How to Stop Daily Drinking: Finding Happiness and Healing After 35 Years | Pierre’s Naked Life | E790
Apr 5, 2025
Pierre recounts his 35-year journey with alcohol, starting at just 9 years old in a culture where drinking is a norm. He reflects on the challenges of overcoming a daily three-beer habit and the struggle to socialize sober in drinking-centric environments. Discover how he developed coping strategies and embraced self-love after realizing alcohol-induced depression was holding him back. Through self-awareness and a supportive approach, he now enjoys a fulfilling life free from alcohol, sharing insights that inspire others to seek their own path to sobriety.
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Early and Daily Drinking Habit
Pierre started drinking at age 9 in the Bavarian Alps where alcohol is culturally ingrained.
He drank daily for decades, usually three beers, mixing social and habitual drinking.
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Sobriety Journey with Setbacks
Pierre first stopped drinking during COVID lockdown, pairing sobriety with quitting smoking.
After a long solo hike in Spain, he relapsed but later achieved a full year of sobriety.
insights INSIGHT
Alcohol's Hidden Mental Toll
Stopping alcohol lifted Pierre's alcohol-induced depression and improved his sleep significantly.
Sobriety removed dark nighttime fears and anxiety that lasted for years.
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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"
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