Sep 13, 2026 · 22 min · 10 segments
Weddings. Big birthdays. Work parties. Those **BIG social events** can be some of the most intimidating moments when you’re going alcohol-free. In fact, sometimes just seeing one in the diary can be…
Andy RamageHost
And when I do... a mind experiment, let's say, to help people see whether really they could do with taking a break from alcohol and challenging their relationship with it.

Not sure I can actually because I've got the 40th, the 50th, the wedding, the leaving due.

It happens to almost everyone that's in that middle lane who I'm always talking to, that actually the thought of stopping drinking is way harder than they realize when they're faced with the just stop now predicament.

And I think that reveals the startling truth, doesn't it? That actually alcohol has a grip over you, even us in the middle lane, way more than we ever like to believe so, because if it didn't, it would be easy just to say fine.

Is it all right if I start next month? And then obviously next month rolls around and there's another reason to put it off and so on and so forth.

I'll say one of the most rewarding things of this alcohol-free adventure are doing the things that you might have thought impossible alcohol-free.

And when I do... a mind experiment, let's say, to help people see whether really they could do with taking a break from alcohol and challenging their relationship with it.

Not sure I can actually because I've got the 40th, the 50th, the wedding, the leaving due.

It happens to almost everyone that's in that middle lane who I'm always talking to, that actually the thought of stopping drinking is way harder than they realize when they're faced with the just stop now predicament.

And I think that reveals the startling truth, doesn't it? That actually alcohol has a grip over you, even us in the middle lane, way more than we ever like to believe so, because if it didn't, it would be easy just to say fine.

Is it all right if I start next month? And then obviously next month rolls around and there's another reason to put it off and so on and so forth.

I'll say one of the most rewarding things of this alcohol-free adventure are doing the things that you might have thought impossible alcohol-free.
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