I promise you, you're not a weak-willed loser with no self-control. There are a lot of reasons why we can't control the way we drink- trauma, lack of coping skills, stress, anger, anxiety. Plus, as you'll learn in my podcast, alcohol takes advantage of our vulnerabilities to hook us, then it changes our brains to keep us stuck and reliant on alcohol. It's not about willpower. In the Sober Powered Podcast, I use science, psychology, and compassion to help you understand why you use self-destructive coping skills like alcohol, what happens in the brain to make drinking spiral out of control and prevent us from drinking in moderation, and how to develop the coping skills and emotional sobriety you need to quit drinking and stay sober. About me: I quit drinking on November 9, 2019. I have a master's in biology and I'm a certified anger management specialist and crisis intervention specialist. Not sure where to start? My most popular episodes are 99, 150, 170, 177, 180, 186, 191, 194, 196, 197 and 202.

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E98: Emotion Intensity and How to Start Self-Regulating 2022-05-06
E97: Why We Keep Believing it’ll be Different this Time 2022-04-29
E96: Does Craving Sugar Increase Your Risk of Relapse? 2022-04-22
E95: Surprise, Moderate Drinking Isn’t Good for Your Heart (New Study) 2022-04-15
E94: Drinking to Cope or Numb Out Doesn't Help, Here's How to Really Cope 2022-04-08
E93: Alcohol-Related Deaths Increased By 25% in 2020 2022-04-01
E92: Why Don’t We Realize Our Drinking is a Problem? 2022-03-25
E91: Do You Want to be Sober or Do You Want to Drink Without the Consequences? 2022-03-18
E90: New Study Finds Just One Drink Shrinks Your Brain, or Does it? 2022-03-11
E89: How Dopamine Strengthens Our Cravings and Weakens Our Willpower 2022-03-04
E88: Sibling Studies: Why One Develops a Problem and the Other Doesn't 2022-02-25
E87: Why Shame Increases Loss of Control Over Alcohol and How to Manage Shame 2022-02-18
E86: Why Helping Others Helps You Stay Sober 2022-02-11
E85: Biased Alcohol Studies vs Reality 2022-02-04
E84: Does Alcohol Really Taste Good and Feel Pleasurable? 2022-01-28
E83: What to Expect Emotionally in the First 90 Days 2022-01-21
E82: So You Quit Drinking, Now is When the Work Starts with Amanda E. White, LPC 2022-01-14
E81: Why We Drink: Social Drinkers vs Problem Drinkers 2022-01-07
E80: Benefits of a Dry Month 2021-12-31
E79: Why We Romanticize Alcohol 2021-12-24
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