Social Drinking: Drinking to Fit In (E299)

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Social drinking feels harmless. Everyone does it right? There’s a difference between using alcohol to socialize and using it to force fitting in and feeling comfortable. In this episode you’ll learn more about the motive of drinking to socialize, how this makes it difficult to quit drinking, and some shifts you can make in sobriety to make socializing easier.

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Gillian Tietz. Social Drinking: Drinking to Fit In (E299). Sober Powered. 2025

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