195. Why You Keep Making Deals With Yourself About Drinking with Adriana Cloud

In this episode, I’m joined by fellow sobriety coach Adriana Cloud for a real and honest conversation about what it actually looks like to rethink alcohol, especially when you don’t fit into the typical boxes of being an “alcoholic” or a “normal drinker.”

Adriana shares her journey from being a daily drinker to choosing a life without alcohol, and how it didn’t happen overnight.

We talk about the constant back-and-forth so many people experience: the deals we make with ourselves, the fear of giving up alcohol completely, and the belief that life without it would be dull or grey.

Cool topics we explore:

• - Why cutting back feels safer than stopping altogether

• - The uncomfortable truths about how we use alcohol to avoid feelings

• - What makes sobriety feel hard at first, and what changes over time

• - The importance of gathering evidence that you can be okay without it

• - How tools like hypnosis can help change patterns on a deeper level

Whether you're still negotiating with yourself or already on the path, this episode offers honest reflections, useful questions, and a reminder that it’s okay to take your time.

You don’t have to have it all figured out.

You just have to start where you are.

9 Questions To ReThink Alcohol:

• 1. Are you drinking because you enjoy it, or because you're trying to tolerate something?

• 2. What deals or rules have you made with yourself about drinking?

• 3. Do you really want the drink, or are you trying to avoid a feeling?

• 4. What do you believe alcohol gives you?

• 5. What do you believe a life without alcohol would look like?

• 6. What evidence can you start gathering that you’re okay without alcohol?

• 7. Why do you feel it’s only “acceptable” to be your full self when you’re drinking?

• 8. What were you really using alcohol for, and what are some new ways you could meet that need?

• 9. When you imagine a future version of yourself—10 years alcohol-free, what is that person like?

Connect with Adrianna

Website: adrianacloud.com

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