Resilience Impacts How Much You Drink (E74)

Gill discusses resilience. Being able to get through hardship without self-destructing is key for maintaining our sobriety. She explains what resilience is, some research on how this impacts sobriety, and other skills that contribute to resilience and staying sober. At the end of the episode she will go over 5 tips for developing resilience if this is something you struggle with.

What to listen to next:
E55: How to Power Through When You Want to Give Up
E35: Emotional Sobriety


Sources

  1. Long EC, Lönn SL, Ji J, et al. Resilience and Risk for Alcohol Use Disorders: A Swedish Twin Study. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2017;41(1):149-155. 

  2. Kashdan, T., et al. Emotion Differentiation as Resilience Against Excessive Alcohol Use: An Ecological Momentary Assessment in Underage Social Drinkers. Psychological Science. 21(9) 1341-1347. 2010

Cite this episode

Tietz, G. Episode 74: Resilience impacts how much you drink. Sober Powered. 2021.

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Gillian Tietz

Gillian Tietz is the host of the Sober Powered podcast and recently left her career as a biochemist to create Sober Powered Media, LLC. When she quit drinking in 2019, she dedicated herself to learning about alcohol's influence on the brain and how it can cause addiction. Today, she educates and empowers others to assess their relationship with alcohol. Gill is the owner of the Sober Powered Media Podcast Network, which is the first network of top sober podcasts.

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