Tag: Self-care

  • What Will Life Look Like If I Stop Drinking Today?

    What Will Life Look Like If I Stop Drinking  Today?

    There is a quote that I read in my first few months sober that said quite simply– “If you’re going to stop drinking you have to stop drinking” — seemingly obvious right? But somehow it seems to be the hardest thing in the world for so many good people. Have you ever felt trapped by […]

  • Alcohol and Exercise-Battling Diminishing Returns

    Alcohol and Exercise-Battling Diminishing Returns

    Does exercise cancel out the deadly effect of too much alcohol? I’ve read that it does in articles online and I certainly tried to cancel out the alcohol toxicity with daily exercise when I was drinking. My routine became a binge and purge of drinking at night and running in the morning. But since I’ve […]

  • Drinking to Escape? Here’s Another Way

    Drinking to Escape? Here’s Another Way

    Drinking to escape became a habit almost as soon as I was legally allowed to buy alcohol. I would come home at the end of a long day, sit down, crack a beer, and let the day slip away as the alcohol did its thing. The longer I drank and the more I drank, the […]

  • Why is it So Hard? 4 Hurdles to Overcome When You Stop Drinking

    Why is it So Hard? 4 Hurdles to Overcome When You Stop Drinking

    Why is it so hard to stop drinking? That is a question often asked in our online community and the answer is not as simple as it would seem. When I was in my early 40’s I read Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Control Alcohol to try to answer that question for myself. I was […]

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