EP 206: Reader Question - I'm entertaining and alcohol free. Do I need to provide booze for guests?

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

What’s the best way to be a good host if we are living alcohol free? Is it necessary to still provide alcoholic beverages to our guests? Or maybe it’s best to just exempt ourselves from hosting altogether? Annie answers this question with your best interest in mind! Find out what she has says regarding this topic and learn some tips that have helped her learn to be the hostess with the mostess.

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0:00.0	This is Annie Grace and you're listening to this naked mind podcast where without
0:15.2	judgment, pain or rules, we explore the role of alcohol in our lives and culture.
0:20.2	Hi, this is Annie Grace answering readers questions and today I have a question from Lisa.
0:32.1	Lisa asks, she says,
0:34.2	and I have a question for those who've decided to stop drinking and I have,
0:37.6	what is the hosting stance that most people take? There's holiday parties on and I see the
0:42.4	options are one, serve alcohol at family friend events, don't serve alcohol or don't even have
0:49.2	these events. So this is a great question. I mean, you've recently decided to become alcohol free
0:54.3	and you're wondering sort of what to do at family events first and foremost and before anything
1:00.0	else, you need to do what you feel comfortable with. So if serving alcohol is going to make you
1:06.1	uncomfortable or make it difficult for you in any way, then don't serve alcohol. Think about
1:12.4	you first. I mean, you're going through a lot of transitions and changes and you're making some
1:16.4	really empowering decisions and sometimes those decisions are just like right out of the gate,
1:21.2	super strong. You don't need any kind of, you don't have to worry about it. You're not bothered by
1:26.4	the alcohol being around, but sometimes those decisions can be, it might take some more effort,
1:31.6	you know? And so it really first and foremost has to be up to you and what your most comfortable with.
1:37.6	Second, I would say if your intention is to really make, you know, people feel,
1:47.5	people feel more comfortable, obviously, when they don't feel judged. And I think the way that I've
1:56.0	made sort of the most impact on people around me is when they don't feel judged by me. So I'll
2:02.4	tell you what I did. So the first time that I had always served for who knows what reason it's
2:09.4	but I'd always served alcohol and my children's birthday parties. And so did all our friends. It was
2:14.1	just totally normal to do. And so the first time we had a big, huge birthday party during the summer
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