Category: Drinking Differently
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Reduce, Replace… and Then What?
Remove the shame of acknowledging that you’re ready for a change. Remove the embarrassment of not being able to drink like you used to in your 20s. Remove the expectation to drink on command in ways that make other people feel comfortable about your choices.
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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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Five Years into Drinking Differently
Mostly, I’ve come to learn that mastering mindful drinking is not all about rules and restrictions. It’s about getting to know yourself all the way. I don’t count my drinks. There is nothing more miserable on a night out than having to keep a count of how many drinks I’ve had before I’m not ‘allowed’…
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Alcohol Cravings Don’t Last As Long As You Think
Whatever word you use, the desire to reach for a drink when you’ve already told yourself that you don’t want one can be a pain in the arse that you just don’t need.
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3 Morning Habits That Make Alcohol Harder to Resist
Prefer to listen? Find Ep. 177 wherever you get your podcasts. From reaching for your phone before your eyes are even fully open to doomscrolling the pretty perfect lives of social media, moderating your alcohol intake starts long before you reach that familiar 5pm draw. But that doesn’t mean you can’t control for it. In fact,…
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