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1 Thing You Notice Once You Stop Drinking
Posted by Caryn G on 27th June 2022 in Relationships | stop drinking,quitting drinking,Alcohol addiction
Hindsight is said to be 20/20 for a reason.
Once we have time to look back on a situation, we often see things that we previously missed. This can be especially true when it comes to quitting drinking.
Only when we quit can we look back and see how we were behaving like a victim.
We often don’t realise we have signed up to play a victim’s role in life. We prefer to think of ourselves in the leading role. The hero battling against the terrible injustices that fate and life throw at us. Bravely dealing with our badges of pain.
When we are caught up in the throes of addiction, it can be difficult to see just how much our drinking is impacting our lives.
W...
3 Essential Quit Drinking Strategies for Self-Medicating With Alcohol
Posted by Caryn G on 21st July 2022 in psychology & Mental health | self-medicating,sober revolution,quit lit,be sober
Self-medicating with alcohol?
When we feel like life is shit, the easy thing to do is reach for a drink. Just one glass and all our troubles will disappear.
Alcohol, our saviour.
Except it isn’t. If you’re reading this, there is a part of you that wants to change your toxic relationship to drink. Intuitively, you know that there is a better way and that you need to wake up because alcohol is not going to change your life for the better.
Face it! Accept it and then take steps to change it.
First things first, when life is crap and it’s not where we want it to be, we have to accept that no amount of beer, wine or whisky is going to change th...
Are You Ashamed of Failing To Quit Alcohol?
Posted by Caryn G on 22nd January 2025 in psychology & Mental health | failing to quit alcohol
Ashamed of your drinking habits and feeling like a spectacular failure?
Maybe you’ve tried to quit many times but failed dismally. You’ve promised not to drink, only to cave in as soon as someone suggests a quick one.
Maybe you didn’t need to be persuaded; you drank just to be defiant and bloody-minded and say “f**k it” to the world and all those judging you.
I went down that road many times.
It was a road full of potholes, and I fell in every damn one of them. Until one day, I woke up and knew which way to go. I knew how to avoid the potholes or jump out of them if I needed to.
I would promise not to drink, and then...