Defending Your Right to Moderate
#105: Defending Moderation in an All-or-Nothing World
Play Time:
15 MInutes
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QUICK QUOTES:
"Moderation is not a zero-sum game. This isn't a case of, ‘it works for everyone or it works for no one’.”
“We need to stop this rhetoric that if you are moderating your alcohol intake, then you have a problem with alcohol and therefore you need to give it up. It doesn’t help those who are looking to make positive change but might not be ready to go sober yet"
In this solo episode, I’m diving into the loaded topic of moderation — and why it’s not the dirty word so many in the alcohol-free space make it out to be.
I’m sharing my own experience with passive moderation, why I never said “I’m quitting alcohol forever,” and how that gentler, more flexible approach led me to a place where I barely drink at all — without feeling deprived or like I’d failed.
This episode is for anyone who’s been told moderation doesn’t work, or that taking a break from booze only counts if it ends in total abstinence. I don’t believe that. I believe in finding what works for you, on your terms — and giving yourself the space to figure it out.
0:00 Moderation Isn't a Zero-Sum Game
3:38 Active & Passive Moderation
7:15 Taking a break from alcohol is powerful
12:12 'Learning' not 'failure'
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Ben Hill
Introvert, Extrovert, Ambivert
