Solo: Two Years Without Drinking
Conversations with Cam
Dear Media
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In this solo episode, I celebrate my two year anniversary of being alcohol-free with a deep dive into my decision to stop drinking, my background with alcohol growing up, and where I stand now on this decision that started out as a temporary experiment. I share how I suspected I didn’t enjoy drinking in college and post-college years like other people, how the effects of alcohol changed after my concussion, and why I felt angry and disempowered when I couldn’t drink after my accident. I also talk about how I moved from a disempowered choice to an empowered choice, why being hungover as a parent was a game changer for my decision, and how I have discovered an inner confidence and self-trust I didn’t have before. Finally, I answer listener questions like whether I ever miss drinking, how alcohol affects my mental health versus other substances, how I navigate events with friends and being around people who are drinking, and much more.
Key Takeaway / Points:
- My upbringing with alcohol and experience drinking in college
- Feeling like I didn’t enjoy alcohol as much as everyone else
- On implementing Sober Mondays into my routine
- On the effects of alcohol changing after my concussion
- On moving from feeling disempowered to making an empowered decision to stop drinking
- On the gamechanger of being hungover as a parent
- On finding inner confidence and self-trust from this decision
- On whether I miss drinking
- On not drawing the line in the sand for future decisions
- How alcohol affects my mental health differently than other substances
- What I order when out with friends
- How to navigate events like bachelorette parties when not drinking
- On people pressuring you to drink and examining those relationships
- On the confidence boost of knowing I enjoy myself as I am
- Any noticeable changes I’ve felt since not drinking
Listen to my past episodes on stopping drinking here and here
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| 1:11.1 | someone asked recently in a video I think it was a |
| 1:15.1 | Tik-Tok I don't even know someone asked like you know it's been almost two years |
| 1:20.5 | I know you were pregnant but like what's your relationship like right now with stopping from drinking alcohol? |
| 1:27.0 | And I was like, oh my God, it is two years this week. I believe it's like March 6th. I never actually knew the date but I went |
| 1:37.0 | back and looked because I know it was the day after I went on a double date with Emily |
| 1:42.4 | and her husband and Emily's always like I |
| 1:44.4 | literally forced you to stop drinking. I'm like no not at all but I know that was the last time I like |
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