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The Alcohol ReThink Podcast with Patrick Fox — 254 episodes

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247. The 'Reset' Button- Navigating Alcohol Slip-Ups with Compassion

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246. I Had All The Answers… But Still Couldn’t Stop Drinking - Interview with Paul

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245. Alcohol, Creativity, and Emotional Avoidance with Ezra Vancil

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244. Relationships, Alcohol & Loving Power with Monica Tanner

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243. Why You’re Still Drinking (Even Though You Want to Stop) with Hunter

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242. Why You Don’t Trust Yourself (And How To Rebuild It)

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241. It's Never Too Late to Change with Ronnie Figueroa

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240. Breaking a 20-Year Drinking Habit with Ritchie

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239. Redefining Failure with Sam LaPage

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238. Journalling and the Art of Self-Coaching

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237. Bringing 'two beer' Energy to a Sober Life with Louis Church

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236. Disrupt Your Drinking Habit

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235. Emotions Aren't the Problem

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234. Drop the Shame and Quit Alcohol Like a Boss with Jessica Clark

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233. The Mental Game of Sober

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232. Best of the Best 2025

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231. Change Your Relationship with Alcohol

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230. 5 Years Sober & Thriving with Nigel Jones

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229. Failure Resistance

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228. Bored Sober?

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227. How David Quit Drinking and Rebuilt His Health, Identity and Life

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226. Why You Can’t Stop Thinking About Drinking (Even When You Want To)

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225. 7 Habits That Helped Me Stop Drinking (And Will Help You Too)

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224. How Recovery Changes Leadership, Culture, and Connection with Emily Pearson

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223. Stop Prioritising Alcohol - The Power of Values

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222. Socialising While Sober

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221. Taking Back Control - Interview with Shaun

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220. Know Your WHY

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219. What Does Alcohol Really Cost You?

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218. The Risk of Complacency in Sobriety, and What to Do About It

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217. ADHD, Addiction & The Missing Link with Sarah Templeton

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216. Supporting Loved Ones Through Addiction with Amber Hollingsworth

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215. The Challenge with All or Nothing Thinking and Looking at What Lies in The Middle

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214. Stop Drifting & Start Showing Up with James Swanick

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213. Breaking Free From the Work Hard, Play Hard Trap with Ben Taylor

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212. Why Willpower Wasn’t Enough...and What Worked Instead with Matthew

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211. The Rise of the Sober-Curious Movement

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210. Stop Suffering In Silence - A conversation around mens mental health with David Beeney

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209. Quitting Drinking Won’t Fix Everything… But It’s a Great Start

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208. Trading Addictions & Resourcefulness [Republished]

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207. Break Out of The Frustration Trap

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206. Alcohol, Advertising, and the Stories We’re (mis)Sold

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205. Breaking the Silence on Men’s Mental Health with Giancarlo Gaglione

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204. The Mental Gymnastics of Addiction (and how to beat it)

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203. Why It's Hard To Stop Drinking Alcohol - Identity, Loss and Evolution

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202. Why You Binge with Amber Abila

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201. The Top 3 Fears That Keep Men Drinking (and how to deal with them)

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200. The Drinking Archetypes with Rachel Hart

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199. The Power of Feeling Proud

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198. Why You Don't Have to Hit Rock Bottom To Stop Drinking with Janey Lee Grace

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197. Dealing with Triggers to Drink: Sun, BBQ's & Normalising Thoughts About Drinking

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196. Stop Sedating & Start Living with William Porter

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195. Why You Keep Making Deals With Yourself About Drinking with Adriana Cloud

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194. Protecting Your Sobriety - Do Whatever It Takes!

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193. Beyond Willpower: How Rethinking Alcohol Changed Everything with Quint Viardot

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192. From Chaotic Party Boy to Connected & Present with Johnathon Dowling

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191. Wanting More & Being Better: Interview with Leo

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190. Sober Burnout - Recognising the Symptoms & What to do about it

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189. Overcoming Addiction, PTSD, and Eating Disorders with Sam Thomas

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188. Challenges That Change You with Dan Palmer

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187. How to Break a 30-Year Drinking Habit with Matt Wing

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186. Timeline of Addiction - Understanding Why You Drink

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185. Shifting Your Identity from a Drinker to Becoming a Non-Drinker

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184. Embracing Discomfort & Finding Confidence with Jonny Bevan

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183. The Truth About Alcohol: Why It’s NOT the Reward You Think It Is

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182. From Cravings to Connection with Jennie Juechter

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181. How To Get Intentional About Stopping Drinking in 2025

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180. This Is What Happens When You Stop Drinking Alcohol (Revised & Updated)

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179. 5 Powerful Tools to Crush the Urge to Drink

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178. Beating The Festive Binge with Kathryn Hansen

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177. Moving from Addiction to Disgust

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176. What 'Doing The Work' In Sobriety Really Means

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175. Time, Patience & Thick Skin with Daniel Wynne

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174. Addiction Isn't a Dirty Word: Conversations in Recovery

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173. ADD, Adderall & Addiction with RL Kramer

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172. Taking Responsibility with Paul Fitzgerald

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171. A New Way of Understanding Addiction with Maia Szalavitz

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170. Who Am I Without Alcohol In My Life?

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169. Breaking Vicious Cycles - A Guide For Better Mental Health

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168. Disappointment, Triggers and Building Resilience

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167. Compassion vs Excuses: How to Use Compassion For Accountability

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166. Break The Habit of Drinking: How to Stop Using Alcohol to Escape Emotions

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165. How To Quit Alcohol and Feel In Control

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164. Stupid Sh1t People Say When You Stop Drinking Alcohol

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163. Addiction, Recovery and Feeling ReBourne with Bash Bashford

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162. Beyond the Buzz & Beating Boredom

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161. Sleep Better Feel Better

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160. From Clarity to Opportunity: Unltd Beer Co-Founder Johnny Johnson on Living a Limitless Life

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159. How to deal with Stress and Anxiety in Social Situations

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158. How Men Can Prioritise Their Health with Craig Spear

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157. The Impact of Stigma and Shame in ReThinking Alcohol

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156. How To Perform An Alcohol Audit

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155. 6 Thoughts That Fool You To Drink & How To Overcome Them

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154. The Difference In Parenting When Drinking vs Sobriety

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153. How To Make NOT Drinking a Habit

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152. How To Quit Vaping and Overcome Addictions with Andrew Cipriano

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151. This Is What Going Sober Looks Like: The Three Stages of Sobriety

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150. Creating Conditions to Succeed in Sobriety with Luke DeBoy

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149. Managing Social Situations After You Stop Drinking - Coaching with Patrick Fox

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148. How Alcohol Impacts Your Gut Health with Dr Traci Fraley

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147. Caught in two minds - Coaching Session with Patrick Fox

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146. Quitting Porn Made Simple with Jordan Keefe

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145. Don't Forget the Bullsh1t

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144. Moving Through The Fear of Change with Adam Hoefler

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143. Discovery not Recovery with Gill McKay

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142. Normalising Grief and Loss with Charlene Lam

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141. Stop Waiting for Motivation to Change with Sara Debrach

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140. Lessons from a Sober Stag Party

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139. Working for Sobriety vs Expecting Sobriety

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138. How To ReThink Alcohol

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137. The Self-Awareness Trap

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136. Playing It Forward

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135. Busting Alcohol Beliefs and Beyond Dry January with William Porter

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134. Embracing Change with Jay Rush

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133. Is Moderation Possible?

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132. Understanding Triggers to Drink & How to Manage Urges

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131. Intention, Celebration and Possibility

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130. Redefining Your Normal with Sam

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129. Freedom from Alcohol with Bill Masters

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128. 5 Tips for a Less Boozy Christmas

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127. Addicted parents, trauma and healing with Denita Bremer

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126. Creating a New 'Holiday Mode'

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125. From Good to Great with Michele Demetriou

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124. Walking Back to Happiness with Nigel Jones

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123. How To Tell Your Mates You’re Taking a Break from Alcohol

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122. The Difference Between Using Willpower and Unlearning Desire for Alcohol with Tony Richardson

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121. Becoming Your Own Best Friend with RJ Zimmerman

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120. Healing Pain with Andrew Casselton

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119. Three Beliefs That Helped Me Stop Drinking

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118. 5 Ways to Unlearn Your Desire To Drink

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117. Setbacks, Failures, F*ck Ups

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116. This Is What Happens When You Stop Drinking

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115. Permission To Have Fun (Sober)

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114. Back from the depths of alcohol with Anthony Wragg

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113. How To Think About Alcohol Differently

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112. Beyond The Why

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111. False Promises

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110. A Journey of Self-Discovery with James Bell

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109. Grieving Alcohol

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108. Finding Authenticity in Sobriety with Nathan Gallagher

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107. Letting Go

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106. Holding On (5 ways you hold on to alcohol in your life)

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105. Radical Rethink Interview with Craig Spear

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104. Dopaneeds

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103. Sober Firsts

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102. Creating a Sober Toolkit

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101. Self-Care 101

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100. Thinking About Drinking

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99. The Power of Intention

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98. Brain Over Binge with Kathryn Hansen

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97. Meeting Your Own Needs with Jai Singh

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96. Bouncing Back with Glenn Dougherty Jr

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95. Life After Infidelity with Luke Shillings

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94. Your Alcohol & Sober Footprint

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93. Cultivating Curiosity & Kindness with Matt Ellis

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92. Bamboozled with Ken Makimsy Middleton

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91. 90's Drinking Culture, Trauma and Addiction with Karen Rudd

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90. Men, Coaching & Asking for Help

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89. Identity, Grief & Radical Consciousness with Mike Field

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88. Partners of Alcoholics with Deanna Marie

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87. Switching Expectations for Appreciation

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86. Understanding Addiction with Ástvaldur Traustason

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85. Inspiration, Legacy and Values with Daniel Suppey

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84. Money, Self-Regard & Taking Stock with Jo Renshaw

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83. How To Nail Dry January with Angela Mascenik

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82. Finding The Wins

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81. Community, Friendship & Allyship with Yasmin Spark

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80. Acceptance, Connection & Healing with Chris Marshall

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79. Radical Presence with Sarah Trapkus

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BONUS Episode. 6 Tips To THRIVE in December

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78. December, Expectations & New Traditions

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77. Understanding Shadow Work & Emotional Wounding

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76. Busting the Myth 'Alcohol Helps You Sleep' with Dr Audrey Wells

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75. Shame & Self-Advocacy

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74.7 - 7 Days of Sober Challenge - Day 7 of 7 - Family, Friends & Partners

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74.6 - 7 Days of Sober Challenge - Day 6 of 7 - 3 P's of Sobriety

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74.5 - 7 Days of Sober Challenge - Day 5 of 7 - FOMO vs JOMO

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74.4 - 7 Days of Sober Challenge - Day 4 of 7 - Change Your Story

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74.3 - 7 Days of Sober Challenge - Day 3 of 7 - Feeling Your Emotions

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74.2 - 7 Days of Sober Challenge - Day 2 of 7 - The Power of Thinking

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74.1 - 7 Days of Sober Challenge - Day 1 of 7 - Know Your WHY

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73. Anti-Alcohol vs Sober Conscious

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72. Booze, Burnout and Being Kind To Yourself with Dex Randall

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71. Anxiety & Alcohol

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70. Sober Skillz - 5 Skills to Help You Stop Drinking

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69. Connecting with Your Future 'Sober' Self

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68. Understanding ‘The Work’ in Sobriety with Teri MacGilbert

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67. Sober Circle of Influence

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66. Warrior, Magician, King and Lover Archetypes with Rod Boothroyd

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65. Alcohol ROI (Return on Investment)

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64. Developing Self Trust with Adam Hindley

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63. Habits, Values & Standards with Luke Harrison

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62. Facing Fears & Fun with Michael Sargood

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61. Get Obsessed by Sobriety

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60. Believing In Yourself

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59. Understanding the Desire to Drink

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58. Being Bored

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57. The Power of Celebration

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56. Pleasure Over Pain

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55. Being the Watcher of Your Mind

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54. The Power of Breath Work with Hans Weygoldt

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53. Choices, Healing & Passions with Adam Mayhew

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52. Manifesting Sobriety with Anneka Reece

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51. Men, Emotions and Taking Responsibility

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50. A Conversation with My Mum About Generational Alcohol Addiction

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49. Breaking Alcohol with Adam Smith

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48. Stop Beating Yourself Up

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47. Lessons from a No Booze Cruise

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46. Feeling Your Way To Sobriety

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45. The 'F*ck It' Button

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44. The Impact of Alcoholic Parents with Shanenn Bryant

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43. The 3 P's of Sobriety

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42. Mental Health, Mindset and Hitting Rock Bottom with Sam Ortyl

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41. How To Process The Urge To Drink

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40. The Hero's Journey with Calvin Niles

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39. Owning Your Masculinity with Fidel Beauhill

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38. Uncovering the real YOU with Matt Pink

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37. The Path to Sobriety

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36. Sober Goals 2.0

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35. New Year, Zero Beer?

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34. How education & discomfort helped me stop drinking with Andy Booker

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33. Pain, Planning and Purpose with Craig Spear

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32. Social Anxiety with Kevin Baker

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31. Finding Presence & Purpose with Tommy Geary

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30. Porn, Booze & Feelings with Matt Smith

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29. Normalising Sobriety with Kevin Bellack

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28. Alcohol Explained with William Porter

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27. Counting Sober Days

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26. Reframing Rewards

230

25. Life After Lockdown

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24. Belief Portals

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23. Belief Systems

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22. Breaking Your Rules

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21. Finding Your Sober Bubble with Darren G Taylor

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20. Creating Space with Dr. Sherry Price

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19. Drinkers Denial

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18. Missed Opportunities

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17. Sober Indentity

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16. Sober Goals

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15. Being Wrong

241

14. 2 Years of Sober

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13. Clear Minds & New Things with Angela Mascenik

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12. Importance & Presence with Greg Lee

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11. FOMO vs JOMO

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10. Scarcity vs Abundance Thinking

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9. Accepting Sobriety

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8. Changing The Habit of Drinking

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7. Trading Addictions & Resourcefulness

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6. Understanding Feelings

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5. You're Not Who You Think You Are

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4. Taking A Break

252

3. F*ck Fear

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2. Why You Drink

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