ÜBER DIESE EPISODE
If you drink more than you mean to but have never related to the word "alcoholic," you may be in the gray area, a wide spectrum between occasional drinking and rock bottom that most people have never heard named. Kristin Horstman, gray area drinking coach and host of Sunsets Are the New Happy Hour, breaks down what gray area drinking actually is using research from The Lancet, the 2010 American Dietary Guidelines, and the work of functional nutritionist Jolene Park.
She explains how stigma and outdated labels block people from getting help, shares her own 20-year journey through the spectrum, and closes with a simple breath work tool for nervous system regulation that you can use immediately. This episode is for anyone navigating gray area drinking, anxiety, burnout, or any habit quietly dimming their light and who is ready to stop relying on willpower and start healing through nervous system regulation.
Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:36) The Research Big Alcohol Buried
(05:26) The Questions That Tell the Truth
(08:09) The Spectrum Defined
(09:44) Kristin's 20 Year Gray Area Story
(12:45) Live Breathwork: The 2:4 Ratio
Kristin says stigma keeps 90% of people from getting help. Has a label ever stopped you from asking for it? Comment below.
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