Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober

Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC

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E305: Why the Holidays Create Tons of Stress & One Helpful Tool to Stay Regulated

12/12/2025 • 10 min

The holidays create the perfect storm for stress and emotional reactivity in sobriety. Your reward system may still be healing, your stress circuitry is more sensitive, your routine is disrupted, and old family roles and comparisons drain your patience fast. Most importantly, I teach you how to regulate before the stress hits so you’re not constantly trying to r… Play episode

E304: Family Dynamics, the Relapse Mindset, and 7 Drinking Permission Slip…
E303: “I Should Be Further Along By Now”
Non-Alcoholic Drinks: The Pros and Cons (Rebroadcast)
E302: Feeling Like a Normal Person Again After 8-10 Months
E301: The Self-Worth Ceiling: How Low Self-Esteem Fuels Self-Sabotage
E300: How Problem Drinking Develops and Escalates
E299: Social Drinking: Drinking to Fit In
E298: Coping Drinking: Drinking to Feel Less
E297: Enhancement Drinking: Drinking to Feel More
E296: The Science of Why We Drink: An Overview of Drinking Motives
I Learned to Swim in My 30's!
E295: The Feeling of Lost Time From All the Years We Spent Drinking
E294: Why Stress and Emotions Feel Intolerable Without Alcohol
Why Shame Blocks Change
E293: Tolerance and the Disappearing Buzz
E292: Why One Drink is Never Enough
E291: Why You May Still Crave Alcohol Long Term, and Why No Cravings Doesn…
Thinking About Drinking Constantly, Then Thinking About Sobriety Constantly
E290: How to Quit Drinking Without Hitting Rock Bottom
The Most Important Thinking Shift I Made in Sobriety
E289: Emotional Tunnel Vision: When Little Problems are a Big Deal
E288: How to “Sit With It” Without Avoiding, Suppressing, Ruminating, or E…
E287: Are You “Strong Enough” or Just Stubborn? (Self-Control & Willpower)
5 Year Podversary Q&A (E286 Part 2)
E286: How This Podcast Changed My Life (Happy 5 Years to Sober Powered)
E285: How Exercise Helps Your Brain and Body Heal From Alcohol (and How to…
E284: Reward Substitution: Healthy vs. Harmful Replacements for Alcohol
E283: Alcohol Shortens Your Perception of Time (Instant Gratification)
E282: Minimizing, Rationalizing, and the Myth of “I Wasn’t That Bad”
E281: Why Your Brain Makes Drinking Look Better Than It Was
E280: Romanticizing Alcohol: What’s Going on in Your Brain
E279: The Pendulum Effect of Healing
E278: Intrusive Thoughts About Drinking When You’re Already Sober & 3 Ways…
E277: Being Willing to Start is the Hardest Part (“The Work”)
E276: A Burst of Mental Clarity at 60 Days Sober (Cognitive Healing)
E275: 3 Ways Alcohol Damages the Heart and How to Have Good Heart Health i…
E274: High Dopamine, Low Effort Behaviors and Making Sobriety Feel Less Ha…
E273: How the Sober Brain Breaks Down Alcohol Associations (But They’ll Bu…
E272: 6 Habits That Make My Life Better
E271: Alcohol, Career Stress, and the Lie of “I Function Just Fine”
E270: Cravings Increase After Quitting Drinking and Peak Around 60 Days So…
E269: Running on Autopilot Mode
Making Friends After Getting Sober (Mini Coaching Call)
E268: Is Moderate Drinking Healthier? Here’s Why So Many Studies Say Yes
E267: Resources vs Support: Are You Setting Yourself Up for Success?
E266: Can You Drink After Taking a Break?
E265: Rewiring Your Reward System After Getting Sober
E264: Here’s Why You Have Mood Swings After Quitting Drinking
E263: Sugar Cravings After Quitting Drinking

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