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The Big Drink Rethink

The Big Drink Rethink

著者： Anna Donaghey
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The Big Drink Rethink is a podcast for anyone questioning their relationship with alcohol - whether you want to quit, drink less, take a break, or just explore the role alcohol plays in your life. Hosted by Alcohol Mindset Coach and Author, Anna Donaghey, each episode blends lived experience, psychological insight, and powerful tools to help you create change - gently, intelligently, without pressure, and in a way that opens up your life. Featuring expert guests, real stories, and practical strategies, this podcast offers a refreshingly smart, non-judgemental space to reflect, grow, and explore the life you want. Because rethinking your drinking isn’t about missing out. It’s about tuning in. It’s not about restriction - it’s about making space. To feel clearer, live more fully, and ask one honest question: What are you really thirsty for?Copyright 2026 Anna Donaghey 個人的成功 心理学 心理学・心の健康 社会科学 自己啓発 衛生・健康的な生活
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  • Ep 125: Breaking The 'Wine O'clock' Habit | Alcohol Coaching |

    Ep 125: Breaking The 'Wine O'clock' Habit | Alcohol Coaching |
    2026/06/04

    Is your evening drink a true choice or just a well-worn ritual your brain expects at the end of every day?

    Your host Anna Donaghey breaks down the hidden psychology behind the “wine o’clock” habit. She explains the science of habit loops, why willpower alone can’t break the cycle, and offers a step-by-step framework for gently rewiring your automatic drinking response. Discover practical, compassionate tools to recognise your real needs and build a life that genuinely satisfies them with no white-knuckling required.

    If you feel stuck in the routine of pouring a drink as the sun goes down, this episode shows you how (and why) to change the script.

    Here are the Highlights:

    00:00 Intro: Why we reach for a drink between 5–7pm

    01:24 The “witching hour” and the automatic pull toward alcohol

    02:18 What is a habit loop?

    04:26 The craving isn’t for alcohol, it’s for relief, calm, and transition

    06:14 Understanding neural pathways and why habits feel automatic

    08:21 The reward script: why your brain believes drinking is the solution

    09:19 Why willpower doesn’t work at “wine o’clock”

    21:33 What did you drop when alcohol became the answer?

    22:24 A new way through the evening, one day at a time

    23:46 Listen to Ep 124 with Beverly Meyer (GABA + the biology of stress)

    24:50 Find all the resources on Anna’s website, www.thebigdrinkrethink.com.

    Anna’s book "What Are You Thirsty For? Rethinking Alcohol and The Life You Want", is now out in the world for you to buy!

    Order your copy, access her free tools and explore her coaching programmes at: https://thebigdrinkrethink.com/

    The Thirsty For More Mindset Lab is Anna’s ‘inner circle’ - a calm, thoughtful space where conversations continue, patterns are explored, and things begin to make sense. Find out more at: https://thirstyformore.substack.com/

    If you appreciate the podcast and would like to show a bit of love, you can donate the cost of a coffee here. It helps support the time and care that goes into making the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/bigdrinkrethink

    About the host Anna:

    Anna is a certified Alcohol Mindset Coach, trained by Annie Grace of This Naked Mind. Drawing on her own journey out of alcohol addiction, she now helps others explore and control their drinking. With a career spanning 25 years as a Strategist in the Advertising industry, she combines her own lived experiences, with great insight into what makes us tick and what influences us to behave the way we do.

    Connect with Anna:

    Website: thebigdrinkrethink.com

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/annadonaghey

    Instagram: instagram.com/bigdrinkrethink

    Produced by winteraudio.co.uk
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    26 分
  • Ep 124: Wired, Tired, and Reaching for Wine | Rethinking Alcohol and Your Nervous System

    Ep 124: Wired, Tired, and Reaching for Wine | Rethinking Alcohol and Your Nervous System
    2026/05/28
    What if that evening glass of wine isn't just a habit, but your body reaching for balance it's missing elsewhere?Anna Donaghey is joined by certified clinical nutritionist Beverly Meyer to decode the neuroscience behind our relationship with alcohol, specifically GABA, the nervous system's key calming neurotransmitter, and why modern life is quietly depleting it. Beverly shares practical, food-first strategies to genuinely restore GABA levels and explains why your body is always trying to help you, never sabotage you.If you've ever wondered, "Why can't I just say no to that drink?", this episode is for you.Here are the Highlights: 00:00 Intro: Alcohol and why nervous system regulation matters01:06 Meet Beverly Meyer: clinical nutrition and the missing GABA link05:14 GABA 101: The neurotransmitter explained in plain English10:05 Does alcohol “pretend” to be GABA?12:22 Are you GABA deficient before you ever pick up a drink?16:24 When alcohol “parks” on GABA receptors and why that matters 18:13 Alcohol as a solution, not the problem- the real story about depletion20:00 Changing the drinking conversation21:09 Why food matters most25:00 Paleo eating and asking “What did humans evolve to eat?”28:18 Why Beverly ditched Wi-Fi and breakfast cereal40:09 Herbal strategies for sleep and stress45:27 Your body is on your side, learn to listen and support it47:15 Where to find out more.Anna’s book "What Are You Thirsty For? Rethinking Alcohol and The Life You Want", is now out in the world for you to buy!Order your copy, access her free tools and explore her coaching programmes at: https://thebigdrinkrethink.com/The Thirsty For More Mindset Lab is Anna’s ‘inner circle’ - a calm, thoughtful space where conversations continue, patterns are explored, and things begin to make sense. Find out more at: https://thirstyformore.substack.com/If you appreciate the podcast and would like to show a bit of love, you can donate the cost of a coffee here. It helps support the time and care that goes into making the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/bigdrinkrethinkAbout the host Anna:Anna is a certified Alcohol Mindset Coach, trained by Annie Grace of This Naked Mind. Drawing on her own journey out of alcohol addiction, she now helps others explore and control their drinking. With a career spanning 25 years as a Strategist in the Advertising industry, she combines her own lived experiences, with great insight into what makes us tick and what influences us to behave the way we do.Connect with Anna:Website: thebigdrinkrethink.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/annadonagheyInstagram: instagram.com/bigdrinkrethinkProduced by winteraudio.co.ukAbout Beverly Meyer:Beverly Meyer is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN) who has been in practice since 1985. Her journey into functional health began in the 1970s when, facing a debilitating virus that traditional medicine couldn't resolve, she sought out alternative practitioners - and never looked back. Hospitalised twice with Epstein-Barr Virus and living with chronic pain, hormonal issues, severe anxiety and poor sleep, she didn't just study these conditions. She lived them.In 2016, told to put her affairs in order after a mysterious health crisis, Beverly did what she has always done - researched her way to an answer, identifying a rare genetic disorder herself and finding the treatment she needed.Today she shares her knowledge through her website, consultations, and her long-running podcast Primal Diet - Modern Health, and is particularly known for her work on sleep, anxiety and the adrenals.Beverly’s website contains hundreds of articles, a free eBook, a newsletter and an online store that offers supplements to support a huge range of health needsFind out more: https://www.ondietandhealth.com/
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    49 分
  • Ep 123: How Big Is Your World? | Rethinking Alcohol |

    Ep 123: How Big Is Your World? | Rethinking Alcohol |
    2026/05/21

    What if alcohol isn’t just a habit, but quietly shrinking the size of your world, dulling joy, and making ordinary pleasures feel like “not enough”? In this solo episode, Anna Donaghey shares honest insights from her own journey, exploring how drinking can subtly narrow both what you do and how much you feel.

    She unpacks the concept of the “hedonic threshold,” showing why your favourite activities may start feeling flat, and how even small milestones (like a child’s birthday) come to feel incomplete without a drink. Anna also gets real about what happens when you start to cut down: why everything can feel dull at first, why that’s normal, and how given time, colour and excitement quietly returns to the things you love.

    This episode is for anyone curious about changing the way they think about alcohol.

    Here are the Highlights:

    00:00 Intro: When the world starts to shrink

    01:19 The subtle ways alcohol “shrinks” your world

    04:44 When joy becomes muted and life feels flat

    06:14 The hedonic threshold: Why dopamine matters

    07:55 Why ordinary pleasures start feeling not enough

    09:53 The key questions to ask yourself

    10:15 How activities drop away when drinking more

    11:46 When drinking becomes the point

    12:35 A sharp illustration: Prosecco at a one-year-old’s birthday

    16:27 Why giving up alcohol feels flat at first

    17:59 How your world starts to expand again

    19:32 A gentle prompt: Is your world quietly contracting?

    20:03 How to connect, find resources, and support.

    Anna’s book "What Are You Thirsty For? Rethinking Alcohol and The Life You Want", is now out in the world for you to buy!

    Order your copy, access her free tools and explore her coaching programmes at: https://thebigdrinkrethink.com/

    The Thirsty For More Mindset Lab is Anna’s ‘inner circle’ - a calm, thoughtful space where conversations continue, patterns are explored, and things begin to make sense. Find out more at: https://thirstyformore.substack.com/

    If you appreciate the podcast and would like to show a bit of love, you can donate the cost of a coffee here. It helps support the time and care that goes into making the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/bigdrinkrethink

    About the host Anna:

    Anna is a certified Alcohol Mindset Coach, trained by Annie Grace of This Naked Mind. Drawing on her own journey out of alcohol addiction, she now helps others explore and control their drinking. With a career spanning 25 years as a Strategist in the Advertising industry, she combines her own lived experiences, with great insight into what makes us tick and what influences us to behave the way we do.

    Connect with Anna:

    Website: thebigdrinkrethink.com

    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/annadonaghey

    Instagram: instagram.com/bigdrinkrethink

    Produced by winteraudio.co.uk
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    21 分
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