Author: Denise Hamilton-Mace
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7 (and a Bit) Things No One Tells You About Drinking Less in Midlife
Not the Instagram-worthy benefits you’ll see plastered across wellness feeds. The real, sometimes uncomfortable realities that come with changing how you drink when you’re 40-, 50- or 60-something years old, with a mortgage, kids, and a properly established life that just won’t stop pulling you in twelve different directions all at once.
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3-Step Method for Breaking Automatic Drinking Habits
Habits are simply learned behaviours. In the most basic terms, you’ve learned that when a trigger occurs, you take a specific action and that leads to a desired reward. The problem with habits is that they’re actually a super-efficient, energy-saving service provided to you by your brain.
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Active and Passive Moderation Explained
There is no one-size-fits-all model for drinking less. There shouldn’t be. You don’t need to declare your intentions to the world, or promise never to drink again, or be perfect in your approach. All you need is a willingness to experiment. To see how different choices feel.
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Introvert, Extrovert, Ambivert: Are You Drinking for Your Personality or Against It?
There are lots of ways to achieve your mindful drinking goals. You have to find what works for you. If it doesn’t work, that’s OK. You’ve learned something and can make more informed decisions next time. This is all about finding a drinking style that complements your personality as well as the lifestyle you’re trying…
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A Grown-Up’s Guide to Appreciating Booze-Free Drinks
Taste your low, no or light drink for what it is, not for what it isn’t. Once you stop expecting a carbon copy and start appreciating what’s actually in your glass, you’ll open up a whole new world of taste experiences.
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5 Myths That Make Moderation Harder Than It Needs to Be
There’s a lot of armchair psychology and uninformed guesswork floating around the low/no space, and I want you to be armed with the truth. And that truth is that moderation isn’t for everybody. But nothing is for everybody.
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It Starts With One Question
Allowing myself time to really think about when I’m drinking and why I’m drinking has been a powerful tool in starting my journey to a life less intoxicated and taking back the power of choice from alcohol.
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Why Your Partner Struggles When You Start Drinking Differently
It’s easy to see this as something that separates you. But if you handle it with honesty and care, it can strengthen what you already have. Alcohol might have been part of what brought you together, but it will never be the reason you stayed together.
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Five Words That Make Moderation Harder
And the likelihood is that you don’t even really think about the words that you use on a daily basis as having a role to play in changing your drinking habits, but after today, you might just be surprised at how often you’re sabotaging yourself without meaning to and without ever realising it.
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The Imposter Blues of Drinking Differently
It’s all based on your beliefs. You believe that you won’t be good at drinking differently, and so you never truly allow yourself to be. What you need is evidence. Of one single moment when you managed to successfully moderate your intake and still had a nice time.
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