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Annie Grace

Annie Grace is an American author and speaker focused on alcohol use, behavior change, and sobriety. She is best known for This Naked Mind and The Alcohol Experiment, works that popularized a nonjudgmental, mindset-based approach to drinking less or quitting alcohol and built a broad audience through books, coaching, and media.

Biography & Author's Journey

Annie Grace’s story begins far from the corporate and publishing worlds she later entered. She grew up outside Aspen, Colorado, in a one-room log cabin without running water or electricity, then went on to earn a Master of Science in marketing. That training led her into corporate life, where she rose quickly: by 26 she was the youngest vice president in a multinational company, and by 35 she held a global C-level marketing role covering 28 countries. Those years, shaped by business travel, client culture, and routine drinking, became the backdrop for the central turning point of her life and work: a sustained effort to understand why alcohol had gained such influence over her daily life. ((https://thisnakedmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TNM_Digital_Press_Kit_8-22-23.pdf))

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Quotes

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Failure isn’t final. Failure is, in fact, a jumping-off point
-Failing is What Got Me Here Today
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Like scratching an itch – you’re OK until you can’t scratch it
-Did I Ever Have An Alcohol Relapse?
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In my life, freedom comes from not wanting to drink
-Can I Become an Occasional Drinker?
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After all, alcohol is the only drug on earth you have to justify not taking
-This Naked Mind
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Without desire there exists no temptation
-This Naked Mind
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What if it’s not your fault?
-This Naked Mind
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The truth is I no longer want to drink
-This Naked Mind
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Alcohol is addictive. This fact has been proven over and over again
-This Naked Mind

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"Annie Grace uses psychology and neuroscience research and a 'no scare statistics' approach to empower readers"

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"Annie Grace is the founder and friendly face behind This Naked Mind"

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"Sam Glover said Annie Grace was 'a celebrity in my mind' after reading This Naked Mind"

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"Annie Grace is the author of the thought-provoking book This Naked Mind"

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