Ep 398 You Can't See Your Own Blind Spot: Why Knowing Isn't Enough to Stop Drinking
"I know all the things."
I hear this constantly. On calls, in my membership. She's read all the quit-lit. She's listened to hundreds of podcast episodes. She's done therapy, maybe twice. She can name her triggers and explain her own drinking patterns better than most professionals could.
And she is still pouring a glass at five o'clock.
Here's the thing about that.. at the moment, nobody is reflecting anything back to you. Nobody is helping you see what you can't see by yourself.
That's what this episode is about.
You have never seen your own face. Not once, not directly. And the same thing is true about your patterns, your language, the story you've told so many times you've stopped hearing it.
Which means whatever is keeping you stuck is sitting in the part you can't see.
You're a capable woman who has solved enormous problems. If you could see this one, you would have handled it years ago.
In this episode I'm talking about why reading more books won't get you there, what a real person can do for you that a book never will, and why "I know all the things" might be the most effective way to keep help out that I've ever come across.
This episode is for you if:
- You've read every book about drinking and you're still drinking
- You can explain exactly why you drink and it hasn't changed a thing
- You've tried therapy before and decided it doesn't work for you
- You're the capable one, the strong one, the one everybody calls
- You've never said the words out loud to another human being
- You're exhausted from working on this by yourself
Please give it a listen!
ABOUT:
Angela Mascenik is a certified life coach who helps women stop over-drinking and start living. After over-drinking for 20 years while raising three kids and building a career, she found coaching, and it changed everything. Now she helps high-achieving women get to the root of why they're drinking in the first place, without shame and without willpower. She's the host of Stop Over-Drinking and Start Living, founder of the Alive AF! membership, and owner of The Magic House Retreat Center in Lisbon, Portugal.
You can work with me privately -https://form.typeform.com in a small group called the Transformation Program- www.angelamascenik.com/transformationprogram, or at one of my sober retreats at The Magic House, my retreat center in Lisbon, Portugal -www.angelamascenik.com/magichousefounderscircle