BITESIZE | The Surprising Truth About Alcohol | Andy Ramage #615

Welcome to Feel Better, Live More Bite-size, your weekly dose of positivity and optimism to get you ready for the weekend. Today's clip is from episode 438 of the podcast with performance coach and best-selling author Andy Ramage. Andy is the co-founder of the One Year No Beer Movement, and since his first appearance on this podcast back in 2019, countless listeners have got in touch to share how they've transformed their lives by giving up or changing their relationship with alcohol. In this clip, Andy explains why he believes that removing alcohol could help you become the most productive, present, and healthiest version of yourself.

In your opinion, what are some of the signs that might indicate somebody is drinking alcohol Not because they like it, but they're doing it because of either social expectation or because they're trying to numb some internal discomfort. I think it's a really simple test. For example, if I said to all the middle lane drinkers, so my advice is always aimed at those in the middle lane. So I've

I'll just set that up and that's very much my story. Middle lane for me is the average drinker. So if you've got your alcoholic, you're dependent, alcohol use disorder severe, and those that abstain, everyone else is in the middle lane. So you're looking at hundreds of millions of people, probably about 2 billion people worldwide. If I said to most people, take a break, stop drinking.

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