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Podcast: The Truth About Alcohol (Why Quitting Feels So Hard)
Episode: Why the Drive Home Is the Most Dangerous Part of Your Drinking Day
Description: Why the Drive Home Is the Most Dangerous Part of Your Drinking Day
You finish work.
Not a bad day.
Not a great day.
Just a day.
This episode explores why the journey home can quietly become the highest-risk moment of the day for drinking — even when nothing has gone wrong.
It looks at what actually happens in your body when work ends but your nervous system hasn’t landed yet, and why alcohol starts to feel less like a choice and more like relief.
Why the...