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It's Not About the Alcohol

Colleen Freeland

Would you like to reduce your alcohol consumption by about 80 percent? Become the version of you who can just "take it or leave it" so that you can enjoy drinking socially without relying on alcohol to manage your stress, anxiety, loneliness and boredom when you're by yourself? Most high achieving women assume…

356 episodes tracked

It's Not About the Alcohol

EP356 The real reason you can't follow through on your promise to "not drink" tonight

EP355 How to be truly free from the desire to drink (without willpower)

EP354: If it feels like your drinking hasn't changed, track this metric instead

EP353: Your brain talks you into drinking. Here's how to talk back.

EP352: Drinking turns off your brain. Planning to quit turns it back on. Here's how to break the cycle.

EP351: Why joy is key to drinking less (not discipline)

EP350: How to tell the difference between self-care and self-sabotage (before your next drink)

EP349 Why you can't say no to wine at night (it's a capacity problem, not a willpower problem)

EP348: Why wondering if you're an alcoholic makes you drink more (and a better question to ponder)

EP347: Why you can drink a whole bottle and not feel "drunk" (and how to retrain your brain)

EP346: How to cope with conflict in your relationship without drinking with Karen McMahon

EP345: The KNOW-DO Gap: Why you keep drinking when you know you shouldn't.

EP344: The Hidden Hormone Imbalance Making You Drink Too Much (And The Labs Your Doctor Isn't Running)

EP343: Why drinking to relax anxiety makes it's worse (and what to do instead)

EP342 Change THIS if you want to drink like a normal person again

EP341: Why You Need Alcohol To Go To Sleep (And how to break the pattern)

EP340: Why your drinking makes perfect sense (and how to actually rewire your brain)

EP339: The 3 Hidden Patterns Behind Overdrinking in Busy and Successful Women

EP338 Minisode: Why You Can Explain Your Drinking But Still Can't Change It

EP337: Why drinking every night destroys your confidence (and how to stop)

EP336 Minisode: Why Giving Yourself Permission To Drink Actually Helps You Drink Less

EP335: I was drinking every night again. Here's how I stopped.

EP334 Minisode: Lower your tolerance without taking a break from alcohol

Ep333: Three Simple Practices To Improve Your Willpower TONIGHT

EP332 Minisode: Become Your Own Source Of Comfort (So You Don't Need Alcohol)

EP331: Workaholism and Over-Drinking Are the Same Problem — Here's the One Shift That Fixes Both

EP330 Minisode: How to leverage your dopamine so that alcohol is less appealing

EP329: Why your brain classifies alcohol as medicine, and how microdosing psilocybin changes that w/ Victoria Lee Starr

EP328 Minisode: The #1 Lie That Makes You Want To Drink

EP327: Why Getting Sober Didn't Fix My Drinking Problem (And What Actually Did)

EP326 Minisode: Three Mindset Shifts That Changed My Relationship With Alcohol

EP325: Why women who pursue financial abundance can take or leave alcohol with Mystic Millionaire Danielle Amos

EP324: Stop trying to reduce your drinking. Do THIS instead.

EP323: How to reverse the shift from "fun" drinking to "coping with stress" drinking

EP322 Minisode: What Big Setbacks With Drinking Really Mean About Your Ability To Change

EP321: How to tell if your cravings are physical or mental (and what to do about each)

EP320 Minisode: Why You Keep Breaking Your Own Rules About Drinking

EP319: The #1 skill that will reduce your drinking without (much) willpower

EP318: Want to know why some women can take or leave alcohol?

EP317 Why talk therapy isn't enough to change your drinking with Dr. Amanda Hanson

EP316 Minisode: Next Time You Want To Numb Your Emotions With Alcohol, Try This Instead

EP315 What I do the morning after I drink too much

EP314 Minisode: How to pull yourself out of a funk without pouring a drink

EP313 Three Tools that will help you drink less without relying on willpower

EP312 Minisode: You're Not Broken, You're Wounded: The Truth About Trauma and Addiction

EP311 Why you'd rather drink alone than have sex with your partner (and how to turn yourself back on)

EP310 Minisode: Why big decisions make you want to drink (and what to do instead)

EP309 Why trying to drink less causes you to drink more (Do THIS Instead)

EP308 Minisode: The connection between overwhelm and the need to drink

EP307: How to leverage your dopamine so you actually don't want to drink (so much)

EP306 Minisode: When You Don't Want To Drink, But Your Mouth Orders A Chardonnay

EP305 Are you drinking to cope with a job you hate? (And how to change that) with Career Coach Michelle Schafer

EP304 Minisode: T'is the season to break the rules that are keeping you stuck (and drunk)

EP303 "Why trying to quit made me drink even more" with Katie Herzog (Drink your way sober with naltrexone)

EP302 Minisode: How To Make An Emotionally Sober "To-Do List" (For Type A Thinkers)

EP301 Minisode: To Drink OR Not To Drink On The Plane

EP300 When burnout drives your drinking: how to interrupt the cycle with Cait Donovan

EP299 Minisode: Why hasn't my drinking changed?

EP298 Minisode: How to complete the stress response BEFORE you pour a drink

EP297 What human design reveals about your drinking with Hope Pedraza

EP296 Minisode: How to cope with overwhelm so you don't NEED to drink so much

EP295 Minisode: How to improve your motivation to stay sober in an evening

EP294 How to quiet your spinning mind (without alcohol)

EP293 Minisode: What it means when you feel like you HAVE to do something

EP292 Minisode: How to connect with your Higher Self

EP291: Why you drink too much when you're alone (and what to do about it)

EP290 Minisode: You need a vision for WHO you are becoming

EP289 Minisode: Don't Let the Slip Become a Slide

EP288 Understanding "Reentry Syndrome:" Why excessive drinking is a trauma response (and how to stop)

EP287 Minisode: Are you available to Be. Here. Now?

EP286 Minisode: You Can't Have The Money, Honey.

EP285 Why a toxic coparent makes you want to drink (and what to do instead) with Divorce Coach Amy Armstrong

EP284 Minisode: Try my favorite tool: Full Body Reset

EP283 Minisode: Why you need small group support

EP282 How to eat to change how you drink, with Dr. Brooke Scheller

EP281 Minisode: Primal versus Power states

EP280 Minisode: Are you more worried about how you look than how you feel?

EP279: The Consistency Code: How to stop self-sabotaging your health with Courtney Townley

EP278 Minisode: Future Casting