Alex sits down with 'One Year No Beer' co-founder Ruari Fairbairns to talk about the surprising relationship between ADHD and alcohol.

Expect to learn: Why quitting alcohol in this day and age is so hard, how to speak to a friend who is drinking too much alcohol and how alcohol is holding you back without you knowing.

Topics:

01:06 The surprising negative relationship between alcohol and ADHD
07:38 When does alcohol become a problem?
11:19 How would you approach a friend who drinks too much alcohol?
12:48 How to NOT give in to peer pressure
15:36 Why quitting alcohol is so hard
27:02 Ruari's ADHD diagnosis
27:33 How ADHD shows up in your marriage
29:03 The most important thing for a neurotypical partner to understand about ADHD
30:19 How your wife felt about being married to a heavy drinker
34:31 How to change behaviour and break habits
37:44 Your drinking habits in your marriage
41:03 How alcohol is holding people back
42:36 Your ADHD item
43:54 Why are people scared to quit alcohol?
46:29 Other ways alcohol affects people
47:46 Washing machine of woes
52:43 The connection between compulsive behaviour and trauma
55:35 Your most impulsive thing

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