohol? Zion called alcohol the "jewelry" of life,...
The Crossroads That Changed Everything | Kelly's Naked Life | EP 900
What made me question my drinking? “It wasn't a rock bottom — it was a barstool, a mirror, and a quiet voice asking where this road was headed,” says...
Releasing Guilt, Embracing Freedom | Alcohol Freedom Coaching | EP 899
Trigger Warning: This episode contains references to grief and the loss of a child.
What alcohol was really costing me was my peace, my p...
How Alcohol-Free Living Improves Anxiety | Brooke's Naked Life | EP 898
What does it take to finally walk away from drinking when you love the party, love your people, and have never once thought of yourself as someone wit...