What Job Is Alcohol Doing for You? w/ Austin Karr
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Journey to the Sunnyside | Mindful Drinking & Alcohol Health
54 min
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What is the core question to ask about drinking beyond “how much do I drink?”
Welcome to Journey to the Sunny Side, the podcast that helps you build a better relationship with alcohol and uncover the secrets to mindful living. Each episode brings you real stories, expert insights, and practical tools to support your goals. Whether you're cutting back, taking a break, or thinking about quitting for good. I'm your host, Mike Hardenbrook, best-selling author, neuroscience enthusiast, and habit change expert. This show is brought to you by Sunnyside, a personalized science-backed program that helps you to drink less through habit change, coaching, and community. And for added support, we now have Sunnyside Met. A clinical option offering access to compounded naltrexone. a prescription medication that reduces cravings and helps prevent binge drinking.
Ready to start your journey? Get your free 15-day trial at Sunnyside.co. A lot of people know alcohol is taking up too much space how long before they do anything about it. It might be the drink after work, the second drink that wasn't planned, the weekend rule that keeps bending, or the feeling that alcohol is doing more emotional work than they want it to. In this episode, I'm joined by alcohol coach Austin Carr, founder of 100 Days, to talk about one of the most useful questions you can ask about. drinking. Not just how much am I drinking, but what job am I asking alcohol to do? We also talk about why people wait years before getting support, why 100 days can create space for change, and how consistent wins rebuild self-trust.
Austin, thanks for coming on today. Glad to be here. Thanks for having me. Yeah, we had a great conversation before we hit record. We both found out we're probably about 30 minutes from each other. So, you know, I'm looking forward to more conversations off the mic for us to share. But before we get into anything, let's just start with your work. And this starts with the idea that people deserve support long before things fall apart. What does that mean to you?
I thank you for asking me this question. I think that one of the things that I found in my work, especially revolving around alcohol use, is that people have this idea that there is this tipping point. There's the point at which it's a problem. Right. And everything before that is normal. where I shouldn't question it, shouldn't really look at it. We're kind of encouraged sometimes even by the alcohol industry to maybe just not look at our drinking. If it's not a problem, it's not a problem. But I find people are questioning often. They're stepping back and they're saying, I don't know if I like the way it shows up sometimes. It feels like I overdrink sometimes, but not always. It takes them more space or more energy.
And it just absorbs a little bit more of my life. And I don't love that. The most common question I get is, I drink this much. Is that a problem? Like everyone's looking for that. Like, what's the line? What's the problem? Where is it shift from normal to problematic drinking? And I tell people always to just take that step back and say, do I like the way alcohol shows up in my life? And if I don't Then I can do something about it. And that do something about it can mean so many things, but I just find people are waiting. For too long to really look at their drinking. And I think there's so many reasons for that. I'll say that the interesting thing is that most people recognize they have a problem with drinking or that they have consequences from their drinking long before they take action.
And the average is eight to ten years between the time someone sees a problem with their drinking to the time that they take action, seek help. Talk to someone about it. And that lost decade. is something I went through in my life and I watched so many other people do it and I just Feel drawn. to help people step in sooner.
That one really hits home because that is exactly what I went through about probably eight to ten years, somewhere around there. And it's really hard to look back and think. And not think Boy, I did it all wrong, or maybe something's wrong with me and I'm
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the core question to ask about drinking beyond “how much do I drink?”
0:00–4:52
2
Why do most people wait years before seeking help for their drinking?
4:52–8:04
3
How does the “100‑Day” experiment create space for lasting change?
8:04–13:34
4
What jobs is alcohol being hired to do in our lives?
13:34–22:21
5
How can small, consistent wins rebuild self‑trust after a drinking break?
22:21–31:44
6
What strategies help replace alcohol for stress relief and celebration?
31:44–44:18
7
How does the 10‑Minute, 10 % “job‑assignment” technique work?
44:18–49:19
8
What actionable steps can listeners take right now to start an extended break?
49:19–54:32