Can you really learn how to stop daily drinking after decades of alcohol use?
Pierre's 35-year "drinking career" began at age 9 when adults first gave him alcohol in the Alps, a region where drinking is deeply woven into the cultural fabric. Despite recognizing his daily three-beer habit as problematic in his twenties, it took decades and multiple attempts before he successfully broke free. After discovering Annie Grace's approach, Pierre developed a long-term strategy to stop daily drinking and now celebrates a year of sobriety. In this episode, Pierre shares his journey from European drinking culture to peaceful sobriety, explaining how alcohol-induced depression lifted, why social pressure made quitting difficult, and how he finally created a life so beautiful he refuses to let alcohol steal even a day of it.
In this episode, Annie and Pierre will discuss:
- First exposure to alcohol at age 9 in Europe's drinking culture
- The progression from social drinking to daily alcohol consumption
- Working in industries where drinking is normalized and accessible
- Multiple failed attempts at moderation and sobriety
- How to stop daily drinking with This Naked Mind
- How alcohol-induced depression and anxiety disappeared
- Developing a toolbox of coping strategies for life without alcohol
- The challenge of socializing sober in drinking-centric environments
- The power of curiosity in creating sustainable change
- Creating a life that doesn't require escaping through alcohol
- Finding self-love and self-understanding without alcohol
- The realization that "there is no love in that bottle"
- And other topics...
Related Episodes:
EP 244: Reader’s Question – Do other countries have as much of a problem with alcohol as we do in the U.S.? https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-244-do-other-countries-have-as-much-of-a-problem-with-alcohol/
EP 578: Reader’s Question – Why is it hard to imagine being happy after going alcohol-free? https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-578-readers-question-why-is-it-hard-to-imagine-being-happy-going-alcohol-free/
EP 737: Cole’s Naked Life - Healing Through Self-Love
https://thisnakedmind.com/healing-through-self-love-coles-naked-life-e737/
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