Breaking free from alcohol addiction, with Duncan Bhaskaran Brown

Mid-life Men: the mental health podcast

In this episode, I am joined by Duncan Bhaskaran Brown, coach, speaker, and Morris dancer, who helps people with alcohol dependency issues. He is also an author. His first book ‘Get Over Indulgence’ outlines a simple system to revolutionise your relationship with food, booze, and life. His new book ‘Real Men Quit’ is out in December.

Duncan shares his own experiences of battles with addiction, particularly, alcohol including what made him decide to stop and methods he used to lead a more rewarding life.
He explores how we live in a world full of illusions of truth, and there are many illusions of truth about alcohol if you look at the motivational triad we’re basically designed as humans to maximize pleasure, minimize pain, and minimize the expenditure of energy. And if you look at the delusions that are out there around alcohol, the world will tell you that alcohol increases your pleasure. It doesn't. It will tell you it reduces your pain. It doesn't. And it will tell you the best thing to do is sit on the sofa after a hard day's work and drink a glass of wine, which is, of course, minimizing energy expenditure.
He also discusses how to recognise if you or someone close to you is drinking too much, how to address the problem, and the support options available from self-help to cognitive therapy to Alcoholics Anonymous.
If you want to find out more about Duncan or to contact him directly visit his website: https://www.bhaskaranbrown.com/.
You can also buy his book Get Over Indulgence, or pre-order his new book Real Men Quit on Amazon:
Duncan also referenced a few self-help books:

• Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol.
• This Naked Mind: The myth-busting cult hit for anyone who wants to cut down their alcohol consumption. By Annie Grace.

You can also visit Alcoholics Anonymous.