It's Not About the Alcohol
Hosted by Colleen · Colleen Freeland
4.9from 369 ratings
- 390
- Episodes
- 226
- Transcribed
- 369
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 417K
- YouTube views
About It's Not About the Alcohol
Would you like to reduce your alcohol consumption by about 80 percent? Become the version of you who can just "take it or leave it" so that you can enjoy drinking socially without relying on alcohol to manage your stress, anxiety, loneliness and boredom when you're by yourself? Most high achieving women assume over-drinking is caused by a lack of willpower--or worse, the incurable disease of "alcoholism." So they beat themselves up and avoid asking for help because they feel ashamed and out of control. Whether you're a daily drinker who can't break the habit, or you're still going to sobriety meetings even though you don't drink anymore, the real problem is that you don't trust yourself. Which means it's not about the alcohol. It's about your relationship with yourself. Colleen Freeland is a a mindful drinking coach helping professional women learn how drinking less (or not at all) is actually a superpower, even when the idea of giving up the only thing that helps them quiet their mind feels impossible. The solution to alcohol use disorder is a FEELING. If you felt comfortable in your own skin and at ease in your life, you would drink like someone who is comfortable and at ease! Join me each week for holistic, evidence-based strategies to fix your dopamine deficit, regulate your nervous system, cure imposter syndrome, manage sugar cravings, improve your sleep and reclaim your mental health so you no longer have the urge to escape your own body. Get happy, not sober. Because happy people don't drink themselves into a stupor.
- Publisher
- Colleen Freeland
- Category
- education · health & fitness
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 1 Nov 2022
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
226 of 390 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
EP358 Why you need wine when you're stressed (and how to reduce cravings without whiteknuckling) with Sian Cook
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
EP357: Your drinking isn't self-indulgent. It's self-denial. Here's the difference.
18 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
EP356 The real reason you can't follow through on your promise to "not drink" tonight
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EP358 Why you need wine when you're stressed (and how to reduce cravings without whiteknuckling) with Sian Cook
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The need is already being met through the nutrients that you're giving your brain. So let's just recap. And I will put a link to the, I'll figure out whatever podcast episode you listened to that began this whole journey. It's actually 193. I still remember it. I made a note. Okay. Thank you very much. Episode 193. I will put a link to that in the show notes so people can go back. But let's just give, if you could, from your expertise, just give an overview in what it is we're deficient in. Maybe explain what a neurotransmitter is and if that's what we're talking about primarily, but give an overview on what we're deficient in. […]
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- Sian Cook
- Karen McMahon
- Tammie Kennedy
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- YouTube views
- 417,424
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 283 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 86 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 93 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 91
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