Why abstinence is easier than moderation.
In this blog Jen explains why trying to moderate when she was problem-drinking was so much harder than just not drinking at all. When I was worried that I was drinking too much, the obvious thing to do was to cut down. How hard could it be? I would give myself some realistic limits and […]
To change your drinking, you need to know WHY you drink.
If you want to change your relationship with alcohol, it’s critical to understand the reasons why you drink in the first place. What is alcohol actually doing for you? How is it helping you? What are the root causes that drive you to drink? What are you using alcohol to escape from? What parts of […]
Making a Rock-Solid Decision to Quit, Even if quitting is not forever (yet)
This blog describes how to make a firm and solid commitment to your decision to go alcohol-free, so that you can experience the freedom that comes with taking the option of drinking completely off the table. When we start thinking about quitting alcohol there can be a period of time where we go back and […]