

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We're ripping up the script on outdated stereotypes and stigmas when it comes to alcohol and addiction, and showing you how you can rethink your relationship with alcohol in a way that feels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We're ripping up the script on outdated stereotypes and stigmas when it comes to alcohol and addiction, and showing you how you can rethink your relationship with alcohol in a way that feels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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Dec 29, 2023 • 29min
131. Intention, Celebration and Possibility
Are you ready to rethink alcohol in 2024?
In this episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast, Patrick celebrates 5 years of sobriety and shares some things that got him there.
As we head into the new year Patrick offers some simple yet effective tools and ways of thinking that can support you in rethinking alcohol in your life.
Some of the cool things he covers in this episode are:
- Find other ways to invest your time and energy when you take a break from drinking
- Sober first milestones in Patrick's first year of not drinking
- Confidence is evidence
- Dreams about drinking
- What’s in store for 2024
- What are your non-negotiables for 2024?
- Choosing a word for the year and living by it
Resources mentioned
- Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad Documentary
- Ultra Process People (Book) - Dr Chris van Tullekin
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

Dec 22, 2023 • 1h 3min
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.
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

Dec 15, 2023 • 52min
129. Freedom from Alcohol with Bill Masters
This week on The Alcohol ReThink podcast Patrick was joined by Bill Masters.
Bill is a certified This Naked Mind coach. He changed his relationship with alcohol and has been free from alcohol since December 27th 2021.
Bill is using his experience and expertise to now help the LBGTQIA+ Community, to also find freedom from alcohol.
At only 16 years old Bill learned that alcohol was a way to help him cope with trauma experienced from being bullied and living in a volatile home.
After 40 years of drinking and drug use, he’s discovered that there are other healthier ways of managing his mental and emotional wellbeing.
In this episode Bill brings his radically honest story of change and how it is possible for anyone who wants to rethink alcohol in their life.
Some of the cool things they cover in this episode are:
- How science, self-reflection and compassion go a long way in rethinking alcohol
- The glamorization of alcohol and a sense of being ‘special’ drinking top shelf vodka
- Rituals created around alcohol and how they make you feel
- Be mindful of using other people's perceptions to make choices for yourself
- Drinking to quiet the inner demons - self negativity
- The power of the subconscious mind
- Finding excuses to drink
- I’ll hurt myself, so you can’t hurt me
- Finding the gift of addiction
- Drinking the satisfy the misery of withdrawal
- Beliefs we create around why we drink
- You’re far stronger and more capable than you can ever imagine
Christmas Alcohol ReThink Group Call Register here:
https://www.patrickjfox.com/xmas-alcohol-rethink
Connect with Bill
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afaf_coach/
Website: https://afafcoach.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
Facebook Group (Private):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sobercuriousmen
Facebook Page (Public):
https://www.facebook.com/thealcoholrethinkproject

Dec 8, 2023 • 27min
128. 5 Tips for a Less Boozy Christmas
It's the most booziest time of the year...
Christmas and New Year are renowned for the overconsumption and indulgence of booze and food.
If this year you've decided that you've had enough of that sh1t and are wanting to do it different this time around, this epsiode is for you.
Patrick shares 5 tips that will help you navigate the festive period and not only drink less or not at all but how to enjoy it while not drinking.
Yes it's possible!
Some of the cool things he talks about in this episode are:
- Memories of drunken Christmas escapades
- Sober firsts 6 years into sobriety
- 5 tips to navigate 'silly season'
Click this link to sign up for The Christmas Alcohol ReThink Group Call on Wednesday 20th December at 8pm GMT
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

Dec 1, 2023 • 42min
127. Addicted parents, trauma and healing with Denita Bremer
This week on The Alcohol ReThink podcast Patrick was joined by Denita Bremer.
Denita is a shame and trauma coach for latter-day saint women.
Denita was born to teen parents who had struggles with drugs and alcohol. In response to the trauma in her upbringing Denita developed a coping mechanism which was to be a ‘good learner’.
In this episode we discuss the impact of being brought up by parents with addiction, how she survived, the impact that had later in life and how she healed those traumas which led her to create the work she does in the world now.
Some of the cool things they talk about in this episode are:
- Underage drinking & having conversations around it
- How our upbringing influences our own parenting styles (positively and negatively)
- The importance of connection and the impact of being emotionally absent
- How we form (false) beliefs in childhood that play out in later life
- “The strengths that got you here are now holding you back”
- How we use alcohol and drugs as an attempt to self-soothe and regulate
- Working through trauma
- Cultivating compassion for yourself and your past
- Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional
Connect with Denita:
Website: https://denitabremer.com/
Podcast: Regulated and restored
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

Nov 24, 2023 • 20min
126. Creating a New 'Holiday Mode'
Do you want your festive period to look a little less boozy this year?
Do you find yourself going into 'holiday mode' where all the normal rules of life are abandoned during the festive season?
In this week's episode of The Alcohol ReThink podcast, Patrick shares his definition of 'holiday mode'.
That mode you go into during the holidays season when excessive drinking and eating are often in abundance.
With a little bit of science, experience and education, Patrick shows you how to create awareness around your version of 'holiday mode' and how you can go about changing it.
Some of the cool things he talks about in this episode are:
- Festive season associations and expectations
- The motivational triad
- Why thinking differently creates different results
- Creating new habits, rituals and traditions
- How alcohol is deeply intertwined into celebrations
- Looking for new experiences
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

Nov 17, 2023 • 42min
125. From Good to Great with Michele Demetriou
This week on The Alcohol ReThink podcast Patrick was joined by Michele Demetriou.
Michele is a Life Coach for high achievers and one-percenters. She helps them to manage their mindset and create lives that feel as good as they look.
In this episode, Patrick and Michele discuss what it takes to have a high achievers mindset and some of the unique challenges they can face along the way.
A fascinating interview that helps to remind us that we are all human no matter what and support is essential in any walk of life.
Some of the cool things they cover in this episode are:
- The difference between being good and great
- The pressures of social media
- The importance of having a solid support network around you
- Stackable wins
- Turning challenges into games
- Desire to belong
- Negative self-talk and unhelpful coping strategies
- Learning how to 'count on yourself' and 'have your own back'
- Why managing your mind is essential
Contact Michele
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/micheledemetriou/
Website: https://micheledemetriou.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
Facebook Group (Private):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sobercuriousmen
Facebook Page (Public):
https://www.facebook.com/thealcoholrethinkproject

Nov 10, 2023 • 49min
124. Walking Back to Happiness with Nigel Jones
This week on The Alcohol ReThink podcast Patrick was joined by Nigel Jones.
Nigel is the founder of the health and wellness channel 9KM BY 9AM, the 9KM BY 9AM CHALLENGE, he's an accredited Sober & Life Coach and author of “WALKING BACK TO HAPPINESS – THE SECRET TO ALCOHOL-FREE LIVING & WELL-BEING.”
In this episode Nigel shares his journey to sobriety and how walking played a pivotal part in becoming alcohol-free.
This episode is full of amazing tips, facts and experiences to help you start rethinking alcohol in your life.
Some of the cool things they discuss are:
- Leaving the alcohol drinkers tribe and joining the alcohol-free tribe
- Uncovering what you believe about alcohol and your ability to stop
- Intentions lead to deeds, deeds lead to habits,
- The mind of the beginner is full of possibility, the mind of the expert is not
- Alcohol is sweetened-up poison
- The data around the impact has on your physical and mental health doesn't lie
- The real cost of drinking and everything that comes with it
- Finding the space between your thoughts
- The R-A-I-N method
Resources Mentioned
Alcohol Change UK
Contact Nigel
Website – www.9kmby9am.com
Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.9kmby9am.com/latest-news/newsletter/
Reroot Yourself: https://www.9kmby9am.com/coaching/rerootyourself/
BOOK
Author Page – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nigel-Jones/e/B0B7RP6LH6/
Paperback https://amzn.eu/d/573olDm
Hardcover https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/191514731X/
Kindle / eBook https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B7QVJP2M/
SOCIALS
Facebook 9KM BY 9AM Challenge Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/9kmby9amchallenge
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/9kmby9am
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WALKINGBACKTOHAPPINESS
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@9kmby9am
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/9kmby9am/
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

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