When You Can’t Imagine Living Life Without Booze #health #holistic

Before I quit drinking, I struggled to picture what life would be like without booze in it. 

I just couldn’t imagine coping with a bad day at work without wine. 

How would I go out at the weekend or celebrate something special without a glass of something fizzy?

Because I couldn’t picture these things, they felt impossible. So then I’d wonder, what’s the point in even trying to quit? 

If your mind is getting stuck in a similar thought loop right now, this video will help you untangle it all.

Key points

It’s ok if you can’t imagine life, sober

I get so many emails from women who cannot picture life without alcohol. And because they can’t imagine it, they think they won’t be able to do it. But the problem is that if you wait until you can picture it all really clearly, you might be waiting forever. That day may never come. 

The secret is to find a way in which you can take action comfortably – without being able to picture all this stuff and without having it all figured out. What if you moved forward anyway? That is possible for you. Here are three tips to help.

Tip 1: What else did you struggle to imagine at one point?

Perhaps there was a time when you couldn’t see yourself in the role you’re in now.  Maybe that’s as a Mum, a grandma, a position at work, or maybe you completely switched careers. Perhaps you’re a runner or a yogi, and at one point you’d have laughed to imagine that! Maybe you’ve lost loads of weight, and there was a time when you could never imagine yourself in a thinner body. Your life will be full of things that at one point or another seemed unthinkable, but you now take for granted. 

Tip 2: Seek out women who’ve already quit drinking

Find like-minded women who are already sober and doing this thing that feels hard to picture. Find out what their lives are like and use that as inspiration to know that you can do it too. Go to my Success Stories page and watch the videos. Look for the things you have in common with these women. Remember: if these women can do it, then it’s all the more evidence that change is possible and you can do it too. 

Tip 3: Collect data without thinking too far ahead

This is the taking action part of it all. Because truthfully, you’ll be able to imagine so much more if you just go and do stuff. Hold it lightly and take small steps. Remember, you’re not making a lifetime decision here or signing a contract. You’re just experimenting. If you were a scientist, how much data would you want to gather before drawing a conclusion? Let yourself collect experiences and information in the least scary way: by committing to taking a break from booze

If you’d love some help and support to take a proper break from booze, click here for details of my online course.

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