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If You’re Drinking Too Much Too Often Rethink the Drink

 

Category: How I Stopped Drinking

  • Rethink the Drink

    Rethink the Drink

    I drink because I’m happy. I drink because I’m sad, lonely, angry or to reward myself for being sober for a week. I drink because I want to. I drink when I don’t want to. I drink for no reason and any reason. I drink today because I drank yesterday and want to feel better.…

  • HEY, YOU GOT A MINUTE ?

    HEY, YOU GOT A MINUTE ?

    The philosophy according to YOSSARIAN in the pursuit of sobriety. That task can be as convoluted or as simplistic as you see fit. Being a simple man, I choose the latter. Reading volumes of text written by another about another’s experience in the form of self help just doesn’t make sense to me. They sell,…

  • Alcohol sugar cravings (managing them) and the whole Gut-Brain health connection thing.

    Alcohol sugar cravings (managing them) and the whole Gut-Brain health connection thing.

    It was just over 4 years ago now that I took my first day off work because of a hangover. I was broken and full of self-disgust and a sense of utter helplessness. How had my drinking gotten so out of control? It seriously wasn’t fun anymore – and hadn’t been for quite some time.…

  • Ten Ways to Overcome My Drinking Problem

    Ten Ways to Overcome My Drinking Problem

    Ten Ways to Overcome My Drinking Problem, a memo to myself: 1. Write a letter to yourself, explaining how you feel, and feel about yourself, after you have had too much. Post it where you can see it when you are thinking about drinking, or carry it in your purse or wallet. 2. Make your…