

The Alcohol ReThink Podcast with Patrick Fox
Patrick Fox - Mens Life and Sober Coach
The Alcohol ReThink Podcast is for men who want to change their relationship with alcohol, whether you're in the sober-curious stage or ready to quit for good.
We're ripping up the script on outdated stereotypes and stigmas when it comes to alcohol and addiction, and showing you how you can rethink your relationship with alcohol in a way that feels empowering and sustainable.
Join Patrick as he shares practical strategies, interviews, experiences, coaching tools and concepts to help you break free from alcohol, reclaim control, and start living the life you truly want.
www.patrickjfox.com
We're ripping up the script on outdated stereotypes and stigmas when it comes to alcohol and addiction, and showing you how you can rethink your relationship with alcohol in a way that feels empowering and sustainable.
Join Patrick as he shares practical strategies, interviews, experiences, coaching tools and concepts to help you break free from alcohol, reclaim control, and start living the life you truly want.
www.patrickjfox.com
Episodes
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Nov 3, 2023 • 27min
123. How To Tell Your Mates You’re Taking a Break from Alcohol
Are you worried about telling your mates you’re not drinking or taking a break?
Do you come up with every reason under the sun for not drinking except for the real one?
In this week’s episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast, Patrick is discussing ‘how to tell your mates you’re stopping or taking a break from alcohol.’
You can expect to discover some of the fears that can hold you back and what can happen when you finally open up about your decision.
He also shares why he thinks speaking your truth and letting others be wrong about you and your choices is important.
Some of the cool things he shares are:
- People can’t argue with your truth
- Sobriety is a beautiful journey of self-discovery
- Write down your fears about telling your mates
- The clearer you are on why you’re stopping the easier it’ll be to have conversations
- How people react to your decision says more about them than you
- Life is never about being perfect
- Failure leads to success…. If you let it
Resources mentioned:
Menace to Sobriety Podcast Interview:
YouTube
Podcast
Brene Brown - Vulnerability Ted Talk
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.
You can also join The Alcohol ReThink Project, a free 30 day email mindset-reset series to support you in stopping drinking
Website: https://www.patrickjfox.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealcoholrethinkproject/
Facebook Group (Private): https://www.facebook.com/groups/alcoholrethinkproject

Oct 27, 2023 • 49min
122. The Difference Between Using Willpower and Unlearning Desire for Alcohol with Tony Richardson
On this week's episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast, Patrick was joined by sober life coach, Tony Richardson.
Tony’s relationship with alcohol started when he joined the Royal Australian airforce at just 16 years old. Brought up in a culture where alcohol was the norm, Tony found himself slipping into addiction.
Tony began recognising the signs that he might have a problem with alcohol and after a particularly horrendous hangover, he knew something had to change.
For 8 years Tony managed to stop drinking using willpower and some of the AA philosophy. He spent those years constantly battling with himself about whether he could drink or not.
After hearing about the loss of a good friend, overcome with grief, the willpower Tony had been using was no more.
Tony's alcohol use soon went back to it's previous levels and after a few years a chance encounter with a book called This Naked Mind changed his life.
Now in his second and final spell of sobriety, Tony is no longe drinking and no longer has the battle or desire too.
Join us in this episode to find out how to go from using willpower to completely rewiring your brain.
Some of the cool things they talk about
- Unhelpful beliefs about not drinking
- Willpower is not the enemy
- Discovering why you drink instead of shaming yourself
- The patriarchy trap
- Finding ways to talk as men
- Secret drinking
- Finding the courage to say you need support
- Redefining failure
“Alcohol’s the problem, not you” - Tony Richardson
Connect with Tony Richardson:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sobertides/
Website: https://www.sobertides.com/
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.
You can also join The Alcohol ReThink Project, a free 30 day email mindset-reset series to support you in stopping drinking
Website: https://www.patrickjfox.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealcoholrethinkproject/
Facebook Group (Private): https://www.facebook.com/groups/alcoholrethinkproject

Oct 20, 2023 • 50min
121. Becoming Your Own Best Friend with RJ Zimmerman
On this week's episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast, Patrick was joined by RJ Zimmerman.
RJ is a life coach and host of the Untapped Keg podcast. He helps guide his clients to become a friend with the person they see in the mirror.
Connect with RJ Zimmerman:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/untappedkeg/
Website: https://www.untappedkeg.com/
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/untappedkeg
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.
You can also join The Alcohol ReThink Project, a free 30 day email mindset-reset series to support you in stopping drinking
Website: https://www.patrickjfox.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealcoholrethinkproject/
Facebook Group (Private): https://www.facebook.com/groups/alcoholrethinkproject

Oct 13, 2023 • 48min
120. Healing Pain with Andrew Casselton
On this week's episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast, Patrick was joined by Andrew Casselton.
Andrew stopped drinking over 15 years ago and shares his journey to sobriety and more importantly, what it has created for him since.
Some of the cool things he covers are:
- How alcohol is socially expected at university in the UK
- The impact of alcohol on productivity, risky behaviour and physical pain
- Existing and not living
- The power of mindfulness and meditation
- Managing anxiety after addiction
- Beliefs we create in childhood that play out as adults
- Developing a practice of self-care, mindfulness and being kind to yourself
Connect with Andrew:
Website: https://polarbeartherapy.co.uk/https://polarbeartherapy.co.uk/
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.
You can also join The Alcohol ReThink Project, a free 30 day email mindset-reset series to support you in stopping drinking
Website: https://www.patrickjfox.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealcoholrethinkproject/
Facebook Group (Private): https://www.facebook.com/groups/alcoholrethinkproject

Oct 6, 2023 • 14min
119. Three Beliefs That Helped Me Stop Drinking
Do you think that you can stop drinking? Why or why not?
Our beliefs are powerful, especially when they’ve gone unquestioned and practised for many years.
By uncovering what you believe about alcohol, you’ll uncover why you feel so motivated to drink.
Once you know why, you can begin to create new beliefs that will contradict and challenge your old belief systems.
In this week’s episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast, join Patrick as he shares 3 beliefs that helped him to radically rethink his relationship with alcohol and ultimately stop for good.
Some of the cool things he covers are:
- The happiness loan shark
- Beliefs and confirmation bias
- 3 beliefs that helped Patrick stop drinking
- The thought - feeling - act cycle
- Unlearning the associations and desire you’ve created for alcohol
- Practising believing new things
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.
You can also join The Alcohol ReThink Project, a free 30 day email mindset-reset series to support you in stopping drinking
Website: https://www.patrickjfox.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealcoholrethinkproject/Facebook Group (Private): https://www.facebook.com/groups/alcoholrethinkproject

Sep 29, 2023 • 27min
118. 5 Ways to Unlearn Your Desire To Drink
Drinking doesn't just happen. There are a number of reasons that contribute towards taking that action.
In this week’s episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast, Patrick shares 5 ways to unlearn your desire to drink.
Patrick shares the importance of having a vision and deciding what to do once you achieve it.
He talks about how your identity is driving your desire to drink, the beliefs you create to keep drinking, the emotions you’ve associated with drinking and understanding your social conditioning.
Some of the cool things he covers are:
- Pineapple progress
- Recognising the identity of yourself that you're feeding
- Learning how to recognise where you have a choice
- Emotion finds a way out
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.
You can also join The Alcohol ReThink Project, a free 30 day email mindset-reset series to support you in stopping drinking
Website: https://www.patrickjfox.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealcoholrethinkproject/

Sep 22, 2023 • 24min
117. Setbacks, Failures, F*ck Ups
How do you treat yourself when you drink when you say you don’t want to?
Harsh? Critical? Outright abusive?
There are so many ways and words that we use to describe not achieving a desired result. Many of them are self-defeating.
In this week's episode of The Alcohol ReThink Podcast Patrick shares how you can overcome any setbacks and failures you experience along the way on your journey to sobriety.
He offers some tools and mindset shifts that can help you reframe your experiences instead of beating yourself up about them.
Some of the cool things he covers are:
- The importance of how you label an experience
- Why the brain focuses on the negative
- Why the brain wants pleasure
- The positives we can find from setbacks
- 10 questions to reframe and rethink your experience
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.
You can also join The Alcohol ReThink Project, a free 30 day email mindset-reset series to support you in stopping drinking
Website: https://www.patrickjfox.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealcoholrethinkproject/

Sep 15, 2023 • 26min
116. This Is What Happens When You Stop Drinking
Have you ever wondered what happens when you stop drinking alcohol?
Patrick shares how he would religiously check on the googles what would happen for him when he stopped drinking.
He walks you through what to expect in the first week, month and year of stopping drinking and shares his experience along the way.
Some of the cool things he covers are:
- Living life in the edges
- What to expect from the first few days, weeks and months
- ALL the benefits of stopping that you can and can’t see
- The crazy ways Patrick would try to prevent problems caused by alcohol
- The incredible liver (actually has over 500 vital functions, he said 200)
- Alcohol shrinks the brain and the awesome reversal effect that takes place when you stop
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.
You can also join The Alcohol ReThink Project, a free 30 day email mindset-reset series to support you in stopping drinking
Website: https://www.patrickjfox.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealcoholrethinkproject/

Sep 13, 2023 • 27min
115. Permission To Have Fun (Sober)
In this week's episode of The Alcohol Rethink podcast, join Patrick as he shares how you can give yourself permission to have fun sober.
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.
You can also join The Alcohol ReThink Project, a free 30 day email mindset-reset series to support you in stopping drinking
Website: https://www.patrickjfox.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealcoholrethinkproject/

Sep 1, 2023 • 43min
114. Back from the depths of alcohol with Anthony Wragg
This week I am joined by an awesome guest whose journey to sobriety is nothing short of incredible.
After being given his first alcoholic drink at the age of 5, and being brought up in a home and culture that celebrated and normalised alcohol, Anthony has had to overcome some staggering circumstances in life.
A story that involves a heart attack at 41, followed by a cardiac arrest a few months later, being in a coma, having his heart stop for 8 minutes, and then a night where he wanted to end it all due to alcohol and drug use.
Anthony brings his real, raw and authentic self in an interview that is pure inspiration for anyone wanting to stop drinking.
You won’t want to miss it.
Some of the other topics they cover in this episode are:
- Exploring what beliefs he had learnt and inherited about alcohol from a young age
- Creating a sober picture diary
- The incredible support of his wife through it all
- How his once paranoid state when drinking and using disappeared in sobriety
- How having an understanding of his brain helped him to create new choices
- The sober me identity
- New habits and routines he has created since stopping
- Being thankful for each day he wakes up sober
- A willingness to prove himself wrong
- The sober toolkit he developed and what the first couple of months of sobriety have been like.
This is a truly inspirational story that proves that anyone can rethink the role of alcohol in their lives.
Resources mentioned:
Turning Point Charity - https://www.turning-point.co.uk/
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.
You can also join The Alcohol ReThink Project, a free 30 day email mindset-reset series to support you in stopping drinking
Website: https://www.patrickjfox.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealcoholrethinkproject/


