The Power Behind Investing in your Sobriety
This blog explains why Thrivalist charges for its services and why spending your hard earned cash on one of our programs can fuel better results than signing up to a free service. Since launching Thrivalist nearly 12 months ago, we have had a handful of people who have asked why we charge to run a […]
Defeating Drinking FOMO
When you’re considering going alcohol-free, the Fear Of Missing Out on all the drinking fun is real. But what if you know that alcohol isn’t serving you anymore? In this blog we help you to feel the FOMO and change your relationship with alcohol anyway. 1. Ask yourself honestly: How much fun is drinking these […]
Being Alcohol-Free: Our Students’ Favourite Things
This blog reveals our students’ favourite things about being alcohol-free, in their own words. In our private Facebook group, we asked our students what their favourite thing about alcohol-free living was. Here’s what they said: “UNBROKEN SLEEP!!! It’s like a drug all on its own, extra energy, less afternoon lag and generally feeling kind of […]
When is the right time to quit drinking?
I recently wrote a blog about a voice inside of me that had for years been telling me it was time to stop drinking alcohol, however for numerous reasons, I kept on drinking. I believed that complete abstinence from alcohol was far too extreme for me, so it took me reaching my own version of […]
Two mums quit drinking & help other women Thrive
This blog describes how Lucy and Jen came together to start Thrivalist and what they want you to know if you’re struggling with your drinking. Lucy Quick and Jen Clements may have grown up on opposite sides of the Indian Ocean, but their journeys with alcohol share many similarities. For starters, they both chose to […]
3 Ideas for an Epic Alcohol-Free Valentine’s Day
In this blog Jen shares three ways to celebrate an awesome alcohol-free Valentine’s Day. Before I went alcohol-free, I don’t think there was a Valentine’s Day in my adult life that didn’t involve drinking. I remember getting dressed to the nines and clinking glasses of bubbles over candlelit dinners. Or knocking back a few wines […]
Making Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick
In this blog Lucy shares Thrivalist’s six steps to make new habits stick. It’s so easy to sit down at the beginning of the new year feeling super inspired and motivated to make healthy changes in our lives, but actually following through and making the healthy behaviours stick long-term is another story. I have always […]
Why It’s Harder To Quit Drinking As A Grey-Area Drinker
Grey-area drinkers are those people in the earlier stages of problem drinking. They are the ones abusing alcohol (by binge drinking or leaning on alcohol too heavily during a rough patch), or those in the earlier stages of problematic use. Often, their loved ones aren’t concerned about their drinking. They are high functioning individuals who […]
The Voice That Won’t Shut Up
In this blog Lucy describes the competing internal voices that we grapple with when questioning our drinking: our intuitive voice and our addictive voice. She shares her experience of trusting her intuition and the positive impact that has had on her life, and she guides you towards getting in touch with your own powerful intuitive […]
Lucy’s Two Year Sober Anniversary Reflection
In this blog Lucy shares the magic she has found two years into sobriety and some of the ways you could be holding yourself back if you’re alcohol-free and not finding joy in this lifestyle change. If someone had told me this time two years ago, that by removing alcohol from my life I would […]
