Have you noticed that the more you try to control your drinking, the harder it feels to control?

It's assumed that the only way to prevent over-drinking is no-drinking. If you can't stop once you start, don't start.

But science shows that people who identify as "sober alcoholics" are much more likely to relapse into binge drinking. Because they identify as diseased or damaged all-or-nothing people.

And sobriety is the "nothing" in the all-or-nothing cycle.

Alcohol use disorder isn't a drinking problem, it's a thinking problem. Which makes it a mental health issue. The story you're telling yourself about your relationship with alcohol doesn't make any sense. Somehow, drinking has become both the problem and the solution.

In this episode, I'll give you four scientific reasons why abstinence is not the cure for alcohol use disorder. And explain why emotional sobriety is the path to freedom. Because if you felt more powerful and at ease in your life, you would naturally drink like someone who feels that way.

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