Starting Over, Again: Jana’s Naked Life | E763

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

What if change is always possible, no matter how many times you try? At 25 years old, Jana was married and living in Hawaii, where she began exploring alcohol after losing access to marijuana. Three years later, her husband asked for a separation, which brought up deep feelings of rejection, especially from not having her dad in her life. To cope with the pain, Jana began drinking more. Later, she took a job at a winery and started drinking daily until she realized she didn’t feel as in control of her drinking as she once did. She tried different ways to manage her relationship with alcohol but found herself returning to old patterns. In this episode, Jana shares with Annie how continuing her journey, even when progress felt slow, helped her rediscover joy in everyday life, build stronger relationships, and feel more connected to who she truly is. In this episode, Annie and Jana will discuss: - Exploring alcohol after losing access to marijuana - Marriage, separation, and dealing with feelings of rejection - Using alcohol to numb emotional pain - Building a daily drinking habit while working at a winery - When Jana realized she didn’t have control over her drinking - Acknowledging the effects of alcohol on decision-making - Trying different approaches to mindful drinking - Starting a new career path in healthcare - Why hangovers can be tougher after taking a break - Rediscovering joy in everyday moments - Rethinking drinking as part of adulthood and socializing - Navigating friendships and different drinking choices - Being patient with yourself during hard moments - And other topics… Related Episodes: EP 390: Coaching Questions with Scott Pinyard https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-390-coaching-questions-with-scott-pinyard/ EP 410: Reader Question – Do I Need to Cut Ties with My Drinking Friends? https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-410-reader-question-do-i-need-to-cut-ties-with-my-drinking-friends EP 570: Reader’s Questions – Why do I keep going back to drinking? https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-570-readers-questions-why-do-i-keep-going-back-to-drinking/ EP 740: Drinking Less in Wine Country – Alcohol Freedom Coaching https://thisnakedmind.com/drinking-less-in-wine-country-alcohol-freedom-coaching-ep-740/ Ready to take the next step on your journey? Visit https://learn.thisnakedmind.com/podcast-resources for free resources, programs, and more. Until next week, stay curious!

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0:00.0	You're listening to This Naked Mind with Annie Grace.
0:14.8	Hi, this is Annie Grace and welcome to This Naked Mind podcast. I'm here with Jana. Hi, Jana. How are you?
0:20.2	Great. Hi. Thanks for having me on.
0:22.5	Oh, I'm so glad that you're here. Why don't you take us back to the beginning in your journey
0:28.3	with alcohol? Where did it all start for you? I would say it started a little later in my life. I didn't
0:34.3	really grow up with alcohol in my family. I was raised by my mom and my aunt.
0:38.8	I remember that they would occasionally drink on holidays or special occasions, but it wasn't a regular
0:45.9	thing at all in my household. So I didn't grow up around alcohol. And even in high school,
0:53.5	I just wasn't interested in it. I did watch my friends drink,
0:58.9	but I never really got into it. I didn't go to college. But when I was 19, I moved out to Mendocino
1:07.4	County. And marijuana is a big thing in Mendocino County. So I did smoke pot,
1:14.3	and I just didn't really drink. And then when I was 25, I got married and we moved to Hawaii.
1:22.9	And I think of my drinking, I started drinking a little bit more just because there was no marijuana or I,
1:28.7	you know, had to pay for it for the first time in my life. So I wasn't smoking. Maybe I was drinking
1:34.6	a little bit more, but after three years, my ex-husband asked that he wanted to be separated.
1:41.6	And that was really emotional for me, really hard for me. And it brought up a lot of
1:50.1	old heart wounds from when I was a childhood, not having my dad in my life. It just brought up a huge
1:58.8	amount of pain, feelings of rejection, not being lovable. And I don't think I was
2:07.6	really emotionally able to know how to handle that or take care of myself. And I had a roommate
2:14.1	who just happened to have a bottle of wine every night and we would share this
2:20.6	bottle of wine and talk and it helped numb that pain. I was also in a little bit of a denial
2:27.7	about how much it hurt. I wanted to be strong and I'm okay and I don't need a man. And so I think the alcohol helped mask what I was
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