it’s time to rethink your drink!
sound familiar?
You’ve got it together: busy life, making healthy choices in exercise and food, successful at work, but for some strange reason alcohol is hard to control?
When you’ve tried to cut back, or even quit, you feel miserable, bored, anxious?
Do you ever regret how much you’ve had to drink or made decisions you never would’ve made if sober? (I’m talking saying something embarrassing, engaging in uncharacteristic behavior, or just forgetting something that happened?)
Maybe your just tired of thinking about alcohol? About feeling like you need this expensive liquid just to have fun?
if you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are ready to rethink your drink!
tired of all that?
I’ve got more details, keep reading!
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spontaneous sobriety? yep, it’s a thing!
how we’re going to do it:
Together! I've been exactly where you are. I spent years questioning my relationship with alcohol. I knew it was eating up my time, energy, and even money!
Six years ago, I tried out a 30-day sobriety challenge, and I realized that alcohol was keeping me stuck. I thought I'd kicked it at the end of that 30 days! I had discovered where alcohol was holding me back but still wanted to share cocktails with friends or snuggle up with that glass of wine and my hubby on the couch. Pretty quickly, I found myself back where I'd started.
Here's the thing: Dry January? Sober October? These 30ish-day breaks are opportunities that can help shed light on some of the ways alcohol marketing and lore have snuck up on you. But, it can take longer than that to form new behaviors. It can take anywhere from 18 to 254 days for a person to create a new habit and an average of 66 days for a new behavior to become automatic. (According to a study from the University College of London.)
Together we’ll explore your thoughts, feelings, and reservations about alcohol and its place in your life. Your life is the most valuable thing you have, shouldn’t you consider what you bring into it?
Perks of the programs:
A one-hour one-on-one coaching sessions per week.
You’re also invited to participate in my weekday mindfulness group. We meet Monday through Friday for daily readings, a 15 to 20-minute mindfulness meditation and community support. These sessions are open to my community and take place via zoom.
90-minute end-of-contract wrap-up call.
The path to rethink your drink!
What you’ll gain:
Financial savings • Productivity • Health Benefits • Better Sleep • Less Anxiety
When I stopped, I estimated I drank about $70 worth of alcohol weekly. (And, if I’m keeping it real with you, it was probably way more than that!) I don’t know what your number is; maybe you don’t either. It can be scary to add it up but trust me; you aren’t alone. So say it’s $70? In 12 weeks, you’ll have saved $840. Keep going for a year (and yes, after you see how good you feel, you might decide to do that, we’re talking $3,640.)
Ok, so that’s the money your saving from your wallet. What about your productivity at work? If you can feel fresher, brighter at work, do you think anyone’s going to notice? Maybe that promotion becomes more attainable; perhaps you close more sales. Are you self-employed like me? Um, yeah, my business has grown waaaay faster than it would have if I showed up hungover and stressed about how quickly 5 o’clock would get here.
Sleep!!! Yes, sleep! Do you know that the relationship between alcohol and sleep is deep? Drinking alcohol before bed can add to the suppression of the first two sessions of REM sleep. Since alcohol is a sedative, sleep onset is often shorter for drinkers, and some fall into a deep sleep rather quickly. But, as your night progresses, you struggle through an imbalance between slow-wave sleep and REM sleep, resulting in less of the latter and more of the former. Your overall sleep quality decreases, which can result in shorter sleep, less restful sleep, and even insomnia. Interested in learning more? Check thisout!
Hangxiety cured – this is a BIG one! If you’ve drank long enough — or hard enough — you’re familiar with this dreadful feeling that comes the morning after a night of over-imbibing. Have you ever replayed the evening’s conversations in your head (and can’t stop!) or scrolled through your Facebook feed or text strings to make sure you didn’t send something regrettable? That’s hangxiety: a self-induced feeling of dread that creeps in the back of your mind with its constant din. Let’s ditch that one, for sure.