To stay inspired for my day 2 of Dry July 2020 I remember

Things I love about being alcohol – free
I can drive anytime of the day 🏋🏼‍♂️
I can remember everything 🤸🏼‍♀️
I am calmer & less anxious 🦁
My conscience is clear ✨
I’m never nauseous 🤮
I’ve lost weight 🙌🏼
I sleep soooo well 🛌

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Are you struggling to stay alcohol-free ? read more here How to NOT open a Bottle at Wine o’Clock

I get it, even though you committed to Dry July and it is only day 2, sometimes that need to feel like you have shut down for the night is so strong – but there are other ways – better ways like:

Read a book The Gift
Watch a movie
Have some chocolate
Phone a friend, mum or someone else you can be yourself with
Give yourself a hug

Take a brain break by just being quiet and calm in a different room to your family if they are driving you nuts How to Stop Drinking Away the Pain
Go to bed early
Make a wish list
Virtual shop online
Write out your feelings in a journal or come write to the group in BOOM
Bake Ingredients For An Alcohol-Free Life
Create something
Cuddle your pet
Have a bath or warm shower
Sing
Dance

The list is endless and mostly personal to you Filling the Empty Space in Early Sobriety

Are you suffering from FOMO or Fear of Missing Out while staying alcohol-free this month for Dry July? Play it forward. When you think about it the alcohol-free options seem more appealing than the norm :

Get stressed
Hit fcuk it switch
Drink 1st glass of alcohol

Feel good for a few minutes
Feeling is wearing off
Have more booze

Feel ok then not
More booze
More
More
More?

Pass out on couch
Drag self to bed
Forget to clean teeth
Wake up 3am thirsty and anxious
Wake up 4 hrs later
Feel unrested, stressed, anxious
Get out of bed and have a banging head
Stagger downstairs for paracetamol and orange juice
Try to make tea and grab water to hydrate yourself

Go back to bed
Waste the day feeling sick, headachey or just plain ill and off colourWaste a day that you’ll never get back
Have to deal with all the anxiety and stress you tried to hide from last night
Along with more anxiety and stress as booze is a depressant Alcohol and Anxiety
Oh and increasingly shitty health

Or

Do all of the above (2) and drink again the next day/ night, not to feel good anymore but so you stop feeling bad because now your body physically craves alcohol

YIKES!

When you think about what we actually get from alcohol the cost really does outweigh any benefit doesn’t it? Play the Tape Forward – Protect Your Quit

I like missing out on arguments, shitty decisions, regretful texts, poor sleep, wasted days, general body malaise, extra pounds from eating lots of junk just to feel physically better, broken friendships, lack of money, accidents, not being trusted or being a liability.

I don’t know about you but I want to miss out on all that and I deserve to miss out on drinking because of all it’s shitty consequences.

Perhaps FOMO for me might be slowly becoming “Fun Of Missing Out” 😃🥳🎊🎉

How about you?
I’m remembering I have my Dry July alcohol-free passport today!

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Don’t let the shame of the stigma keep you from saying

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How do you go Alcohol-Free? ( more reading in blue titles)

B Be accountable Talk to Us We Understand
A Avoid alcohol like the plague  Ideas Here
L Let yourself enjoy regular sober treats  Ideas Here
A Allow yourself to cry when needed  Ideas Here
N Nourish your body with good food  Ideas Here
C Create happy & fun memories  Ideas Here
E Enjoy the precious moments in your day Ideas Here

W Work hard to get what you want Ideas Here
O Organise things for less stress  Ideas Here
R Realise you can’t control it all Ideas Here
K Keep going & prepare for success Ideas Here
S Sleep enough for body & mind rest Sleep Solutions