Why am I not getting it? How To Stop Drinking. Annie Grace answers.

How long does it take for the non-drinker brain to emerge? Annie answers. For more of the neuroscience on addiction start reading This Naked Mind for free today - visit www.thisnakedm....
I do think the brain can readjust to the non-drinker brain but sometimes it takes years. It was two years before I personally got
off all the antidepressants I was on.
Often with the nondrinker brain, you actually are getting it but alcohol is so addictive that often you drift mindlessly back in
to a drink even just once you can very easily fall back to this trap.
Eventually the euphoria of drinking wears off and sometimes life just feels flat at times after that. The truth is that is part of the non-drinker brain - life has it's ups and downs and when we stop numbing ourselves we need to deal with all of those emotions.
Continue listening for more on whether you're truly getting it and how the non-drinker brain emerges over time.

[@jeanieolahful]

I share that attitude - I can have a drink whenever I want to. I just don’t want to, for many good reasons.

[@ThisNakedMind]

So great!

[@bobfeyereisen5521]

Thank you Annie! Loved your book and now I am listening to your audiobook while I drive to work every day! I stoped drinking half the way through your book back in November 2018. I joined a gym and as of today in four months I have missed six days(at the gym ;)). I grew up in a family of alcoholics and most of them headed to AA. So that was an acceptable cure of sorts. I would stop and start and stop again. drinking and never thinking there was a big problem. I never thought of myself as an alcoholic and I could not for the life of me(literally) figure out what was going on in my head. In reading your book it immediately threw the “blame” if you will, on the alcohol. I needed to get the correct education and mindset. My family still believes it it their weakness an inability to control it. Even genetically. I’m ok with them believing that as long as they stay healthy! I so appreciate the hard work and honesty you have shared with the world. You have helped so many people and obviously me too!!! Bob

[@ThisNakedMind]

I'm absolutely overjoyed to be part of your success!

[@victoriaoshea4865]

Congratulations Bob, and thank you for sharing with us. You are an inspiration.

[@BB-cw3uv]

I know this is a year ago but congrats

[@lifeofannabeltaylor4607]

This talked me of a ledge today thank you Annie 🥰

[@ThisNakedMind]

Wonderful! You are so welcome!

[@springblooms9050]

Thank you. These really help me..its only been 3 weeks of no drinking but that was through my birthday , a concert, my exes birthday,. A holiday and 3 weekends !

[@stefaniecurry5804]

spring blooms Wow, that’s huge! You should be very proud of yourself I just ordered Annie’s book today.

[@ThisNakedMind]

Congrats!

[@victoriaoshea4865]

That's really awesome!!

[@ellekay852]

You save lives Annie, mine included. Love going back and listening to these xo

[@ThisNakedMind]

Glad you like them!

[@chrisclark432]

This is a really weird one for me. It shows me that we are all very different with different experiences. Since I read the book and I stopped drinking I never expected it to feel so good. It blew my expectations away but in no way did I ever think that all my life problems are solved and I will always feel this. I guess I expected exactly what happened. Not drinking poison is great but it's more that it's just easier. Drinking is very complicating and since I've removed the "chore" of drinking I've freed up my life with less complication. Of coarse all the other benefits come with it which is great but life continues to be challenging, stressful, boring, sad and painful. All that stuff is still there but when I am in deep with one or more of these things I say to myself thank goodness I'm not dealing with drinking during this time. I did all the same things I do now when I drank. I just did a shittier version of it. But now when life sucks I don't wake up with a nauseating hangover to boot, adding insult to injury! To me I just appreciate not dealing with the what, when, where, and how i am to deal the the poison this week. Just the idea that I will never get a DUI for the rest of my days is worth it right there!! I still kinda freak out when I see a cop but then I almost want to get pulled over. OK, that's weird.

[@ThisNakedMind]

Not weird at all. It is the satisfaction of knowing that you've made a good choice! ❤️

[@Rick40years]

Excellent video. That helps. Anxiety takes me back to drinking, usually for one night. However, alcohol creates so much mental pain I can't understand why I keep experimenting.

[@ThisNakedMind]

Give yourself grace and compassion!

[@MrScotsport]

This question and your answer Annie sums up where I am. The reminder, especially in the early stages to think it through (play the tape forward) when the thought that 'having a drink might be nice tonight' comes along is particularly helpful. The seduction can be strong and might perhaps only be tackled by the stronger and certain knowledge, (based on painful experience) of where it inevitably leads. Thank you for your kind support.

[@deaconkameron2308]

You prolly dont give a shit but does anybody know a way to log back into an Instagram account?? I somehow forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me

[@emanuelisaac342]

@Deacon Kameron instablaster ;)

[@deaconkameron2308]

@Emanuel Isaac thanks for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im trying it out atm. Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@deaconkameron2308]

@Emanuel Isaac it did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy! Thank you so much you saved my account :D

[@emanuelisaac342]

@Deacon Kameron you are welcome :)

[@opencurtin]

I hit an age 48 where I was still drinking like I was when I was 25 so I said I had to quit as I could not moderate the binges ..

[@ThisNakedMind]

Glad you made that change!

[@rodkavanagh8525]

Did you keep going to meetings. If I stop I start drinking. If you want to be sober you have to do what sober people do.

[@ThisNakedMind]

I never went to meetings.

[@BeyondBeliefSobriety]

Well done! Thanks for posting this.

[@DeirdreAnneBarry]

Thanks for this. Thee is an interesting book that takes a different approach to the problem of addictions of all types. I've it a few times and am convinced if I tried the method it would help but for some reason have an inner resitance to sitting down and doing it. I really like the way you research things and try to learn as much as possoble to give you the tools to form your own future. The book is called Feeding your demons by Tsultrim Allione. It also has some real life stories of people struggling with addiction and how feeding their demons helped them. Take care and all the best to you.

[@hollywingate8667]

Maybe accepting that life is not always happy.... alcohol makes it worse

[@ThisNakedMind]

Yes!!

[@leslielowe5992]

Very encouraging. Just what I needed to hear. Thank you so much, Annie!

[@andyforster2140]

Thank you so much

[@jnemeth4155]

Great video and thank you! Would love to hear more about how to handle conversations with friends and family about not drinking...they look at you like you have nine heads! I listened to your videos during the 30 day alcohol experiment on this topic..but more help would be appreciated! Thank you!

[@j_cortez5226]

Thank You Annie!

[@ThisNakedMind]

So welcome!

[@himawari4166]

I'm so the same as the person who asked that question here... the problem with me is that I seem to be prone to self-destruction. I know almost everything about alcohol by now... but still life seems to be to difficult to stay sober sometimes.. actually always.. damn.. I absolutely love your videos and listen to them before sleeping even. However, could you do something about the sound and video quality? sometimes Ican't hear you or your guests clearly, and this video is also only for listening not watching. this is of course no offense, I just realised that I'm personally happy to get feedback myself, so I thought it might be helpful.

[@ThisNakedMind]

Unfortunately most of the interviews are via zoom so it's hard to control their home environment.