Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober
by Gillian Tietz, MS, CPRC
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What it Means to Use Alcohol to Escape (a replay)
Oct 16, 2026
21m 12s
E336: Why You Feel Like You Need Alcohol to Relax (Alcohol and Stress)
Oct 9, 2026
25m 14s
How the Sober Brain Breaks Down Alcohol Associations (But They’ll Build Back Up if You Drink Again- A Replay)
Oct 2, 2026
33m 10s
E335: Convincing Yourself You Can Drink Again: 2 Reasons This Happens
Sep 25, 2026
18m 10s
E334: Why We Resist Sobriety and What Acceptance Looks Like at Every Stage
Sep 18, 2026
23m 12s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/16/26 |  What it Means to Use Alcohol to Escape (a replay) | Many of us use alcohol to turn off our brain, escape our problems, or check out, but escapism is actually associated with more intense drinking and lower life satisfaction. In this episode you’ll learn about the different theories behind escapism, why we’re doing this, and how it makes our problems worse. I hope that this episode can help you make some connections so you realize drinking isn’t helping you. I’ll also share a personal story of when I drank to escape and how that went for me.Work with me:Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membershipSober coaching https://www.soberpowered.com/sober-coachingWeekly email:You’ll hear from me every week-ish https://www.soberpowered.com/emailSupport the show:If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support all the research and effort that goes into this podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpoweredThank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsorsDisclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice. What to listen to nextE213: self care is not temporarily turning off your brainE214: self-medicationE216: 4 types of impulsivitySourcesJouhki, H., Oksanen, A. To Get High or to Get Out? Examining the Link between Addictive Behaviors and Escapism. Substance Use & Misuse. 2022.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | 21m 12s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | E336: Why You Feel Like You Need Alcohol to Relax (Alcohol and Stress) | I know it feels like alcohol is required to relax. I felt that way too, but it's not. Turning off your brain at the end of the day is not the same thing as relaxing. In this episode, I’m going to explain what the research tells us about alcohol and your stress system, why short-term relief doesn’t necessarily mean drinking is helping you cope over time, and how stress can become connected to the motivation to keep drinking. Let’s start with what happens when you drink after a stressful experience, because understanding why alcohol feels helpful is part of understanding why we become so attached to it.Work with me:Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membershipSober coaching https://www.soberpowered.com/sober-coachingWeekly email:You’ll hear from me every week-ish https://www.soberpowered.com/emailSupport the show:If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support all the research and effort that goes into this podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpoweredThank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsorsDisclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice. Sources:Muehlhan M, Höcker A, Miller R, et al. HPA axis stress reactivity and hair cortisol concentrations in recently detoxified alcoholics and healthy controls with and without childhood maltreatment. Addict Biol. 2020Blaine SK, Ridner C, Campbell B, et al. People who binge drink show neuroendocrine tolerance to alcohol cues that is associated with immediate and future drinking- results from a randomized clinical experiment. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2023Adinoff B, Leonard D, Price J, et al. Adrenocortical sensitivity, moderated by ongoing stress, predicts drinking intensity in alcohol-dependent men. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2017See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | 25m 14s | ||||||
| 10/2/26 | How the Sober Brain Breaks Down Alcohol Associations (But They’ll Build Back Up if You Drink Again- A Replay) | We believe alcohol is required for vacations, unwinding, dealing with stress, celebrating, and socializing. We have built up powerful associations in our brains to reinforce these beliefs through dopamine and repetition. After you get sober, facing life without alcohol can feel impossible. Everything reminds you of alcohol. You start to notice how prevalent it is on TV and in movies. In this episode, I’m explaining how the brain builds associations with alcohol, how that gets worse while we stay in the back and forth, and how we break down these associations after getting sober. Work with me: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Sober coaching https://www.soberpowered.com/sober-coaching Weekly email: You’ll hear from me every week-ish https://www.soberpowered.com/email Support the show: If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support all the research and effort that goes into this podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpowered Thank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsors Sources are posted on my website Disclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 33m 10s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 | E335: Convincing Yourself You Can Drink Again: 2 Reasons This Happens | Many of us, myself included, get stuck in a cycle where we keep convincing ourselves we can drink again and then we’re shocked when it doesn’t go well. There are a couple of reasons why this happens, and it’s not simply because you forgot. There’s more to it. You’re not doomed to keep repeating this cycle forever. Work with me: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Sober coaching https://www.soberpowered.com/sober-coaching Weekly email: You’ll hear from me every week-ish https://www.soberpowered.com/email Support the show: If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support all the research and effort that goes into this podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpowered Thank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsors Sources are posted on my website Disclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 18m 10s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 |  E334: Why We Resist Sobriety and What Acceptance Looks Like at Every Stage | There is a difference between knowing that you need to be sober and accepting that you need to be sober. Acceptance changes the question from “can I drink?” to “since drinking is not an option for me, what do I need now, and what am I going to do next?” In this episode, I’m going to talk about why accepting sobriety can feel like such a loss, how resistance shows up differently when you’re sober curious, newly sober, or years into sobriety, and why you can accept that you have to be sober without liking it, feeling peaceful about it, or pretending that it’s fair. Work with me: Community & Meetings: Living a Sober Powered Life https://www.soberpowered.com/membership Sober coaching https://www.soberpowered.com/sober-coaching Weekly email: You’ll hear from me every week-ish https://www.soberpowered.com/email Support the show: If you enjoyed this episode please consider buying me a coffee to support all the research and effort that goes into this podcast https://www.buymeacoffee.com/soberpowered Thank you for supporting this show by supporting my sponsors https://www.soberpowered.com/sponsors Sources are posted on my website Disclaimer: all of the information described in this podcast is my interpretation of the research combined with my opinion. This is not medical advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. | 23m 12s | ||||||
| 9/11/26 | behavior changedrinking+3 | — | — | — | drinking habitsbehavior change+4 | — | 13m 37s | ||
| 9/4/26 |  High Dopamine, Low Effort Behaviors and Making Sobriety Feel Less Hard (Replay)✨ | dopaminesobriety+3 | — | — | — | dopaminesobriety+5 | — | 25m 13s | |
| 8/28/26 | E332: “Am I Bad Enough?”✨ | relationship with alcoholambivalence about quitting+3 | — | — | — | alcoholsober+5 | — | 10m 48s | |
| 8/21/26 |  E331: Wanting to Quit Isn’t the Same as Being Willing to Quit✨ | sobrietychange+3 | — | Sober PoweredSober Powered Life+1 | — | sobrietyalcohol+5 | Buy Me a Coffee | 16m 08s | |
| 8/14/26 |  E330: How to Stop Dabbling and Start Doing the Work✨ | sobrietypersonal development+3 | — | — | — | doing the worksobriety content+3 | — | 15m 43s | |
| 8/7/26 |  How Many Attempts Does it Take to Quit Drinking for Good (Replay)✨ | quit drinkingrelapse rates+3 | — | — | — | quit drinkingsobriety+5 | — | 27m 24s | |
| 7/31/26 |  E329: What Dabbling Looked Like For Me✨ | sobrietydabbling+3 | — | — | — | sobrietydabbling+5 | — | 11m 22s | |
| 7/24/26 | E328: Why Dabbling Keeps You Stuck in the Drinking Cycle✨ | sobrietydabbling+3 | — | — | — | sobrietydabbling+5 | — | 16m 16s | |
| 7/17/26 |  Self-Care is NOT Temporarily Turning Off Your Brain (Replay)✨ | self-carealcohol+3 | — | — | — | self-carealcohol+5 | — | 10m 50s | |
| 7/10/26 | sobrietyalcohol+3 | — | — | — | sobrietyalcohol+4 | — | 10m 53s | ||
| 7/3/26 | romanticizing alcoholsobriety+4 | — | — | — | alcoholsobriety+5 | — | 19m 20s | ||
| 6/26/26 | quitting drinkingreadiness+3 | — | — | — | quittingdrinking+6 | — | 16m 58s | ||
| 6/19/26 | Running on Autopilot Mode (Replay)✨ | autopilot modealcohol effects+4 | — | — | — | alcoholsobriety+5 | — | 28m 56s | |
| 6/11/26 | sober livingalcohol perception+3 | — | — | Jersey Shore | soberdrinking party+5 | — | 20m 56s | ||
| 6/5/26 |  E323: Long Term Sobriety: One Tool to Use & One Trap to Look Out For✨ | long-term sobrietypersonal growth+3 | — | — | — | long-term sobrietypersonal growth+5 | — | 12m 42s | |
| 5/29/26 |  E322: Middle Sobriety: One Tool to Use & One Trap to Look Out For✨ | middle sobrietyemotional struggles+3 | — | — | — | sobrietyemotional health+3 | — | 15m 23s | |
| 5/22/26 |  E321: Early Sobriety: One Tool to Use & One Trap to Look Out For✨ | early sobrietymental health+4 | — | — | — | sobrietyoverthinking+4 | — | 9m 59s | |
| 5/15/26 | rock bottomsober decision+3 | — | — | — | soberaddiction recovery+3 | — | 23m 05s | ||
| 5/8/26 |  E319: Why “Not Right Now” Keeps You Stuck and “Forever” Sets You Free✨ | alcohol recoverymental fatigue+3 | — | — | — | soberalcohol+5 | — | 18m 33s | |
| 5/1/26 |  The Geographical Cure: If Only X Would Change, Then I Wouldn’t Have to Drink So Much✨ | sober livingpersonal growth+3 | — | Sober PoweredMegaphone | — | soberaddiction+4 | — | 8m 26s | |
| 4/24/26 | ADHDAlcohol Use Disorder+3 | — | — | — | ADHDalcohol+5 | — | 16m 20s | ||
| 4/17/26 | commitment to sobrietyneuroscience+3 | — | — | — | sobrietyneuroscience+5 | — | 17m 10s | ||
| 4/10/26 | resiliencecoping mechanisms+3 | — | — | — | resiliencesober+5 | — | 23m 16s | ||
| 4/3/26 | productivityprocrastination+3 | — | — | — | soberneuroscience+3 | — | 19m 56s | ||
| 3/27/26 | drinking patternsaddiction+3 | — | — | — | soberdrinking+5 | — | 15m 34s | ||
| 3/20/26 | emotionsstress+4 | — | — | — | emotionsstress+6 | — | 23m 03s | ||
| 3/13/26 | nervous systemsobriety+3 | — | — | — | sobrietynervous system+5 | — | 20m 51s | ||
| 3/6/26 | ambivalencesobriety+4 | — | — | — | ambivalencesobriety+5 | — | 20m 16s | ||
| 2/27/26 | cravingssobriety+4 | — | Pickled. Why Moderation is ImpossibleSober Powered+4 | — | cravingssober+6 | — | 28m 41s | ||
| 2/20/26 | sugar cravingssobriety+3 | — | — | — | sugar cravingssobriety+5 | — | 16m 04s | ||
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Chart history for Sober Powered: The Neuroscience of Being Sober
Peaked at #50 in AR, currently #50 in AR.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR | — | #50 | #50 | — |
| HU | — | #56 | #56 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #60 | #60 | — |
| Italy | — | #65 | #65 | — |
| AT | — | #84 | #84 | — |
| AR | — | #92 | #92 | — |
| United States | — | #105 | #105 | — |
| Ireland | — | #106 | #106 | — |
| HU | — | #125 | #125 | — |
| Finland | — | #141 | #141 | — |
| ID | — | #154 | #154 | — |
| Italy | — | #161 | #161 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #178 | #178 | — |
| Canada | — | #191 | #191 | — |
| SG | — | #193 | #193 | — |
Chart Positions
15 placements across 11 markets.
Chart Positions
15 placements across 11 markets.