What can I substitute for alcohol to feel good?

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What can you do when you miss the euphoria and the high of drinking? How can you replace that? Is there something else you can use to scratch the itch?
Annie Grace, author of This Naked Mind and The Alcohol Experiment, shares her thoughts on replacements for alcohol.
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@AndrewHedlund100 2 года назад

I’m no expert but I’m gonna go out on a limb say the majority of people Who have a problem with drinking aren’t the ones who do it for fun but to drown pain anxiety stress etc

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

Yes, there is often a traumatic event that triggers the response to drink.

@katherinechase3674 2 года назад

Yes, I feel self medicating (uncomfortable feelings) is such a slippery slope-

@BrokenSofa Год назад

No shit

@krinkle7695 Год назад

I've done it for that but just the ritual of cooking a steak with a beer or playing guitar is fun, almost a year sober and do miss it at times

@viviennecarty2418 11 месяцев назад

Defo for fun here or started that way then everything is an excuse to keep the habit going. Needs honesty.

@hello5007 Год назад

This is good. What are you going to give up for that 20 minutes! Ha! I felt like a beer today. It was sunny. There were people out in the street. But seriously. One would lead to another. I'd feel sick in no time. Groggy. Tired. And I have stuff to do tomorrow! I need to be on form. I went to get a sandwich, sit by the river. The feeling was gone in no time. And it's the evening now. I am off to bed with a good book and then I've got all my stuff to do tomorrow. I will wake up. My head will be clear. I sacrificed those twenty minutes for two days. I am winning!

@ThisNakedMind Год назад

100% winning!! Mindset shifts in action!!

@backflipnuslip Месяц назад

well said. that is time spent wisely.

@milenaseymour446 14 дней назад

Love this ❤!

@douglaswilliams5794 2 года назад

I dumped alcohol couple months back. I am successfully getting comfortable with being bored on purpose. And I am liking the slower activity state.

@plusbonus1165 2 года назад

Planned boredom in this overstimulated society is such a profound idea. You are a Zen thinker and I'm the thief. Gonna steal this idea !! Good job.

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

What a great concept and mindset!

@leetarrant5630 Год назад

Absolutely I love the slower,more peaceful pace of being alcohol free compared to the madness of drinking

@MrCmon113 Год назад

@@plusbonus1165 If you guys actually paid attention, you'd see that trying to be bored itself is not just far from boring, but impossible.

@itsjustme9354 2 года назад

Definitely not! I'm no longer a slave to alcohol. To any anything or anyone I am free. My substitute now is exercise, nature, reading and inspirational videos. I don't need to run anymore. I am enough bless you all ,you are enough 🙏

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

That freedom is priceless!

@MrCmon113 Год назад

You watch an inspirational video and then you sing songs loudly with your friends at 4am on the streets and break into a zoo and wake up on a rooftop? I doubt it.

@riaanleroux5017 Год назад

Hi there. About half way through the video I scrolled down with this urge to type a comment... I wanted to say I have been completed stone cold sober for just over 5 years, and yet I STILL miss only the relaxing and happy (or euphoria) when socialising with my friends or just being on my own. We have a fishing trip coming up at the ocean in two weeks and I STILL am fearful of going because I know I'll miss the couple of drinks around the bonfire on the beach relaxing and enjoying the time together with friends. BUT then I heard you talking further about the choices and how the brain works and how your brain actually tries to fight the alchocol to maintain balance. At the end of the video I changed my mind about what I wanted to say because I realised how true and spot on your words were, well for me at least. I guess alcohol will always be there and I will always miss some part of it. but I will never let it be my boss again. once drink is too many. So I'm going to sit by that bonfire with my feet in the sand on the beach and just feel awesome about being clean and part of nature. At least I'll still feel great the next day

@ThisNakedMind Год назад

You will and it's okay to miss something about it as long as you realize that there really isn't a benefit. You're not missing out, you're just experiencing it differently.

@riaanleroux5017 Год назад

@@ThisNakedMind Thank you for that and for responding. I love your videos.

@KbeezyThe Год назад

Kratom my friend. Never feel like I need to drink anymore. I've been hospitalized and rehabbed over a dozen times In years past too. If I want a feel good buzz now, get a shot of Kratom. ❤

@MrCmon113 Год назад

@@ThisNakedMind There's a ton of benefits. That's why I'm looking for alternatives. The advantages of alcohol are that it gets you into a particularly adventerous kind of high, that it lasts for a long time, is quite cheap and it allows you to sleep pretty soon after. Cocaine, MDMA, amphetamines, etc all don't quite fit.

@heiltecn9ne 11 месяцев назад

@MrCmon113 ehh a lot of that isn’t even true and using the term benefit with alcohol is almost assured to be wrong. Many people are sleepless after alcohol consumption. Not one person wakes up the next day proud of alcohol consumption.

@giacomorotondi7251 Месяц назад

Thank you for not being brainwashed or dogmatic, keep up the good work lady. I am a subscriber, and a alcoholic.

@ThisNakedMind Месяц назад

Thank you kindly! Hope you're finding all the information helpful!

@viviennecarty2418 11 месяцев назад

SO helpful ....thank you ❤ a powerful reframe and thanks also to the community for the suggested replacements...really helpful too 😊

@ThisNakedMind 11 месяцев назад

You are so welcome!

@teresamiller9733 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for your brutally KIND honesty

@ThisNakedMind 10 месяцев назад

Honored to provide it!

@Rick40years 2 месяца назад

For me it's not about the euphoria anymore but rather mentally checking out of a toxic marriage. Stopping drinking hasn't stopped the insanity. That's probably a whole different video. Best

@ThisNakedMind 2 месяца назад

Drinking to numb is certainly a reason so many of us had! Hoping you find peace and healing in all these areas!

@tlgeraghty885 2 года назад

I've done the timer experiment 4 times now and this is 100% true...and the second "high" is lower and shorter than the first, and on and on...

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

So not worth it!

@jasonwilcox6637 10 месяцев назад

I love being sober, I'd much rather be bored sober, I can actually remember the movies I'm watching 🙃

@ThisNakedMind 10 месяцев назад

Same here!!

@michelleg1076 2 года назад

So that's why one drink is not enough you don't want the good feeling to go away.

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

Exactly!

@hippocraticly6167 2 года назад

Valerian root , chewed raw as fresh as possible, or a strong extract (calming, but the most fun without being addictive)

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing the suggestion!

@misssafia4013 2 года назад

Fantastic video thankyou

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@markoh.4365 2 года назад

thank you for the oppenness, you talk about those things.

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

My pleasure!

@lyndapierson6338 2 года назад

the buzz from sobriety is soo much greater than the buzz from booze! and it lasts much longer!!

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

It is the ultimate buzz!

@enowmessi2844 Год назад

@@ThisNakedMind for real?

@MrCmon113 Год назад

You might have brain damage.

@bryanmack4054 8 месяцев назад

@@MrCmon113 Lynda is gaslighting

@cathykane1320 14 дней назад

Good stuff! And I don’t mean the alcohol thank you for your wisdom and presentation ☀️

@ThisNakedMind 10 дней назад

You're so welcome!

@neev498 6 месяцев назад

Hi Annie I don’t drink and so thankful I never started but really appreciate your videos and have read your book thanks for the great work you do

@ThisNakedMind 6 месяцев назад

You are so welcome! Thank you for the support!

@glendalinsdell9921 Месяц назад

Wow. You actually watched and listened to these talks without having been addicted to alcohol. I wish I had your foresight.

@dean6125 10 месяцев назад

post workout buzz from a hard weightraining workout is pretty good. All perfectly healthy too

@ThisNakedMind 10 месяцев назад

That endorphin rush is amazing!

@cybco 5 месяцев назад

It's more than 20 minutes. The minute the buzz drops off, I grab another beer. Now it's 40 minutes, then an hour, then 2 hours, then 3 hours, etc.

@ThisNakedMind 5 месяцев назад

Interesting!

@cybco 5 месяцев назад

@@ThisNakedMind What I'm using, and I don't want to recommend it since there's not a whole lot of studies out there on it, is use Kava. And picking the right distributor is vital. You can spend a lot of money on garbage. Kava gives the buzz and relaxation.

@ianhobbs 4 месяца назад

This is a great video lots of good info. One good thing I found you can use to replace or help with stopping alcohol or smoking is. After stopping take up a sport. Maybe running or a gym workout. This helps to reinforce I will not be able to do my new much loved activity if I start drinking again. I also found dry January’s can lead to looking forward to 1st February and a heavy drinking session. A question I get asked a lot is why don’t you drink? My answer is I don’t like it.

@ThisNakedMind 4 месяца назад

Yes!! Exercise releases the same endorphins but in a much healthier (and sustainable) way!

@theburgercompany3314 2 года назад

🤯... I just can't argue with anything you just said...It makes perfect sense ..Thanks sista for being by my side.... #LoveFromKerala... #olredysubbed😌

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

You are so welcome

@katherinechase3674 2 года назад

For me, meditation helps clear away my thoughts, and obviously is not self destructive. It does require some effort / practice though-

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

Yes - meditation can be difficult in the beginning but it is so beneficial!

@LexJuris7 2 года назад

Such a useful video...

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

Glad you think so!

@LexJuris7 2 года назад

@@ThisNakedMind Most powerful and impactful video ever. Amazing...

@lisatsangaris6786 2 года назад

What problem do I want? Is it worth it? For 20 minutes high & pay the price for hours of anxiety or (initially) the other way round x thanks - let’s try- wire 😙

@itsjustme9354 2 года назад

Ditto

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

Often asking the right questions is where we find our freedom!

@katherinechase3674 2 года назад

For me, the price became an entire (long) day to fully recover...not worth it!

@jasonsmith4483 2 года назад

I’m quoting today. I’m sick of being sick and I don’t like my kids seeing me drunk.

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

Perfect reasons!

@jasonsmith4483 Год назад

11 months sober and loving it. Thanks Annie.

@MrCmon113 Год назад

@Sing Love I get along particularly well with children when I'm shitfaced. I've even have some bottles of wine that some school kids gave to me when I spontaneously hung out with them drunk.

@couturedeana 2 года назад

Amen.

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

So glad it connected with you!

@PHE-nomenon Год назад

Is it worth it? When you have nothing else left to lose, yes. At that point, why not? And what if the euphoria lasts longer? And you fall asleep after having laughed for hours? Then wake up remembering all the fun you had the night before?

@ThisNakedMind Год назад

Such great points to consider!

@Roquea.207 6 месяцев назад

Is coming in Gummies now lol

@Madhuwellness Год назад

My clients say they drink to be part of group, social networking & love making.

@ThisNakedMind Год назад

Very common reasons.

@joshuabailey2179 2 года назад

I say, sugar lol. Ice cream really helped at first

@jamesbyrne9312 2 года назад

Same must be sugar

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

Many seek sugar in the beginning!

@Dan-tv1sm 9 месяцев назад

Milkshakes .

@prakashchavda2813 Год назад

I drink once every 15-20 days, but when I drink, I drink until I pass out.

@ThisNakedMind Год назад

Hope you're able to find your freedom from alcohol. Have you tried joining our always free Alcohol Experiment? www.alcoholexperiment.com

@MrCmon113 Год назад

I don't understand what people mean with "euphoria" from alcohol. Alcohol has a range of positive effects, which then lead to different behavior, which leads to euphoria. But when I just sit in place drinking and doing nothing, that doesn't cause euphoria. So an alcohol alternative should cause the same behavioral changes as alcohol.

@ThisNakedMind Год назад

The difference is that we often assign the good feelings from the experiences to the alcohol we're drinking while doing them.

@campbellmorrison8540 2 года назад

I thought sex would be a way to get that euphoria but my wife was less than impressed with that idea Doh! : ) the really annoying thing is you are so spot on, we all know it, we just hoped there would be an easier alternative, but there isn't, least ways not that I have found damn it ! Thank you for you straight up comments.

@ThisNakedMind 2 года назад

You're so welcome! So happy to have you take the time to share your thoughts!

@JaysonT1 Год назад

Sounds like a divorce is in order

@MrCmon113 Год назад

@@JaysonT1 Yeah sounds like his wife is the problem, not the substances.

@vegetablepolice1 4 месяца назад

wim hoff method is the breathing technique and kava is the tea man

@ThisNakedMind 4 месяца назад

Glad you're finding what helps you!

@vegetablepolice1 4 месяца назад

@@ThisNakedMind pickle juice for fatigue

@gracenote5619 Год назад

Passionflower does the same feeling as alcohol.

@ThisNakedMind Год назад

Interesting!

@bendavis4210 Год назад

No it doesn't

@benjaminpilgrim1330 Год назад

All good information: but you provide NO SOLUTIONS/SUBSTITUTIONS at all. The Title is: "What can I substitute for alcohol to feel good?" What are these things? For instance: Kava, weed, tea, or something else? I listened to you talk and waited for the solution, but did not hear any.

@ThisNakedMind Год назад

The information is the answer. We shouldn't be looking for things outside of ourselves in order to feel good. It should be coming from within.

@benjaminpilgrim1330 Год назад

I hear you, and that is true, but to an alcoholic quickly looking for an answer: this video is a complete waste of time.

@benjaminpilgrim1330 Год назад

Also: if you don't want to waste people's time: I recommend you change the title of your video. The information spoken IS NOT a waste of time, but the way you have it advertised: IS.

@Ap-zq7lb Год назад

wandering purposelessly and meditation are the quick fixes.

@SR_20248 Год назад

I agree 💯 percent. This is useful in changing perspective on drinking but has no substitutes like nootropics or adaptogens or even tasty non-alcoholic beverages. I’d thumbs down this video for the misleading title but I think the perspective on drinking is worth it to those who haven’t already heard it before and encouraging sobriety is a positive thing.