What Truth Are You Avoiding? Amy’s Naked Life | E759

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

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

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

What if the first step to change is just being honest with yourself? Amy grew up in a family where alcohol wasn’t a big part of life. She didn’t drink in high school and was teased for it. During college and law school, she began drinking to fit in. Later, wine became part of her career as a lawyer. Over time, she used alcohol to deal with stress, lack of sleep, and feelings of guilt as a mom. Hearing stories about other people’s drinking made Amy feel like her habit wasn’t a big deal because she wasn’t letting it affect her work. But after struggling with guilt, shame, and even suicidal thoughts, she knew something had to change. In this episode, Amy talks with Annie about her steps toward making lasting changes, what didn’t work, and how she found her passion for coaching others in the legal profession to rethink their relationship with alcohol. In this episode, Annie and Amy will discuss: - Growing up without alcohol - Getting teased for not drinking as a teenager - Drinking to fit in during college and law school - How wine became part of her work and social life - Using alcohol to deal with stress and lack of sleep - Struggling with shame, mom guilt, and suicidal thoughts - How the Alcohol Experiment changed Amy’s mindset - Why hearing stories about alcohol made her drink more - Amy’s attempts at drinking in moderation - The difference between quick relief and real growth - Creating new habits like walking and gratitude - Understanding the intentions behind drinking habits - Finding purpose through coaching - Helping others in the legal industry with their alcohol journey - Learning how alcohol affects the brain and body - Building stronger friendships beyond drinking - And other topics… Connect with Amy: Amy’s Website: https://www.reframingwellbeing.com/ Related Episodes: EP 88: Reader Question – Social Drinking – How Do I Muster the Willpower Not to Drink? https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-88-reader-question-social-drinking-muster-willpower-not-drink/ EP 158: Reader Question – How do you deal with stress without alcohol? https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-158-how-do-you-deal-with-stress-without-alcohol/ EP 718: Reader’s Question – Does Not Drinking Hurt Job Prospects? https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-718-readers-question-does-not-drinking-hurt-job-prospects/ 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.
0:14.7	Hi, this is Annie Grace, and welcome to this Naked Mind podcast, and I am here with Amy. Hi, Amy. How are you?
0:22.9	Hi, Annie. I am great, And I am just seriously so excited to be with you here today. I found your podcast right as I was
0:31.1	starting my own alcohol-free journey four years ago. And the stories that your listeners have
0:36.2	shared were such a crucial part of me being
0:39.1	able to change my relationship with alcohol. So it's just such a neat full circle moment now
0:44.2	to be coming on and sharing my story and hopefully helping other people who might be stuck like I was.
0:51.2	Oh, I love that so much. Amy, that's great. And yeah, it is really a gift for people to come and
0:56.7	share their story because it's brave and it's vulnerable and it's incredibly life-changing for people
1:02.0	listening. So that's awesome. Why don't you take us back to the beginning in your relationship with
1:07.7	alcohol? Where did it all start for you? Well, I grew up in a small Midwest town,
1:13.5	and even though alcohol was all around me from very early on, it really wasn't in my home.
1:20.8	My mom drank only on special occasions, and my dad never drank that I saw anyway.
1:26.8	And I think that was because both of my grandfathers
1:29.3	had severe problems with alcohol. My mom's dad went to some kind of rehab in midlife, and my dad's
1:35.9	dad struggled with addictions to both alcohol and gambling. I remember growing up hearing
1:41.9	really sad stories about my dad walking to school with holes in his shoes and clothes that didn't fit because my grandfather would take his paycheck and then head straight to the bar and then to the horse races.
1:54.2	I think by the time I was in high school, most of my peers were drinking, but I was just such a geeky rule follower that I didn't even want to be
2:02.9	at a party with alcohol because, well, sometimes those would get busted. And in my small town,
2:09.4	even if you weren't drinking at those parties, you would get an MIP, a minor in possession charge.
2:15.1	And if you were in sports like I was, those MIPs meant that you would have to miss a certain
2:20.9	number of basketball games or track meets.
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