Navigating Nights Out (and Boundaries) With Your Drinking Friends
10/18/24 • 29 min
In this episode of The Sober Butterfly, host Nadine delves into navigating social life and friendships while maintaining sobriety. Key topics include understanding and setting personal boundaries, communicating needs honestly, and dealing with peer pressure and FOMO. Nadine shares practical advice on staying connected with friends who drink, choosing alternative social activities, and handling social dynamics without alcohol. The episode highlights the importance of mental clarity, offers tips for engaging in social settings comfortably, and emphasizes the significance of preserving and nurturing valuable relationships in a sober lifestyle.
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In this episode of The Sober Butterfly, host Nadine delves into navigating social life and friendships while maintaining sobriety. Key topics include understanding and setting personal boundaries, communicating needs honestly, and dealing with peer pressure and FOMO. Nadine shares practical advice on staying connected with friends who drink, choosing alternative social activities, and handling social dynamics without alcohol. The episode highlights the importance of mental clarity, offers tips for engaging in social settings comfortably, and emphasizes the significance of preserving and nurturing valuable relationships in a sober lifestyle.
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Use Code TSB23 for 18% off your order
Connect with Nadine 🦋
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/the.soberbutterfly/
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn10zHObzJiRA5PBilZeXDQ
Newsletter:
https://thesoberbutterfly.com/
Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services refereed to in this episode.
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In this episode of the Sober Butterfly, host Nadine shares her personal journey with her recent ADHD diagnosis, coinciding with ADHD awareness month and Sober October. She discusses the relief and shock of being diagnosed as an adult and explores how undiagnosed ADHD affected her life, especially her relationship with alcohol. Nadine explains how ADHD symptoms like inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity led her to self-medicate with alcohol, contributing to an ongoing struggle with alcohol use disorder. She highlights the larger issue of undiagnosed ADHD in adulthood, the link between ADHD and higher risks of substance abuse, and shares insights into common symptoms of ADHD. Nadine also explains the negative effects of alcohol on ADHD symptoms and discusses coping mechanisms she has developed since going sober. The episode emphasizes the importance of understanding one's mental health, embracing healthier habits, and finding support within sober and ADHD communities.
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42:04 Closing Thoughts and Resources
(Re)Sources
- https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6683828/
- https://www.samhsa.gov/
- What Alcohol Does to Your Brain | Huberman Lab Podcast
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YouTube:
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Newsletter:
https://thesoberbutterfly.com/
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11:50 Hosting My Own Sober Halloween Party
12:29 Tips for a Sober Halloween
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19:29 Wrap Up
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YouTube:
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The Sober Butterfly Podcast - Navigating Nights Out (and Boundaries) With Your Drinking Friends
Transcript
Hello and welcome back to the Sober Butterfly, I'm Nadine and today we're diving into a topic that many of us in the sober community have struggled with. So I get asked this question quite a bit. How do you hang out with your drinking friends when you're sober? Also, can you have fun
the-sober-butterfly_2_10-17-2024_071516Before I offer some tips and strategies to hang out
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