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Podcast: The Truth About Alcohol (Why Quitting Feels So Hard)
Episode: Why Alcohol Feels Like the Price of Belonging
Description: Most people think they drink because they enjoy alcohol.
In this episode, we look at something far harder to admit.
That for many people, alcohol isn’t about taste, confidence, or relaxation at all — it’s about belonging.
Not being rejected.
Not being excluded.
Just… not being slightly outside the group.
This episode explores the one “value” of drinking that people struggle to let go of, and why it sits at the heart of so many failed attempts to stop.
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