Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

Alcohol is a Coping Mechanism | Ditching It Boosts Your Health!

29 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment, Mona Sharma discusses how society has normalized alcohol as a coping mechanism for stress. She explains that regular alcohol use leads to metabolic instability, disrupted sleep, increased irritability, anxiety, and overall stress. Sharma urges viewers to stop normalizing drinking and suggests trying a month without alcohol to experience greater mental clarity and better morning wellbeing. She also highlights the availability of tasty non‑alcoholic alternatives as healthier substitutes.

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And it's a drug, and we've normalized it as a society. And it feels so good because it's a coping mechanism at the end of the day to deal with the stressors that we're all enduring. We've normalized it, and we really need to stop doing this because it's impacting our health. Gets us on that metabolic instability again. It disrupts our sleep. I think over time, it makes you more irritable, more anxious, and more stress. So taking alcohol out of your diet, I think, gosh, do that for a month and you're gonna feel yourself, how you feel, how much more clarity that you have first thing in the morning. And there's so many better alternatives to, you know, there's non alcoholic options that are out there that are delicious and, like, you would never even know.