Why Don’t We Realize Our Drinking is a Problem? (E92)

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Gill discusses 5 reasons we don’t realize our drinking is a problem. You’ll learn how prevalent lack of awareness is in problem drinkers, and what the steps are moving through complete unawareness to acceptance. She explains factors that contribute to denial like how alcohol impacts our memory, how society makes it more challenging to accept you need to get sober, and how we convince ourselves that we couldn’t possibly have a problem.

What to listen to next:
E56: High Functioning Alcoholics and Denial
E60: How Alcohol Affects Our Cognitive Abilities
E79: Why We Romanticize Alcohol

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Sources

1. Kim, J. et al. A measure of illness awareness in alcohol use disorder- alcohol use awareness and insight scale (AAS). Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Vol 226. 2021.

Cite this episode

Tietz, G. Episode 92: Why Don’t We Realize Our Drinking is a Problem? Sober Powered. 2022.

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