

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We're ripping up the script on outdated stereotypes and stigmas when it comes to alcohol and addiction, and showing you how you can rethink your relationship with alcohol in a way that feels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We're ripping up the script on outdated stereotypes and stigmas when it comes to alcohol and addiction, and showing you how you can rethink your relationship with alcohol in a way that feels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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Mar 22, 2024 • 48min
141. Stop Waiting for Motivation to Change with Sara Debrach
Are you waiting to find the 'right' time to stop drinking?
The truth is, there is no right time and time spent waiting to decide is time that you could be spent taking action towards rethinking alcohol right now.
On this week's episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast Patrick is joined by Sara Debrach.
Sara began to notice that her brain would offer to have one more drink.
After discovering a course that helped with neuroscience behind drinking and a tool to change desire, Sara went from wanting to reduce drinking to wanting and successfully stopping drinking.
Join Patrick and Sara in this episode where Sara shares her alcohol rethink journey and offers some awesome tools to help you with yours.
Here are some of the cool topics they get into:
- How alcohol becomes part of daily life
- Seeing the possibility of unlearning the desire for alcohol
- The urge jar
- It takes 21 days to change a habit
- Pavlov's dogs and understanding how we anticipate a reward
- Dopamine doesn’t care. The power of getting excited about not drinking
- Start small to build trust in yourself
- Watching out for the seemingly innocent thoughts of desire that are actually toxic
- Finding delight in not drinking. Focusing on where you’ve come from vs where you think you should be
- Stop waiting for motivation and start creating it
- The harsh ways we speak to ourselves and how it impacts us
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.
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

Mar 15, 2024 • 26min
140. Lessons from a Sober Stag Party
Does the thought of going on a stag party while not drinking fill you with dread?
Join Patrick on this week's epsiode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast where he shares a new sober first... going on a stag party abroad.
Patrick talks about his experience of going on a boozy stag do, why he originally said he wasn't going, why he changed his mind and what he learnt from the whole expereince.
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

Mar 1, 2024 • 21min
139. Working for Sobriety vs Expecting Sobriety
Are you actively looking to rethink alcohol or are you hoping that it'll just happen?
In this week's episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast, Patrick talks about a concept known as passive action vs massive action.
He shares how this applies to rethinking alcohol and how passive action can feel good but not really help create the change you want.
Listen and find out how you can start taking massive action and living the sober life you both want and deserve.
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

Feb 23, 2024 • 26min
138. How To ReThink Alcohol
Are you listening, reading and watching content to stop drinking but not getting the results you want?
If so, join Patrick on this week's episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast, where he gives you an insight on what to expect on his FREE 30-day email training.
He shares three days of the 30-day project that will radically help you to start shifting how you see your relationship to alcohol.
The three days he walks you through are:
🧠 Getting your mindset for success
🗓️ Planning for the weekend
🏆 Alcohol as a reward
If you love what you hear and are ready to get to work, this email series is for you.
Every day for 30 days you'll receive 5 different ways to start creating awareness around your current alcohol mindset and then how you can start to challenge and change that thinking.
5 different ways to rethink alcohol every day for 30 days:
- One thought-provoking quote
- One topic
- One project
- One video
- One alcohol fact
That's 150 different ways in 30 days to help rewire your mind to stop drinking!
Sign up for the 30 day alcohol ReThink email series here
Resources Mentioned:
Mindset - Dr Carol Dweck (Book)
Relentless - Tim S Grover (Book)
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

Feb 16, 2024 • 17min
137. The Self-Awareness Trap
ReThinking alcohol is a journey of self-discovery. Sometimes that self-discovery can be confrontational and end up being used against yourself.
Join Patrick in this week's episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast where he shares something he's coined as 'The Self-Awareness Trap'
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

Feb 9, 2024 • 22min
136. Playing It Forward
What do you do when you're faced with an urge to drink?
Having the desire to drink whilst simultaneously not wanting to drink can be a very confusing.
On this week's episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast learn about a cool sobriety tool called 'Playing It Forward'.
This is a fantastic tool that you can use to help you think before you act when an urge comes along.
In this episode, Patrick goes into detail about how you can use this tool and some of the science behind it.
Some of the cool things he covers in this episode are:
- The role the limbic system plays in desiring alcohol
- Instant and delayed gratification
- What 'Playing It Forward' looks like
- Powerful questions to ask yourself to rethink alcohol
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

Jan 26, 2024 • 44min
135. Busting Alcohol Beliefs and Beyond Dry January with William Porter
Are you ready to have some of your false beliefs about alcohol blown out of the water?
Then you have to tune into this week's episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast where Patrick is joined by stop-drinking expert and author of the highly successful quit-lit books Alcohol Explained 1&2, William Porter.
William knows his shit when it comes to the impact of alcohol on the human body.
In this episode, Patrick and William go to work on busting some false beliefs about alcohol, backed up by science and data.
They explore the importance of sleep, how we are designed to fall asleep and the cognitive dissonance we experience when using alcohol to induce sleep.
They look at the impact of alcohol on your heart, the benefits you experience when stopping and how to continue building on your progress beyond Dry January.
This is one cracker of an episode. Listen now.
Some of the cool things they covers during this episode:
- Going from ‘I want to stop’ to ‘I have to stop!’
- The difference between sleep and alcohol induced unconsciousness
- How your sleep returns to it’s normal rhythm after 3-5 days
- Using data to disprove your belief systems around alcohol and it’s function
- The impact of alcohol on your heart
- Running off a hangover is actually more damaging for your heart than good
- The reason why people believe alcohol gives you energy
- The importance of creating or reigniting new habits and hobbies
- Look for the changes in stopping drinking
- Why you might feel worse before you get better and why that is normal
- How alcohol affects your muscles, injuries and recovery time
- Being single-minded and choosing your own path
Resources Mentioned:
Why we sleep - Matt Walker
Dry January 10k with Ollie Ollerton - Sunday 28th January
Connect with William:
Website: https://www.alcoholexplained.com/ (You can read the first 5 chapters of his book for free 👍)
Instagram: @alcoholexplained Facebook: Alcohol Explained Private Group
Buy the book: Amazon
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

Jan 23, 2024 • 51min
134. Embracing Change with Jay Rush
Join Patrick in episode 134 of The Alcohol ReThink podcast where he is joined by special guest, Jay Rush.
Jay is a life coach who works with men who are looking to create deeper self-awareness and fulfilment in their lives.
During this interview, they have an open and candid conversation about finding authenticity, vulnerability and courage as a man.
They explore some of the ways we can hold ourselves back and how some labels in society can contribute towards that. This is a fantastic episode to help you start identifying where you may be giving your power away and how to reclaim it.
Some of the cool things he covers in this episode are:
- The meaning that can be constructed around phrases like ‘man up’
- The vulnerability = courage formula
- Discovering who you are
- Over Analysis leads to confusion (analysis paralysis)
- Comparison requires imagination
- Divorcing yourself from your dependencies
- Dependence to self-reliance
- Choose your pain: The pain of staying the same or the pain of change
Connect with Jay Rush
Website - https://www.jayrushcoaching.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jay_davies_rush
Podcast - The Art of Independent Fatherhood
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
Facebook Group (Private):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sobercuriousmen
Facebook Page (Public):
https://www.facebook.com/thealcoholrethinkproject

Jan 12, 2024 • 31min
133. Is Moderation Possible?
When it comes to rethinking alcohol there's a question that usually pops up.... is it possible to moderate alcohol?
Join Patrick in episode 133 of The Alcohol ReThink podcast where he talks about what it means to moderate alcohol and some of the challenges you might encounter.
He shares some powerful questions to help you start examining your relationship with alcohol and find out why you want to consider moderating.
Some of the cool things he covers in this episode are:
- Unhelpful language surrounding alcohol and sobriety
- There's no morality when it comes to moderating or not
- Patrick's philosophy when it comes to rethinking alcohol
- Reasons why you consider moderating and whether they serve you or not
- 3 Belief systems that influence how you drink
- Powerful questions to consider why you want to moderate
Resources mentioned
- WHO Article
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
Facebook Group (Private):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sobercuriousmen
Facebook Page (Public):
https://www.facebook.com/thealcoholrethinkproject

Jan 5, 2024 • 38min
132. Understanding Triggers to Drink & How to Manage Urges
Want some help with understanding why you want to drink and how to manage urges this dry January?
Join Patrick in this episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast where he teaches everything you need to know to understand triggers and how to navigate the urge to drink alcohol.
Some of the cool things he covers in this episode are:
- Celebrate yourself more often
- Understanding what triggers and urges are
- The role of dopamine in experiencing a desire to drink
- Identifying association (triggers) of wanting to have a drink
- Getting to know how your brain wants to think so you don’t have to listen to it
- How cognitive dissonance plays out
- Competing wants
- Start noticing where else urges show up in your life
- Learning what the urge might be doing for you
- The urge scale
- Tools to help you manage urges to drink
Resources mentioned
- Walking your way back to happiness - Nigel Jones
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
Facebook Group (Private):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sobercuriousmen
Facebook Page (Public):
https://www.facebook.com/thealcoholrethinkproject