The Alcohol ReThink Podcast with Patrick Fox 130. Redefining Your Normal with Sam
What is holding you back from rethinking alcohol?
Fear? Shame? Stigmas?
In this week's episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast Patrick is joined by one of his former clients Sam.
Sam came on to share his alcohol rethink journey, including some of the highs and lows along the way.
He gives a detailed version of what rethinking alcohol looked like for him and some of the challenges in faced before he started and along the way.
This episode is an amazing story of what it's like to rethink alcohol and a beautiful example of how possible it is for you no matter where you think you are on the drinking spectrum.
Some of the cool things they cover in this episode are:
- The problem with using alcohol as a tool to deal with everything in life
- Letting your emotions build up and getting wasted at a weekend to unload
- The impact of lockdown and increased alcohol use
- The different attempts to moderate and how he led to feeling more out of control
- The moment he couldn’t ignore the impact alcohol was having on his body after a visit to the doctor
- It’s ok to ask for help
- Focusing on positive reasons for stopping vs thinking you have to
- The power of redefining the language around stopping drinking
- Learning to belief in yourself and cultivating self-confidence
- Speaking in the past tense to shift identity and behaviors
- Incredible sober firsts
- Stop letting alcohol take the credit for how you experience life
- Look at your relationship with alcohol from an objective perspective
Resources mentioned
- Alcohol Explained by William Porter
- The ‘Fuck It’ button episode
Connect with Patrick:
To find out how Patrick can help you stop drinking and create an awesome life without alcohol, book a free one hour consultation to discover how his 6 month 1-1 coaching program will take you from feeling out of control and self-hating to sober, clear-headed, full of energy, looking good and doing more of what you love in life.
Whether you decide to work with him or not, the consultation alone will help you understand where you are and why you do what you do. It’s a no-brainer. Get yourself booked in here.
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