Wondering how I stopped drinking after trying to moderate for years? "Have I got a story for you!" says Michele. She ran a business, raised her daughter, kept things moving — and drank every night in a relationship where no one questioned it. Then the pandemic stripped away her structure, her purpose, and everything that had kept things manageable. She tried cutting back. She tried understanding it. Nothing stuck — until This Naked Mind gave her something willpower alone never could: a real understanding of what alcohol was doing to her, and the freedom to simply stop wanting it.

Michele and Coach Cole discuss:

How a functional habit quietly grew through a painful breakup, pandemic isolation, and lost purpose

Why Michele spent her first year using This Naked Mind while still trying to moderate — and what finally changed

The hospitalization that became her line in the sand

How This Naked Mind helped her understand what alcohol was actually doing to her body and brain

How shame became the thing that made drinking impossible to continue

Reframing her hardest moments as the reason her daughter now has a fully present mom

ADHD, generational patterns, and why "why can I stop sometimes but not others?" finally has an answer

And more on identity, community, and what it means to find your own path to alcohol freedom…

Episode links: nakedmindpath.com

Related Episodes:

Is Drinking In Moderation Possible? | Reader Question | EP 08 - https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-08-reader-question-moderation-possible/

Using Alcohol To Treat Adult ADHD | Amy’s Naked Life | EP800 - https://thisnakedmind.com/using-alcohol-to-treat-adult-adhd-amys-naked-life-e800/

I use alcohol to be a better wife and mother | Reader Question | EP 238 - https://thisnakedmind.com/ep-238-reader-question-i-use-alcohol-to-be-a-better-wife-and-mother/

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