195. Why You Keep Making Deals With Yourself About Drinking with Adriana Cloud

The Alcohol ReThink Podcast with Patrick Fox

In this episode, I’m joined by fellow sobriety coach Adriana Cloud for a real and honest conversation about what it actually looks like to rethink alcohol, especially when you don’t fit into the typical boxes of being an “alcoholic” or a “normal drinker.”

Adriana shares her journey from being a daily drinker to choosing a life without alcohol, and how it didn’t happen overnight.

We talk about the constant back-and-forth so many people experience: the deals we make with ourselves, the fear of giving up alcohol completely, and the belief that life without it would be dull or grey.

Cool topics we explore:

• - Why cutting back feels safer than stopping altogether

• - The uncomfortable truths about how we use alcohol to avoid feelings

• - What makes sobriety feel hard at first, and what changes over time

• - The importance of gathering evidence that you can be okay without it

• - How tools like hypnosis can help change patterns on a deeper level

Whether you're still negotiating with yourself or already on the path, this episode offers honest reflections, useful questions, and a reminder that it’s okay to take your time.

You don’t have to have it all figured out.

You just have to start where you are.

9 Questions To ReThink Alcohol:

• 1. Are you drinking because you enjoy it, or because you're trying to tolerate something?

• 2. What deals or rules have you made with yourself about drinking?

• 3. Do you really want the drink, or are you trying to avoid a feeling?

• 4. What do you believe alcohol gives you?

• 5. What do you believe a life without alcohol would look like?

• 6. What evidence can you start gathering that you’re okay without alcohol?

• 7. Why do you feel it’s only “acceptable” to be your full self when you’re drinking?

• 8. What were you really using alcohol for, and what are some new ways you could meet that need?

• 9. When you imagine a future version of yourself—10 years alcohol-free, what is that person like?

Connect with Adrianna

Website: adrianacloud.com

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