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Learn how you can apply the skill of staying present through discomfort to urges, whether it's alcohol or any challenging emotion. Listen Now »
Learn how labeling certain drinks as fancy, rare, or healthy impacts your consumption patterns and makes changing your drinking habits more challenging. Listen Now »
How can you drink less in social situations when thoughts like, "You only live once!" enter your mind? Listen in to find out. Listen Now »
Sobriety coach Adriana Cloud is here to help you explore the thoughts and feelings that drive successful choices around alcohol, so you can stop dismissing your progress as a fluke. Listen Now »
If you think the thought, "I f*cked up” after overdrinking, listen in to learn why it's harmful and how to stop pathologizing your behavior. Listen Now »
Learn why avoiding temptation is not a sustainable long-term strategy for changing your drinking habits, and what to do instead. Listen Now »
Learn why your good intentions fail, what's sabotaging your progress, and how to finally break free from this frustrating cycle. Listen Now »
Sobriety coach Adriana Cloud is back on the show to discuss why setting arbitrary rules about when and how much to drink often backfires. Listen Now »
Discover what your envy toward “normal drinkers” can tell you about how your habit formed and how you can begin to change it. Listen Now »
Learn why numbing difficult emotions by turning to a drink makes it challenging to change your habits, and three strategies to use instead. Listen Now »
Learn why your rules around drinking aren't working, and how to finally break free from the frustrating cycle of setting and breaking rules. Listen Now »
Learn how denying yourself everyday pleasures intensifies cravings for alcohol at the end of the day. Listen Now »
Learn why you go back to drinking after long breaks and how to get off the seesaw of drinking and not drinking for good. Listen Now »
Learn how zooming in on one specific moment can reveal the real reason behind your temptations and cravings. Listen Now »
Learn a toolkit of breakthrough thoughts that you can use anytime you find yourself wanting to reach for a drink. Listen Now »
Learn how the little, often unnoticed choices you make to inconvenience yourself throughout the day can have a surprising impact on your drinking habits. Listen Now »
Sobriety coach Adriana Cloud joins me this week to discuss the common struggle of feeling like you can only stand someone if you're drinking. Listen Now »
Learn how an all-or-nothing approach to Dry January sets you up for failure and a powerful mindset shift that can transform how you navigate any goal related to your drinking. Listen Now »
Sobriety coach and hypnotist Adriana Cloud shares a genius analogy that will not only change how you view your cravings but help you more easily say no to a drink - and actually start to love your cravings. Listen Now »
Sobriety coach and hypnotist Adriana Cloud shares her journey with drinking and how techniques like hypnosis can help you form new habits. Listen Now »
You’ve got your compelling reason, but it doesn’t seem to be helping you drink less. What’s the problem? Find out why you may be caught in a common mistake. Listen Now »
Dry January is coming. You know you want to take a break, but you’re not sure how. Even worse, you may already be setting yourself up for failure. Here’s what to do. Listen Now »
It’s easy to see why you’d pour a glass of wine when life gets tough, but what about when it’s good? Why are you still drinking? Here’s why—and what to do. Listen Now »
What happens when you decide to stop drinking and you’re not happy? Is the answer to go back to alcohol or simply settle for a lackluster life? Neither, and here’s why. Listen Now »
Taking a break from drinking during the holidays may make you feel like you’re stuck at the kids' table. Here’s why—and how—to challenge those beliefs. Listen Now »
You and your friends split a bottle of wine. Everyone fills their glass, but there’s still a little left in the bottle. You can guess what happens next—but why isn’t “enough” enough? Listen Now »
The demonization of alcohol use can be a common refrain from those who no longer drink, but here’s why that’s not an effective way to change your habits. Listen Now »
When your decision not to drink is met with resistance or disappointment, here’s how to stay committed to changing your habit. Listen Now »
Learn why counting drinks sounds like a useful way to curb your drinking, and what to focus your energy on instead to actually change your relationship with alcohol. Listen Now »
Discover what it takes to become a normal drinker, and why it’s not really about the alcohol. Listen Now »