Podcast Episodes By Category
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E125: Why We Have No Off-Switch When Drinking Alcohol
E119: Why We Can’t Cope With Anything
E115: Why You Aren’t Ready to Quit Drinking and How to Get Ready
E114: Why We Believe Alcohol Helps and How to Break These Beliefs
E105: Do We Just Need More Willpower?
E103: Why We Use Alcohol to Enhance Our Experiences
E99: Why We Can Never Drink Again (Neuroplasticity and Permanent Changes)
E97: why we keep believing it’ll be different this time
E92: why don’t we realize our drinking is a problem?
E91: do you want to be sober or do you want to drink without the consequences?
E89: how dopamine strengthens our cravings and weakens our willpower
E87: why shame increases loss of control over alcohol and how to manage shame
E79: why we romanticize alcohol
E76: learning the truth about your drinking with Dr. Anna Lembke, Author of Dopamine Nation
E68: how heavy drinking changes the way we make decisions
E60: how alcohol affects our cognitive abilities
E56: high functioning alcoholics and denial
E54: neuroplasticity and using alcohol to escape or numb out
E27: why we can’t just drink on special occasions
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E110: 5 Reasons People Relapse and What to do About it
E99: Why We Can Never Drink Again (Neuroplasticity and Permanent Changes)
E97: why we keep believing it’ll be different this time
E94: drinking to cope or numb out doesn’t help, here’s how to really cope
E91: do you want to be sober or do you want to drink without the consequences?
E86: why helping others helps you stay sober
E79: why we romanticize alcohol
E74: resilience impacts how much you drink
E66: what increases our risk of relapse
E61: how alcohol memories are triggered in sobriety
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E114: Why We Believe Alcohol Helps and How to Break These Beliefs
E107: 10 Things No One Tells You About Quitting Drinking
E105: Do We Just Need More Willpower?
E91: do you want to be sober or do you want to drink without the consequences?
E83: what to expect emotionally in the first 90 days
E77: are non-alcoholic drinks okay to drink?
E75: how sleep improves from actively drinking to long term sobriety
E63: why alcohol causes depression and suicidal thoughts
E60: how alcohol affects our cognitive abilities
E59: what to expect when you stop drinking
E38: what causes withdrawal symptoms?
E36: your sober pal tells us what AA is like
E33: why do we feel so tired in early sobriety?
E28: is it a bad habit or a problem?
E23: what your blood can reveal about your live health
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E124: How Long Does it Take to Fully Recover?
E117: Why Sobriety Eventually Just Clicks
E116: Drinking Envy and Wishing You Could be “Normal”
E91: do you want to be sober or do you want to drink without the consequences?
E86: why helping others helps you stay sober
E82: so you quit drinking, now is when the work starts with Amanda E. White, LPC
E79: why we romanticize alcohol
E75: how sleep improves from actively drinking to long term sobriety
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E106: What Happens in the Brain When We are Overwhelmed
E98: Emotion Intensity and How to Start Self-Regulating
E97: why we keep believing it’ll be different this time
E94: drinking to cope or numb out doesn’t help, here’s how to really cope
E91: do you want to be sober or do you want to drink without the consequences?
E87: why shame increases loss of control over alcohol and how to manage shame
E83: what to expect emotionally in the first 90 days
E81: why we drink: social drinkers vs problem drinkers
E74: resilience impacts how much you drink
E72: trauma makes it even more difficult to handle our emotions
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E125: Why We Have No Off-Switch When Drinking Alcohol
E111: Drinking Alone Drastically Increases Your Risk of Getting Addicted
E99: Why We Can Never Drink Again
E87: Why Shame Increases Loss of Control Over Alcohol
E81: We We Drink: Social Drinkers vs Problem Drinkers
E68: How Heavy Drinking Changes the Way We Make Decisions
E28: Is it a Bad Habit or a Problem?
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E119: Why We Can’t Cope With Anything
E114: Why We Believe Alcohol Helps and How to Break These Beliefs
E111: Drinking Alone Drastically Increases Your Risk of Getting Addicted
E94: Drinking to Cope or Numb Out Doesn’t Help, Here’s How to Really Cope
E81: Why We Drink: Social Drinkers vs Problem Drinkers
E74: Resilience Impacts How Much You Drink
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E123: Recognizing You Need to Quit Drinking with Dr. Matt Glowiak
E121: What if it Never Gets “Bad Enough” to Quit for Good with Eric Zimmer
E118: Your Guide to Sober Sex with Dr. Nazanin Moali
E104: Why Alcohol Doesn’t Help You Cope with Dr. Ashish Bhatt, MD, MRO
E102: Alcohol and Your Dysregulated Nervous System With Beth Bowen, LMSW
E100: [Special] Dr. Lembke Returns to Discuss Radical Honesty and Self-Awareness
E82: so you quit drinking, now is when the work starts with Amanda E. White, LPC
E78: we need to learn to feel our feelings with Nikki Eisenhauer from The Emotional Badass Podcast
E76: learning the truth about your drinking with Dr. Anna Lembke, author of Dopamine Nation
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E125: Why We Have No Off-Switch When Drinking Alcohol
E120: How Does Chronic Stress Affect the Brain?
E111: Drinking Alone Drastically Increases Your Risk of Getting Addicted
E108: Why You Feel Anxious, Depressed, and Empty After Drinking Alcohol
E101: Does Alcohol Really Unlock Creativity?
E99: Why We Can Never Drink Again (Neuroplasticity and Permanent Changes)
E95: surprise, moderate drinking isn’t good for your heart (new study)
E89: how dopamine strengthens our cravings and weakens our willpower
E70: how the brain balances reward and consequences
E69: alcohol shrinks the brain… but what does that mean?
E68: how heavy drinking changes the way we make decisions
E67: how alcohol impacts cortisol and causes cravings
E65: what happens to the body when you binge drink
E64: anxiety and alcohol (part 2)
E63: why alcohol causes depression and suicidal thoughts
E61: how alcohol memories are triggered in sobriety
E60: how alcohol affects our cognitive abilities
E58: how does alcohol cause cancer?
E57: how alcohol affects our looks
E54: neuroplasticity and using alcohol to escape or numb out
E52: everything you need to know about cirrhosis and more
E46: neuroplasticity helps us recover
E38: what causes withdrawal symptoms?
E37: alcohol, insulin and infertility
E33: why do we feel so tired in early sobriety?
E29: the link between drinking as a teen and developing an addiction
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E124: How Long Does it Take to Fully Recover? (3 Years Sober)
E106: What Happens in the Brain When We are Overwhelmed
E73: the obsession may eventually even out (I’m 2 years sober)
E55: how to power through when you want to give up
E53: the top 5 things I’ve learned in 1 year of researching addiction
E32: a conversation with my husband
E18: how I handle my husband’s drinking
E16: signs I was a problem drinker
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E122: how exercise can help your recovery
E119: why we can’t cope with anything
E116: drinking envy and wishing you could be “normal”
E114: why we believe alcohol helps and how to break these beliefs
E106: what happens in the brain when we are overwhelmed?
E89: how dopamine strengthens our cravings and weakens our willpower
E67:how alcohol impacts cortisol and causes cravings
E61: how alcohol memories are triggered in sobriety
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E88: sibling studies: why one develops a problem and the other doesn’t
E84: does alcohol really taste good and feel pleasurable?
E48: is addiction genetic or a learned behavior?
E38: what causes withdrawal symptoms?
E31: if alcohol is toxic, why can we drink it?
E29: the link between drinking as a teen and developing an addiction
E13: SSRIs and alcohol-induced aggression
E11: why alcohol feels good (endorphins and opioid receptors)