Believe it or not, it is relatively easy to get sober, if – and it’s a big if – you really want that for yourself. The desire to get sober has to come from your inner being. It’s nowhere near as effective if it’s your other half that’s begging you to stop drinking. It’s your …
There comes a point in time when you know you have to get help. And when you discover the help you think you need costs an arm and a leg? Well, then it’s easy to talk yourself out of getting help. Right? You think can put your drinking problem on the back burner, but you’re …
How many times have you told yourself “I’ll quit drinking tomorrow” and when tomorrow comes, you head straight for the bottle … again. To say it’s frustrating is an understatement. We wonder what’s wrong with us. Old Habits It’s simply a bad habit. You’re on automatic pilot! In the “olden days,” the saying was “It …
We all get ’em. Those annoying urges. Sometimes you can quash ’em, sometimes you don’t and you give in. In a previous blog post, we followed up with Claire’s newly-created ritual and expanded upon creating a new ritual to replace the old in an effort to beat the urge to drink. At the end of …
Guest Post by Alex Hello, it’s Alex here. I’ve noticed that when someone is a drinker or smoker, they may have a genetic reason for doing certain behaviors. It may be an action they had no real desire to start but may have been predisposed if that gene was a dominant one in their DNA …
It’s 10 am. I crack open one eye, and the light through the partially opened window blind stabs my eyeball, adding more pain to the headache that’s pounding away in my forehead. I try to throw the blankets back but I feel so weak and tired. I manage to sit up, throw my legs over …
It’s been niggling at you. You suspect you have a drinking problem. Others have nudged you. Cajoled. Begged you to stop, or get help. Now it’s time to quit the madness. Quit the booze. It’s not making you better, it’s dragging you down. If you’ve spent any length of time being a ‘professional drinker,’ then …
Actually, Claire said “yes” to all 7 questions in the previous post. We thought it was time to dig a little deeper. It turned into the need to ask even more questions. 27 questions to be exact, before we got to the root of her drinking problem. Don’t be surprised if you “see yourself” in …
