I think we need to wait and see what happens to drinking practices, but I think from my perspective, I do get the sense that this is part of a bigger ongoing trend, as Elva touched on as well. And I think as we heard in one of the clips, this idea that actually zero proof drinks aren’t going away. So they’re not necessarily the most accessible products to all consumers. And what we’re seeing here is that those who are drinking zero proof drinks, those who are accessing online spaces and communities tend to be of a higher socioeconomic status.
- It’s a 5k yoga and it’s a 5k yoga and meditation and hula hooping.
- I had no self-esteem left by the end and to be able to go.
- Finding a therapist can help you navigate the “why” behind your drinking habits by assisting with the emotions that come with such a big life change.
- So my plan is to not drink on that trip to Venice and Croatia.
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Yeah, and I think keeping a note of all of that’s really important, you know, actually noting down the benefits because can be easy to forget when that journaling, right, like exactly feel in the area. But you’d need to be aware to even ask yourself that question. Yeah, I think I think catching sight of your own potential is so important. Great, do whatever other stuff you want to do later. But you have to deal with this one first on its own, because this is the biggest thing you’ll ever do.
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Really, you joined hip sobriety school and paid money, not because you have an issue with alcohol per se, but because you would feel this way about anything. I need to keep my eyes on my own paper about why I’m doing this about my life and my family and how much better I feel not drinking. But it’s so annoying to me that I’m looking to this group to solidify my sobriety. And instead, it’s making me crazy to see all these folks who signed up to not drink, boozing it up and then justifying it to me. The good news is I’m finding the BFB super helpful. And I joined a smaller group called penguin pajama party.
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And of course, there were this many news articles that said, it was good for me. You know, I love those news articles that said, the glass of red wine is good for your heart. I mean, we know it’s absolute BS, you know, have a grape if you want that, but, but at the time, I kind of inhaled these those news items. And Wow, fantastic, you know, and fortunately, because I was otherwise healthy, and I was having a decent number of supplements and all the rest of it. I remained well and functioning. And I’m grateful for that.
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And you both should be so proud of yourselves. When Sober living house I originally joined this gratitude group, I was still drinking. I wanted to focus on more gratitude.
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So amicably remained friends, no money in lawyers’ fees, because just all done, you know, in an unbelievably grown up way. And she says, you know, if that had been when I’d been drinking, oh, my God, it would have been a different picture. So I think because of the crossovers between that movement and the kind of move to sober curiosity or mindful drinking, I think that explains some of it.
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- I have random moments where I’ve thought to myself, I want what I have.
- And I remember how that felt.
- And I went down a 12 year spiral really of from when I started to drink every night to all the way down to the end where the last 18 months of my drinking were alcohol and cocaine around the clock.
- In the past three months of not drinking, I’ve kind of kept my life pretty small.
- Two months we went on a date to, like, an Italian restaurant because I love drinking red wine at an Italian restaurant.
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- Journaling is a brilliant thing to do, you know, literally physically writing things down with a pen and paper, you know, old style.
- My body was spending all its time trying to rid itself of alcohol that there was little left over to fight other infections, bugs, colds, flu, and more.
- And it’s always quite interesting, because, you know, the producer will often ring me and say, will you contribute to this piece?
- You tell more people that you’re not drinking with more ease.
Like, you’re honest, I’m going through this shit right now and it’s really upsetting to me. Yeah, and it’s also very reframing holidays in early recovery easy to, it is very easy to forget and to romanticize. I had a lot of good times like it. But, I mean, 9 years in, I still create a vision board to highlight what’s important to me and what I.
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- My social calendar is full of fun alcohol-free activities and events.
- But I think that there’s certainly variation and these wider communities are pushing the language of sober, reclaiming the word sober and imbuing it with these kinds of positive associations.
- I don’t want to be feeling this this way.
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It’s the blogs and competitions and the podcast is there and everything else. And there’s a membership part of it, if anyone’s interested in that, which is a huge member portal full of content, and kind of a group as well. So yeah, there’s a lot going on, and I’m on social media very easy to find @janeyleegrace.