Growing up in Australia, Melissa had no idea how powerful alcohol was. Drinking first popped onto her radar screen around age 17 and she began partying the same way all her friends did - blacking out, getting sick, being hungover. It was what they did and no one questioned their behavior. Melissa loved the fun and always found people who wanted to drink. At 35, she decided to try moderating her drinking. A few years later she realized she was an \u201cI\u2019ve had too much, give me another\u201d drinker who never intentionally refused a drink. It was time to change.\n Are you looking to connect with like-minded people? Sometimes maybe you feel like you have all this information from doing This Naked Mind or The Alcohol Experiment, but you\u2019re living in a world where people don\u2019t speak your language.\n That is why I created The Exchange. The Exchange from This Naked Mind is an online community where we meet face to face, live with video calls multiple times a week with people from all over the world just to connect and have somewhere that you are seen, you are heard, and you feel less alone.\xa0 A place where you can really give back and get the support you need.\xa0 If this sounds great to you, check it out at thisnakedmind.com/exchange.\n And as always, rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast, as it truly helps the message reach somebody who might need to hear it today.