You can stop drinking for a few days but find yourself needing multiple drinks just to get through the day.

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Oh, my God, that’s my favorite. Because I was working with a coworker. I was at L’Oréal, and she, you know, I quit, probably a year before, but I just was like, yep, used to drink feel better without it. I’m done, you know, whatever. And so, she was somehow distinguishing. She was like, but you chose to quit. I mean, you didn’t have a problem with it. Like, it was super important for her to draw that line. And I was like, and it’s addictive. You know, I was like, you know, if I was just, and then you know, other people would come in, super hungover. And when they heard I stopped drinking, they’d be like, Well, did you have a problem with it? And I’m like, at the time, like, I haven’t had a drink in Oh, they present tense. Do you have a problem with alcohol? Right? I mean, like, I haven’t had a drink in three years, you were hungover. Yesterday, like, eight, zero problem with alcohol, you know?

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If you’re reading this right now, you’re questioning how much you drink. Maybe you know you drink way too much, and you want to quit. Or maybe you’re just curious. You’re questioning whether you might be overdoing it a bit. No matter where you are on the drinking spectrum, you’re not alone. I’ve been there. And thousands of people inside the This Naked Mind community have been there, too. Annie Grace is the author of This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life and The Alcohol Experiment: A 30-day, Alcohol-Free Challenge to Interrupt Your Habits and Help You Take Control. She grew up outside Aspen, Colorado, in a one-room log cabin without running water or electricity. Having discovered a passion for marketing, Annie Grace earned a Masters of Science (Marketing) and dove into corporate life. As the youngest vice president in a multinational company at the age of 26, her drinking career began in earnest. At 35, in a global C-level marketing role, she was responsible for marketing in 28 countries; she was drinking almost two bottles of wine a night. Knowing she needed a change but unwilling to submit to a life of deprivation and stigma, Annie Grace embarked on a journey to painlessly gain control of alcohol — for her that process resulted in no longer wanting to drink. Never happier, she left her executive role to write and share This Naked Mind with the world. In her free time, she loves to ski, travel (26 countries and counting), and enjoy her beautiful family. Annie Grace lives with her husband and three children in the Colorado mountains. Why it’s a false choice to believe that you have only two options around alcohol: submit to a life of deprivation or continue to drink So where do I go from here? I'll decide that. Still taking inventory of the pros/cons and my observations about the changes. If there's one telling indication of the impact this book has had on me, please note this: the author suggests that if you're set on going to moderate drinking after 30 days of being alcohol-free (very important component for this), try getting drunk for science. This involves being completely alone and recording yourself at intervals while consuming enough alcohol to get drunk. My first thought? "Oh, god, no. No. I don't even want to think about it. Moving on."So actually, the Holy Grail around here isn’t sober days, or counting days, or being in recovery or being abstinent, it’s really finding peace with your relationship with alcohol, kind of whatever that means to you. So, you know, for some people, their goal will be that they want alcohol to be small and irrelevant. For some people, it will be that they just don’t want it to have so much control over them, you know, and whatever that means. That is how we approach it. And so it is, it is tough, because people are on such an individual path. Throughout the book, Annie Grace emphasizes the importance of self-compassion and taking small steps toward change. She provides practical tips for managing cravings and dealing with social situations where alcohol is present. Details of The Alcohol Experiment Book Book