Eric Zimmer

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869 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 26 Jun

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Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg · How Small Actions Rewrite Identity (with Eric Zimmer) · 26 Jun 2026 podcast

And yet I would sit there, locked in this internal debate, this tearing apart inside that addicts feel, trying not to take that shot of whiskey. matched

And more often than not, I would lose. matched

So for someone like me, even if I could technically make the moderation work, matched

It was miserable. matched

That's not the case for everybody, right? matched

So I know people who were addicts, were completely sober, and have gone on and said, oh, yeah, I smoke weed occasionally now, or I drink occasionally now. matched

I mean, great, more power to them. matched

Maybe I could be that person now. matched

I've spent roughly 30 years with that little three-year exception in recovery. matched

Maybe now, with everything I know and all the work I've done and all the healing, maybe now I could moderate. matched

For me, it's a simple risk-reward calculation, though. matched

It's like, well, what would I benefit if I could drink moderately? matched

Oh, a couple times a week, I would have a mild reduction of stress and a nice little buzz for a couple hours. matched

Okay, that's good. matched

Who wouldn't want that? matched

I'd like that. matched

What if it doesn't work? matched

Right? matched

Oh, I just sacrificed everything. matched

So for me, it just doesn't even make sense to contemplate trying. matched

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