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How to Manage Alcohol Cravings: 11 Hidden Needs and Alternatives to Drinking | Episode 73
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In this episode, we discuss strategies for managing and reducing alcohol cravings, uncovering alternative pathways to satisfy the deeper needs that fuel them.
Today, we delve into 11 needs, exploring alternative actions to address each:
- water
- nutrition
- social connection
- sex
- touch
- movement
- sleep
- feeling of possibility, novelty, chaos, & adventure
- stimulation (light, sound, etc.)
- stress reduction and calm
- goals/projects
Listen in to discover your hidden needs and other healthier ways to satisfy them, ultimately diminishing the urge to drink and granting you greater freedom in how you choose to live.
RESOURCES:
COMMUNITIES:
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Tribe Sober
ENTERTAINMENT
- Six Flags Magic Mountain (amusement park)
- Memento (movie)
SCIENCE VOCAB:
- basal ganglia
- intercostal muscles
- mesolimbic pathway
- prefrontal cortex
- striatum
- substantia nigra
- ventral tegmentum
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