The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Alcohol With Author William Porter

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In this episode, William Porter, author of Alcohol Explained, tackles the common myths and misconceptions about alcohol that many of us hold.
William, a former addict turned lawyer and veteran, brings a unique perspective grounded in both personal experience and a rational, objective analysis of alcohol. His approach isn’t about promoting absolute abstinence or vilifying drinkers but rather providing you with straightforward facts to help you understand and reassess your relationship with alcohol.
Throughout the conversation, William methodically deconstructs the falsehoods often believed about alcohol - that it aids sleep, serves as a crucial social lubricant, or offers relaxation after a stressful day. With a candid and no-nonsense approach, this episode illuminates the actual effects of alcohol on our bodies and minds, equipping you with valuable information to navigate your drinking habits consciously and mindfully.
Whether you are considering moderation, quitting, or merely reflecting on your drinking, this episode offers essential insights for everyone.
Host: Brent Franson, Founder & CEO, Most Days
Guest: William Porter
Music: Patrick Lee
Producer: Patrick Godino

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  • @sauravpurohit4074
    @sauravpurohit40744 ай бұрын

    I am sober since last 5 months and very proud of myself

  • @kate60

    @kate60

    3 ай бұрын

    Never look back

  • @rodb66

    @rodb66

    3 ай бұрын

    I did dry January now I'm 46 days alcohol free. The longest I've gone is 2 months. I started drinking in my teens and was I party drinker throughout my 20s to my early 30s. My drinking decrease tremendously when I got married. I was no longer around a heavy drinking crowd and I was okay with that. More recently, I was only drinking on my off days but it Alcohol no longer is desirable to me. Even a glass a wine was giving me gut issues. It also disrupted my sleep and made very dehydrated. Since I've been into fitness as long as been drinking, I no longer wanted to compromise my health.

  • @yuliyayeudachenka297

    @yuliyayeudachenka297

    3 ай бұрын

    We are proud of you too!

  • @1Jason

    @1Jason

    2 ай бұрын

    You are getting near the dangerous point where your mind will tell you that you earned a few beers. Don't do it.

  • @BenMJay

    @BenMJay

    Ай бұрын

    In 19 days it will be 4 years.

  • @kevinandalicia8701
    @kevinandalicia87015 ай бұрын

    Yes!! It is all bull****. We put this story around it, we romanticize it. It is terrible tasting crap, that we have been conned into drinking. I have said for years, I think it is the greatest con perpetuated on mankind.

  • @thomasschellberg8213

    @thomasschellberg8213

    3 ай бұрын

    Don't drink it if you don't like it. You have free will. Those of us truly love fine wine (or beer or scotch if that's one's preference) are not being conned into drinking it. We can sit back and laugh at the stupid people who can't control their drinking.

  • @kate60

    @kate60

    3 ай бұрын

    Correct. I work in the industry. We are not allowed to swallow at tastings. The industry doesn't care if you die. The volume of sales is shocking. It's not even safe to taste and spit as alcohol permeates the cells and blood quickly. Total poison.

  • @ohdwight

    @ohdwight

    3 ай бұрын

    many people have wet brain and don't know it ; 80 percent of wet brain is found at autopsy ; people just think they are getting forgetful ; memory isn't what it used to be ; it's an insidious poison pushed by our culture by big alcohol , big pharma ; they love people to drink , need meds, need hospitals and drs, etc.

  • @rodb66

    @rodb66

    3 ай бұрын

    There's also the pro alcohol campaign in the media and advertising. The mommy wine culture has really bought 40s and up women into the fold as well.

  • @CITYBEACHTV

    @CITYBEACHTV

    2 ай бұрын

    Facts!!!!!

  • @futureofmoney3527
    @futureofmoney35276 ай бұрын

    For me, I was more aware of the effects of drinking when I was drinking on my own. With friends, it was much more chaotic. I was preoccupied with socializing and the peer pressure of “keeping up” my drinking. I always drank more in a group than on my own.

  • @Astral_Dusk
    @Astral_DuskАй бұрын

    The drinking often feels like a lifestyle - ahh dealing with life, empowered by alcohol - all a massive illusion that's causing the worst problems in life all along.

  • @julijuls7271
    @julijuls72714 ай бұрын

    I'm so glad I happened upon this. The book is aptly named. This is one of the best explanations about the effects of alcohol and our perceived notions of different aspects of it. Thank you!

  • @pippaboyd88
    @pippaboyd883 ай бұрын

    This was brilliant. Very useful. Im nearly at six weeks and feeling so much better

  • @Gormo83

    @Gormo83

    3 ай бұрын

    Good on you! I'm around 6 weeks too. We got this 😊

  • @kate60

    @kate60

    3 ай бұрын

    It's death. Never touch it again.

  • @GethinJames
    @GethinJames6 ай бұрын

    Good to see you Will! Been missing your podcasts on KZread.

  • @davesage4931
    @davesage49313 ай бұрын

    My journey to sobriety started with the exact same Nikki Glaser clip. Alan Carr led me to Annie Grace and her book completely changed my mindset. Recently started Mr Porters book as well.

  • @stixsta6007
    @stixsta60074 ай бұрын

    Most excellently explained Mr Porter 🙏👍💪

  • @danvenning6279
    @danvenning627920 күн бұрын

    61 days today. Feeling flat. Worried that life enjoyment will lessen. I know that will change but doing it tough at present

  • @OnlyThroughConflictDoWeEvolve
    @OnlyThroughConflictDoWeEvolve6 ай бұрын

    The audiobook is even better

  • @Dat_Dude_Danny1
    @Dat_Dude_Danny16 ай бұрын

    This was a great podcast! Subscribed

  • @chrishancock6728
    @chrishancock67286 ай бұрын

    Fantastic book!

  • @Astral_Dusk
    @Astral_DuskАй бұрын

    Our subconscious can be likened to a caveman seeking immediate gratification, even if it means harm in the long run. Unfortunately, alcohol can lead to not just slow deterioration but also immediate, often indirect, fatalities in various ways. This reality demands careful consideration. The more comforting alcohol feels, the greater the peril it poses.

  • @GRasputin91
    @GRasputin915 ай бұрын

    I keep going back to this shit even though it does this to me. I'm always craving that endorphin rush even though I know I'm going to pass out and forget stuff

  • @kate60

    @kate60

    3 ай бұрын

    Get rid of it. Get a friend. It's poison. You are killing yourself. Be your best. You have no idea how good you can feel and all the money that you will save. Be well. Be rich

  • @silviahoffmann158

    @silviahoffmann158

    5 күн бұрын

    🙏

  • @AthleticEducation
    @AthleticEducation3 ай бұрын

    28:03 I stopped drinking and my sleep hasn’t improved at all. I eliminate the blue lights, I read before going to bed, I get morning sunlight but yet I struggle to fall asleep and wake up multiple times throughout the night. Now I’ve never used alcohol to try and “sleep” I was a weekend binger when I go out. But honestly I was hoping by stopping my sleep would improve. In any case I don’t plan on going back. Other benefits are great.

  • @_noahrh

    @_noahrh

    3 ай бұрын

    Try cutting caffeine, if you drink coffee keep it to one cup in the morning. The difference is huge.

  • @AthleticEducation

    @AthleticEducation

    3 ай бұрын

    @@_noahrh i prob drink about 400-500mg of caffeine a day because I never sleep so I’m dead tired. But I don’t drink any after 12pm. But tomorrow I’ll keep it to 60mg, a black tea

  • @_noahrh

    @_noahrh

    3 ай бұрын

    @@AthleticEducation it’s the caffeine - 100%. It’s hard to cut back but you’ll see the differences almost immediately, at least within a few days. 400-500 is a lot. I went from waking up a few times a night to once (or not at all) after quitting. Then a couple weeks ago I decided to start caffeine again, and it’s the same thing I wake up a few times each night now. You’ve got it!

  • @smoozerish

    @smoozerish

    3 ай бұрын

    Quit caffeine in all forms and see what happens.

  • @billmoore1936
    @billmoore1936Ай бұрын

    Yes very good keep going I have been sober for going on 7years and is fantastic but not to let your guard down or you start from day one

  • @walterwally983
    @walterwally9833 ай бұрын

    Had this book on my list to read. Already read Stop Drinking Now the Easyway so this book should be a great follow up. Hopefully it'll help crush my live for beer which is definitely turning into a nasty habit.

  • @Astral_Dusk
    @Astral_DuskАй бұрын

    Consider the blackout episodes PTSD that only disrupts the ability to ever drink again. Post-Traumatic Sober Drive

  • @baldersn4474
    @baldersn44743 ай бұрын

    Everyone wuotes Allen Carre but nobody mentions Jason Vales bokk on the subject written two years before Allens . Vale used to work in Carres clinic by the way..

  • @baldersn4474
    @baldersn44743 ай бұрын

    I wake up like that lately early in morning amd cant go back to sleep due to cycling testosterone for the gym...

  • @KnigelD
    @KnigelD2 ай бұрын

    Why do all these comments come from people that have given up alcohol???? Why are they still watching these videos??? Surly when your sober you have better things to do 🤔

  • @kleek9581

    @kleek9581

    25 күн бұрын

    What? 😂

  • @silviahoffmann158
    @silviahoffmann1585 күн бұрын

    1 wk 1 day 17 hrs

  • @kevinsmith5318
    @kevinsmith53186 ай бұрын

    Both his books are excellent. Btw, grown men shouldn’t wear little boy hats backwards. Grow up, eh.

  • @bonatshilombo3976

    @bonatshilombo3976

    6 ай бұрын

    If someone is okay with their hat.. odd that it would bother you.

  • @a68rebel
    @a68rebel2 ай бұрын

    Folks in Spain and Italy drink red wine all day long, every day and are generally happier and healthier than most Americans. This tells you that factors that having nothing to do with alcohol are responsible for American's problems.

  • @carlmartin1

    @carlmartin1

    22 күн бұрын

    Evidence? Lol

  • @iridescent880

    @iridescent880

    22 күн бұрын

    There’s more factors that are to be more considered such as diet and lifestyle that play a far bigger role than alcohol. Any benefits from alcohol are minuscule at best and doesn’t contribute to happier and healthier living.

  • @colleenpollock2908
    @colleenpollock29083 ай бұрын

    I stopped watching within 5 minutes of watching, because you didn't give me any eye contact. Just read from your screen.

  • @Gormo83

    @Gormo83

    3 ай бұрын

    Calm down, apart from the spiel about their business model at the start, they are not reading off a script. They are looking at each other on their monitors. And they probably go back to their notes from time to time. Sorry you feel triggered for them not looking into the camera 😂

  • @smoozerish

    @smoozerish

    3 ай бұрын

    You probably forgot to take your medication again. The medication that keeps you sane.

  • @poliziagrammaticale9430

    @poliziagrammaticale9430

    2 ай бұрын

    Have a drink. It will calm you down.

  • @thomasschellberg8213
    @thomasschellberg82133 ай бұрын

    This is not an honest treatise about alcohol. This is a propaganda campaign. I enjoy wine with a meal for the taste. I drink it most nights and pick the wine to complement the meal. But I keep to one or two glasses. I don't hangovers, nor I get increased anxiety because I don't drink to excess. Your comment about not enjoying alcohol except to get drunk is telling. I did this in my college days and cannot see the point of drinking to excess at my advanced age. In summary, your discussion is more about your preferences than it is about actual science. What a disappointing talk.

  • @Gormo83

    @Gormo83

    3 ай бұрын

    Newsflash: This podcast is not aimed at you. Good on you for sticking to 1 or 2 over dinner to compliment meals, but there are many more drinkers out there that, for one reason or another, do not stop at 2. This podcast is for them. Stop making everything about you with your negative, subtle flex of a comment.

  • @kate60

    @kate60

    3 ай бұрын

    There is no safe amount of alcohol. Wine every night is excessive and dangerous. Your defensive attitude says a lot.

  • @kate60

    @kate60

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@Gormo83Correct

  • @ohdwight

    @ohdwight

    3 ай бұрын

    most drinkers have an UNHealthy relationship w/ alcohol and drink more than they want / should ; habitual addiction . All drinkers I know are addicted.

  • @thomasschellberg8213

    @thomasschellberg8213

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ohdwight All drinkers YOU know are addicted. Hardly a scientific statement supported by evidence.

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