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Podcast: The Truth About Alcohol (Why Quitting Feels So Hard)
Episode: Why Finishing Work Makes You Want to Drink (Even When the Day Was Fine)
Description: There’s a moment most people miss.
You finish work.
Nothing bad has happened.
The day wasn’t stressful.
And yet… something feels off.
This episode explores the uneasy gap between stopping one role and entering the next — whether that’s stepping out of the car, closing a laptop in the spare room, or standing in the kitchen wondering what to do with yourself.
For many people, this is the moment alcohol quietly enters the picture — not because they “need a drink”, but because their nervous system is searching for...