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25.01.2022 There seems to be an unspoken pact among drinkers. You don’t quit unless you HAVE to. Which traditionally looks like hitting a dramatic rock bottom and identifying as an alcoholic who can no longer drink unless they want to end up in jail, in an institution or dead. If you don’t fit neatly into this stereotypical alcoholic box, you reign it in, you moderate, you manage it. But you don’t dare quit. Which is why so many of us who are questioning our drinking, carry on drinkin...g waaaaay longer than we would if we knew that it IS ok to quit if we find that alcohol isn’t working for us anymore. I’m here to give you that permission now. You can quit if you WANT to. There’s no need to wait until you HAVE to. You might feel scared about what life on the other side of alcohol will be like. But if it wasn’t 1000 times better, I promise I wouldn’t still be here. The great thing about sobriety is that if you find your life ISN’T better alcohol-free, you can always go back to drinking. Alcohol isn’t going anywhere, at least not for a while (watch this space though alcohol is the new cigarette after all!). Only good things can come from giving sobriety a try. See more

24.01.2022 Thank you for having me on the podcast @integrativerecovery It was rad being interviewed by Jordo - a good friend and someone who has played a pivotal role in my own sobriety journey. If you’d like to listen, the link is in the Bio over at @integrativerecovery P.s There are only a few days left to sign up for @thrivalistsobriety July intake. We have a big group of beautiful ladies ready to start. If you’re on the fence, now is the time to take a leap of faith and join them. More info in my Bio xx

16.01.2022 When I was trying to figure out if I had a drinking problem or not, I turned to Dr Google. My online searches led me down rabbit holes that generally left me with less clarity, not more. ~ There’s no single definitive test that tells you in no uncertain terms that you do or don’t have a drinking problem. You can’t pee on a stick, or have your blood taken and get the results. Your drinking is a matter of opinion. ~ It was only when I placed my own opinion above the opinions of... others that things became clear. ~ It didn’t matter whether I had a diagnosable drinking problem or not. Drinking wasn’t working for me. My intuition was telling me loud and clear to try sobriety, and even though the thought of not drinking TERRIFIED me, I decided to listen to myself. And I’m so glad I did. ~ You always have the answers inside you. You just need to trust yourself. See more

05.01.2022 If you can’t moderate your drinking now, here’s why it’s unlikely you’ll be able to get moderation right in the future. Research has consistently proven that the brain builds neural pathways in response to frequently repeated behaviour which then reinforce the habit. Similar to a muscle that increases in strength after repeated weightlifting, the brain is trained to engage in particular thought processes and behaviours as they occur more frequently. Think about when you were ...learning to drive a car. Initially your brain had no neural pathways that supported driving, so it was tough. As you hacked away at learning this new skill, your brain was literally hacking away creating new neural pathways to support driving. The more you practiced, the more established those neural pathways became, until eventually, those pathways were so deeply embedded that driving became automatic. Once neural pathways are deeply embedded, they don’t go away. If you didn’t drive a car for 20 years, you would still be able to get behind the wheel and within a very short time be cruising on the highway again. Why? Because by revving the engine of the car, you reilluminated those dusty neural pathways that lay disused in your brain for 20 years. Now the drinking. If you’ve found repeatedly that you’re not able to moderate your drinking, it’s likely that neural pathways have become deeply embedded in your brain that support excessive drinking. Now that these pathways are there they won’t go away. Which is why you can make all the resolutions and rules under the sun and still find yourself drinking to excess. Once you understand the neuroscience, it’s much easier to accept that you’re fighting a losing battle in trying to moderate. With this knowledge, you have the opportunity to lose the moderation battle but ultimately win the war you’re having with alcohol by removing it from your life. In sobriety you let those drinking neural pathways lie dormant. You give yourself the opportunity to build new neural pathways that support healthy behaviours. And you give yourself the gift of peace.