Jolene Park - What is Gray Area Drinking & How To End the Back & Forth

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The Lightning Round 

Book recommendations: 

Drinking, A Love Story, by Caroline Knapp

Many Roads, One Journey: Moving Beyond the Twelve Steps, by Charlotte Kasl

Favorite Quote: “This too shall pass”

Regular Self-Care Practice: Grounding - walking barefoot on the beach, breathwork, somatic work, and healthy eating.

Transcript: 

Arlina Allen  2:56  

Jolene, thank you so much for joining me today.

Jolene Park  3:03  

Thanks for having me I'm I'm really looking forward to chatting with you and getting to know you a little bit more in the studio.

Arlina Allen  3:09  

 Listen, I appreciate somebody who has done their own work and who has a lot of credibility. Can I just say that to you?

Unknown Speaker  3:20  

Thank you. I received that and appreciate that and feel the exact same way so I'm with you. Yeah,

Arlina Allen  3:27  

we were just okay, I'm not gonna go into a rant, but maybe just a tiny little soapbox. You know, little cautionary tale. There's, there's a while I love how open people are being with their recovery. I just really appreciate people who have done their own work, right? So and you'll hear it I listen, I can sniff it out in two seconds. If I'm talking to someone who has not done their own work. And I've listened, I've listened to your TED Talk, your other interviews, there's lots of really good quality stuff that you've been putting out that I really appreciate. Because you are rooted in logic, which is nice. You got a lot of science going on. I love me some science. So we'll talk about all the stuff all the things, but just for fun. Do you hear my dog barking? Yeah, one second. I'm so sorry.

Unknown Speaker  4:54  

Oh, I think you're still muted. Ah, here we go.

Arlina Allen  5:02  

Okay, I had to go. Let my I have an English bulldog named named Teddy had to let him out. Did you know that Dr. Andrew Huberman has an English bulldog?

Unknown Speaker  5:11  

I mean, his dog is no castellet. Well, long videos watch. Yeah, yeah. Costello was Costello

Arlina Allen  5:18  

okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, so we were totally

Unknown Speaker  5:23  

embarrassed that I know that but I might make you vermin fans.

Arlina Allen  5:27  

Me, too. Oh my God. He's talking about him all the time. I digress. Sorry about that, I will have to edit that little part out. What I where I thought we would start is just kind of a fun little lightning round. It's a fun little icebreaker. When you first started your journey to do you call it do how do you refer to it your alcohol free journey, your sobriety journey?

Unknown Speaker  5:53  

alcohol free is what I use most. But you know, I'll interchange sobriety here and there, but in general, I, you know, I'll the term alcohol free is what I'm most comfortable with.

Arlina Allen  6:05