Alcohol Minimalist: Change Your Drinking Habits!

By Molly Watts, Author & Coach

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The Alcohol Minimalist podcast is dedicated to helping habit drinkers and adult children of alcoholics to change their drinking habits and create a peaceful relationship with alcohol: past, present and future. We are proof positive that you can break unbreakable habits and create a peaceful relationship with alcohol. Becoming an alcohol minimalist means: Choosing how to include alcohol in our lives following low-risk guidelines. Freedom from anxiety around alcohol use. Less alcohol without feeling deprived. Using the power of our own brains to overcome our past patterns and choose peace. The Alcohol Minimalist Podcast explores the science behind alcohol and analyzes physical and mental wellness to empower choice. You have the power to change your relationship with alcohol, you are not sick, broken and it's not your genes! This show is intended for educational purposes and does not constitute medical advice. If you are physically dependent on alcohol, please seek medical help to reduce your drinking.

Episode Date
Think Thursday: Unbreakable Habits and The Voice that Keeps Them Alive
Apr 24, 2025
Alcohol Awareness Month: Naltrexone, Binge Drinking & Long-Term Change with Katie Lain
Apr 21, 2025
Think Thursday: The Healing Powers of Water
Apr 17, 2025
Alcohol Awareness Month: Psilocybin Therapy with Ben Kramer
Apr 14, 2025
Think Thursday: The Power of Reminiscing
Apr 10, 2025
Alcohol Awareness Month: Are You and Emotional Drinker?
Apr 07, 2025
Think Thursday: The Hierarchy of Competency
Apr 03, 2025
5 Alcohol "Facts" That Most People Get Wrong
Mar 31, 2025
Think Thursday: Sleep & Your Brain-Why Getting the Right Amount Matters More Than You Think
Mar 27, 2025
Revisiting: Stopping the Shame Spiral Around Your Drinking
Mar 24, 2025
Think Thursday: The Neuroscience of New Habit Formation
Mar 20, 2025
Prostitute to Professor: Radical Transformation with Becca Jacobson
Mar 17, 2025
Think Thursday: Why Thinking About Death Can Make You Happier
Mar 13, 2025
How Long Will it Take? The Missing Link to Changing Your Drinking
Mar 10, 2025
Think Thursday: The Connection Economy-How Relationships Reshape Our Brains
Mar 06, 2025
Gray Areas in Gambling & Alcohol Use with Dr. Carl Erik Fisher
Mar 03, 2025
Think Thursday: The Neuroscience of Mental Rest
Feb 27, 2025
Why "It's Just a Habit" is Holding You Back
Feb 24, 2025
Think Thursday: The Science of AWE-How it Changes Us
Feb 20, 2025
Revisiting: When You LOVE Drinking Alcohol
Feb 17, 2025
Think Thursday: Keep Asking Questions-How Staying Curious Supercharges Your Brain
Feb 14, 2025
The Trap of Perfectionism & Why Peace with Alcohol Doesn't Mean It's Always Easy
Feb 10, 2025
Think Thursday: Silence is Golden-How Quiet Restores Your Brain
Feb 06, 2025
Generational Differences in Alcohol Consumption
Feb 03, 2025
Think Thursday: The Brain Loves to Help-Be a Helper!
Jan 30, 2025
Dryuary: How to Finish Strong (Even if You Already Drank)
Jan 27, 2025
Think Thursday: Your Brain on Water-Why Hydration Matters
Jan 23, 2025
Willpower vs Self-Discipline: The Key to Drinking Less
Jan 20, 2025
Think Thursday: Rumination-What, Why and How to Stop!
Jan 16, 2025
Changing Your Beliefs About Alcohol (& Yourself)
Jan 13, 2025
Think Thursday: Understanding Dopamine & How to Stabilize It
Jan 09, 2025
Unpacking the US Surgeon General's Advisory: Alcohol & Cancer Risk
Jan 06, 2025
Think Thursday: Chronic Stress- How it Affects Your Brain
Jan 02, 2025
Chronic Shame & Alcohol with Sally Smith
Dec 30, 2024
Think Thursday: Your Brain-What We Know and What We're Learning
Dec 26, 2024
The Science of Alcohol Mitigation Drinks with Monica Reinagel
Dec 23, 2024
Think Thursday: How Mindset Impacts the Body's Biology
Dec 19, 2024
High Intensity Drinking & The Holidays
Dec 16, 2024
Think Thursday: The Science of Manisfestation
Dec 12, 2024
Revisiting: Chasing the "Buzz" from Alcohol
Dec 09, 2024
Think Thursday: Consistency-The Brain's Super Power
Dec 05, 2024
Using Sunnyside to Change Your Drinking-With Ian Andersen
Dec 02, 2024
Think Thursday: Practicing Gratitude-The Brain Science
Nov 28, 2024
Alcohol & Grief
Nov 25, 2024
Think Thursday: Behaviorceuticals-How Actions Help Change Your Brain
Nov 21, 2024
The Surprising Secret to Enjoying a Break in Routine
Nov 18, 2024
Think Thursday: Reframing the Past with a Gain Mindset
Nov 14, 2024
Celebrating Birthdays: No Alcohol Required
Nov 11, 2024
Think Thursday: The Power of the Pause to Think on Purpose
Nov 07, 2024
Should You Drink Alcohol on Election Night?
Nov 04, 2024
Think Thursday: The Neuroscience of Deep Breathing and Emotional Resilience
Oct 31, 2024
If Changing Your Drinking Isn't Getting Easier...
Oct 28, 2024
Think Thursday: How Your Diet Impacts Your Brain Health
Oct 24, 2024
Revisiting: Being Mostly Alcohol-Free
Oct 21, 2024
Think Thursday: The Privilege of Self-Improvement-Why It's Awesome to Be Human
Oct 17, 2024
Should You Be Taking A 30-Day Break from Alcohol?
Oct 14, 2024
Think Thursday: 10 Minutes a Day for Brain Health?
Oct 10, 2024
Genetics and Alcohol Use Disorder with Dr. Danielle Dick
Oct 07, 2024
Think Thursday: Does Giving Up Alcohol Make You Feel Deprived?
Oct 03, 2024
Revisiting: Moments of Decision with Alcohol
Sep 30, 2024
Think Thursday: The Power of Sleep and Neuroplasticity
Sep 26, 2024
The Sober Summit with Maggie Klaassens
Sep 23, 2024
Think Thursday: The Iterative Mindset & Behavior Change
Sep 19, 2024
How to Avoid Binge Drinking
Sep 16, 2024
Think Thursday: How Mindset Changes the Physical Brain
Sep 12, 2024
Seek: An Alcohol Test for Women with Katie Garry
Sep 09, 2024
Summer Content Series: How to Change Your Beliefs & Thought Patterns with Elizabeth Benton, Primal Potential
Sep 04, 2024
Summer Content Series: Your Vote, Your Health: The Hidden Link with Elizabeth Sherman
Aug 28, 2024
Summer Content Series: 10 Mistakes on the Sinclair Method with Katie Lain, Thrive Alcohol Recovery
Aug 21, 2024
Summer Content Series: Your Certainty is Keeping You Stuck-Drop Doubt for Clarity with Paul Levitin
Aug 14, 2024
Summer Content Series: How We Cheat Ourselves of the Future We Dream Of-Monica Reinagel
Aug 07, 2024
Nama CBD with Chris Whelan
Jul 31, 2024
How to Change Your Mindset to Change Your Drinking Habits
Jul 24, 2024
Can You Enjoy Alcohol without Guilt?
Jul 17, 2024
HopLark: Hop Tea & Hop Water with Betsy Frost, CEO
Jul 10, 2024
For the Love Of Premium NA Wine with Megan Pruett
Jul 03, 2024
Alcohol & Your Hormones with Dr. Brooke Scheller
Jun 26, 2024
Revisiting: 3 Things I Had to Stop Doing to Change My Drinking Habit
Jun 19, 2024
Revisiting: Drink Plans vs Drink Goals
Jun 12, 2024
Revisiting: Making a Drink Plan vs Planning to Drink
Jun 05, 2024
Stopping the Shame Spiral Around Your Drinking
May 29, 2024
Using the Power of Continuous Improvement to Change Your Drinking!
May 22, 2024
4 Reasons You're Not Making Progress on Changing Your Drinking Habits...YET
May 15, 2024
How to Use Mindfulness as a Mental Health Tool: To Beat Depression & Anxiety, and Change Your Brain with Debbie Hampton
May 08, 2024
How to Eat to Change How You Drink with Dr. Brooke Scheller
May 01, 2024
Alcohol Awareness Month: 3 "Traps" That Keep You from Changing Your Drinking
Apr 24, 2024
Alcohol Awareness Month: Revisiting the True Cost of a Daily Drinking Habit
Apr 17, 2024
Alcohol Awareness Month-Off Plan Drinking: Overdrinking vs. Drinking Over
Apr 10, 2024
Alcohol Awareness Month: 3 Things You Need to STOP Believing About Alcohol
Apr 03, 2024
Spring Break Special Episode: Why It's So Hard to Convert Good Intentions into Action with Monica Reinagel
Mar 27, 2024
Pathfinder: Non-Alcoholic Hemp Seed Spirit with Kraig Rovensky
Mar 20, 2024
It's Not About the Wine: The Loaded Truth About Mommy Wine Culture with Celeste Yvonne
Mar 13, 2024
What Working with an Alcohol Coach is Like
Mar 06, 2024
Emotional Sobriety with Colleen Kachmann
Feb 28, 2024
Alcohol Core Belief #5: Alcohol Keeps Me Going
Feb 21, 2024
Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters that Drive Our Life with Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor
Feb 14, 2024
Alcohol Core Belief #4: Alcohol Is My Reward
Feb 07, 2024
Dry January Series: Alcohol Core Belief #3-Alcohol Creates Connection
Jan 31, 2024
Dry January Series: Alcohol Core Belief #2-Alcohol Makes Things More FUN
Jan 24, 2024
It's STILL Dryuary Mini-Series: Oh No it's Friday and I CAN'T Drink!
Jan 19, 2024
It's STILL Dryuary Mini-Series: If You've Already Drank Off Plan
Jan 18, 2024
It's STILL Dryuary Mini-Series: When Everyone Around You is Drinking
Jan 17, 2024
It's STILL DRYUARY Mini-Series: Surviving the Witching Hour
Jan 16, 2024
It's STILL DRYUARY Mini-Series: You're Not Alone if this feels HARD
Jan 15, 2024
Dry January Series: Understanding Your ACB's (Alcohol Core Beliefs)
Jan 10, 2024
Dry January Series: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Alcohol & Your Health
Jan 03, 2024
Alcohol & Emotional Resilience with Alice Kearney
Dec 27, 2023
Alcohol Minimalist Success Stories: Jodi
Dec 20, 2023
Mindful Drinking 2.0 with Sunnyside Co-Founder Ian Andersen
Dec 13, 2023
Wine Witch on Fire with Natalie MacLean
Dec 06, 2023
Redefining Your Drinking: Molly Watts on the Done with Dieting Podcast
Nov 29, 2023
Undoing the Urge to Overdrink
Nov 22, 2023
Change How You Think, Change How You Drink: Molly Watts on the Brain Shaman Podcast
Nov 15, 2023
Revisting: Overdrinking Neuroscience, Numbers, & Note to Self
Nov 08, 2023
Dietary Guidelines Around Alcohol with Dr. Amanda Berger, PhD
Nov 01, 2023
Sober October Series: Using Curiosity to Change Your Drinking
Oct 25, 2023
Sober October Series: Resistance and Reluctance to Change Your Drinking
Oct 18, 2023
Sober October Series: Moments of Decision with Alcohol
Oct 11, 2023
Sober October Series: Buffering with Alcohol
Oct 04, 2023
Being Mostly Alcohol-Free
Sep 27, 2023
Alcohol & ADHD
Sep 20, 2023
The True Cost of A Daily Drinking Habit
Sep 13, 2023
Summer Content Series SPECIAL EDITION: Live HAPPIER Longer Best of Habits
Sep 06, 2023
Summer Content Series: The Science of Alcohol on Our Brain, Body & Spirit with Molly Kimball
Aug 30, 2023
Summer Content Series: Using Meditation to Change Your Drinking with Rory Kinsella & Claire Robbie
Aug 23, 2023
Summer Content Series: Taking Action to Change Your Drinking Habit
Aug 16, 2023
Summer Content Series: Using Desire as a Tool with Elizabeth Benton
Aug 09, 2023
Not Drinking Tonight with Amanda E. White
Aug 02, 2023
Alcohol & Longevity
Jul 26, 2023
Binge Drinking & Breast Cancer: Kathryn's Story
Jul 19, 2023
Adaptogenic Drinks Instead of Alcohol: Moment with Aisha Chottani
Jul 12, 2023
Alcohol Free for 40 with Molly Kimball
Jul 05, 2023
Is it Alcohol Use Disorder? Why Your Answer Matters
Jun 28, 2023
Using Meditation to Change Your Drinking with Rory Kinsella
Jun 21, 2023
Another Hangover? Why Can't I EVER Learn?
Jun 14, 2023
Is What You're Doing Good Enough to Change Your Drinking Habits?
Jun 07, 2023
Chasing the "Buzz" of Alcohol
May 31, 2023
Identifying as an Alcohol Minimalist
May 24, 2023
Alcohol & Motherhood
May 17, 2023
Mental Health Awareness Month
May 10, 2023
Hello Sleep with Dr. Jade Wu
May 03, 2023
Are We "Wired for Addiction"? with Dr. Evelyn Higgins
Apr 26, 2023
Is Sobriety Easier than Moderating Alcohol?
Apr 19, 2023
Behind the Alcohol Headlines
Apr 12, 2023
Somatic Healing with Dr. Luke Sniewski
Apr 05, 2023
3 Things I Had to Stop Doing to Change My Drinking Habit
Mar 29, 2023
Drink Plans vs Drinking Goals
Mar 22, 2023
Making a Drink Plan vs Planning To Drink
Mar 15, 2023
All the Bitter Non-Alcoholic Bitters Company
Mar 08, 2023
Building the Skill of Consistency
Mar 01, 2023
Three Healthy Brain Habits to Support Drinking Less Alcohol
Feb 22, 2023
Alcohol & Global Burden of Disease
Feb 15, 2023
Intoxicating Lies with Meg Geisewite
Feb 08, 2023
Reducing Alcohol in Your Life
Feb 01, 2023
Alcohol Doesn't Cause Your Drinking
Jan 25, 2023
Challenge Your Thinking to Change Your Drinking
Jan 18, 2023
Bamboozled & Alcohol Consciousness with Ken Middleton
Jan 11, 2023
Do Dryuary Like This!
Jan 04, 2023
Reflecting on 2022: Learning from Success and Challenges
Dec 28, 2022
Pourtions with Co-Founders Dan & Mary Cassidy
Dec 21, 2022
The Damp Drinking Lifestyle
Dec 14, 2022
The Power of the Pause in Changing Your Drinking
Dec 07, 2022
The Five Things I Had to Change before I Changed my Drinking
Nov 30, 2022
Dry Good Beverage Company with Adrienne Stillman Krause
Nov 23, 2022
Alcohol & Sugar: The Craving Connection with Cassie Christopher, R.D.
Nov 16, 2022
Dopamine Nation with Dr. Anna Lembke
Nov 09, 2022
Overdrinking: Numbers, Neuroscience & A Note to Self
Nov 02, 2022
Alcohol Minimalist Stories: Julie & Bruce
Oct 26, 2022
Alcohol & Blood Pressure
Oct 19, 2022
Gray Area Drinking
Oct 12, 2022
Should You Take Folic Acid if You Drink with Monica Reinagel, MS, LD/N
Oct 05, 2022
How to Drink Like an Alcohol Minimalist
Sep 28, 2022
Alcohol & Relaxation
Sep 21, 2022
Fearvana: The Revolutionary Science of How to Turn Fear into Health, Wealth and Happiness with Akshay Nanavati
Sep 14, 2022
Using Neuroscience to Change Your Drinking Habits
Sep 07, 2022
AFter Alcohol-Free Magazine with Nicole Hough
Aug 31, 2022
5 Unreasonable Reasons to Drink Alcohol
Aug 24, 2022
When You LOVE Drinking Alcohol
Aug 17, 2022
Stop Counting Steps: Creating a Peaceful Relationship with Alcohol for Life
Aug 10, 2022
5 Ways to Increase Your Joy from Loretta Breuning, PhD
Aug 03, 2022
Alcohol Recovery Without AA from Dr. Adi Jaffe
Jul 27, 2022
How to Drink Less or Stop Drinking: 3 Important Steps to Gain Control Over Alcohol with Katie Lain
Jul 20, 2022
What it Takes To Change
Jul 13, 2022
Alcohol & Trauma with Beej Christie Karpen
Jul 06, 2022
Making PEACE with Alcohol
Jun 29, 2022
Alcohol & Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
Jun 22, 2022
"I Come From a Long Line of Drinkers"
Jun 15, 2022
The BIGGEST Obstacle to Changing Your Relationship with Alcohol: Special Guests Brock Armstrong and Monica Reinagel
Jun 08, 2022
Six Keys to Changing Your Relationship with Alcohol 2.0
Jun 01, 2022
What is "Low-Risk" Drinking?
May 25, 2022
Catching up with Sunnyside: Mindful Drinking with Ian Andersen
May 18, 2022
Debbie Hampton-Best Brain Possible
May 11, 2022
My Alcohol Experience 2.0
May 04, 2022
"The Urge: Our History Of Addiction" with Dr. Carl Erik Fisher
Apr 27, 2022
Believing you can CHANGE Your Drinking
Apr 20, 2022
Alcohol Awareness: How Can We Build It?
Apr 13, 2022
Drinking Habits and the Reptilian Brain
Apr 06, 2022
"How to Be Happy, Dammit" with Karen Salmansohn
Mar 30, 2022
Alcohol & Relationships
Mar 23, 2022
Mythbusting: Moderation Management
Mar 16, 2022
"Habits of a Happy Brain" with Loretta Breuning, PhD
Mar 09, 2022
Sobriety or Moderation: Which One Will Work for You?
Mar 02, 2022
Is Drama Driving Your Drinking?
Feb 23, 2022
All About the NIAAA with Dr. George Koob
Feb 16, 2022
Emotional Maturity: Build it and Change Your Drinking Habit
Feb 09, 2022
Transitioning from Dryuary to "Normal Life"
Feb 02, 2022
How NOT to Ruin Dryuary and How I Almost Did
Jan 26, 2022
Can CBT Help You Change Your Drinking with Dr. Seth Gillihan
Jan 19, 2022
Alcohol & Your Immune System
Jan 12, 2022
Quit Worrying about your Drinking
Jan 05, 2022
Special Episode: Join Proof Positive this January!
Dec 29, 2021
Becoming an Alcohol Minimalist
Dec 22, 2021
Catching Up with Alcohol Explained and William Porter
Dec 15, 2021
Alcohol & The Holidays
Dec 08, 2021
Alcohol & Our Kids
Dec 01, 2021
Tools for the Trenches by Elizabeth Benton Thompson: A Review
Nov 24, 2021
Alternative Therapy for Alcohol with Beej Christie Karpen
Nov 17, 2021
Alcohol & Genetics
Nov 10, 2021
The Sinclair Method of Reducing Alcohol Consumption with Katie Lain
Nov 03, 2021
A Review of This Naked Mind by Annie Grace -Part Two
Oct 27, 2021
A Review Of This Naked Mind by Annie Grace Part One
Oct 20, 2021
Changing the Conversation Around Alcohol
Oct 13, 2021
When Learning Becomes an Obstacle to Change
Oct 06, 2021
Why FOMO Keeps You Drinking More Than You Want To
Sep 29, 2021
The Limitless Mind with Jo Boaler
Sep 22, 2021
Alcohol & the Past
Sep 15, 2021
What's Wrong With AA?
Sep 08, 2021
Unwinding Anxiety with Dr. Jud Brewer
Sep 01, 2021
One Compelling Reason isn't Enough to Change your Drinking
Aug 25, 2021
Alcohol & Bingeing with Nicole Christina
Aug 18, 2021
Alcohol & Athletic Performance with Brock Armstrong
Aug 11, 2021
Transformation is Now with Elizabeth Benton
Aug 04, 2021
Using Science to Guide Your Alcohol Decisions
Jul 28, 2021
Alcohol & Aging with Janet Gourand from Tribe Sober
Jul 21, 2021
Alcohol & Nutrition
Jul 14, 2021
Special Episode: Looking Ahead to the Future
Jul 07, 2021
Waiting Until You Are Ready to Change your Relationship with Alcohol
Jun 30, 2021
Let Go & Be Free: 100 Daily Affirmations for Adult Children of Alcoholics with Ron Vitale
Jun 23, 2021
Six Keys to Changing Your Relationship with Alcohol
Jun 16, 2021
Alcohol & Your Liver
Jun 09, 2021
Changing to Thrive with Dr. James and Dr. Janice Prochaska, Ph.D
Jun 02, 2021
Cutback Coach with Founders Nick Allen and Ian Anderson
May 26, 2021
Taking the Edge Off with Alcohol-Seeking Relief
May 19, 2021
The Abstinence Myth with Dr. Adi Jaffe
May 12, 2021
Check Up & Choices with Director Dr. Reid Hester, Ph.D
May 05, 2021
5 Myths that Keep Us Drinking More Alcohol
Apr 28, 2021
Alcohol & Sleep
Apr 21, 2021
Trying to Moderate Alcohol and Hoping to Abstain
Apr 14, 2021
All about Moderation Management--Moderating Alcohol with Mary Hickey Reid
Apr 07, 2021
The Sober Diaries with Author Clare Pooley
Mar 31, 2021
Alcohol & Anxiety
Mar 24, 2021
My Intuitive Drinking Toolbox
Mar 17, 2021
Figuring Out Your Feelings
Mar 10, 2021
The Behavior Map & The Results Cycle
Mar 03, 2021
Breaking an "Unbreakable" Drinking Habit
Feb 24, 2021
Being an Adult Child of an Alcoholic & Emotional Immaturity
Feb 17, 2021
Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health with Dr. David Nutt
Feb 10, 2021
5 Reasons to take a 30-Day Break from Alcohol!
Feb 03, 2021
Alcohol Explained with William Porter
Jan 27, 2021
How to Change Your Drinking with Kenneth Anderson, Executive Director HAMS
Jan 20, 2021
Alcohol Truths: How Much is Safe?
Jan 13, 2021
Your Relationship with Alcohol/Awareness and Challenges: Society and Industry
Jan 06, 2021
Your Relationship with Alcohol/Awareness and Challenges: Science
Jan 06, 2021
Episode #1-All About Breaking the Bottle Legacy
Dec 28, 2020