Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober
Sep 11, 2026 · 15 min · 10 segments
There are a few stages that we go through on the path to truly acknowledging our drinking. One of the earlier ones is when drinking feels mysterious, so the “I drank and I don’t know why” or “it’s…
There are a few stages that we go through on the path to truly acknowledging our drinking.
And another one is getting really into learning and then doing nothing with everything that you learn.
I began shifting this podcast to talk more about behavior change once I noticed the same thing happening with my listeners.
Sometimes I would see people use scientific explanations before looking at the behavior right in front of them.
They'd say they drank because pause is so hard to deal with, but they were on day four.
And in that moment, the label becomes a way to explain the behavior without looking at what you needed to change.
So basically, insight gives us a reason to explain our behavior without having to change it.
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