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In this blog Lucy comments on the overwhelming response to her Mamamia article, and expands on some of the messages she wrote about in it. I recently wrote an article for MamaMia and the response to it has been staggering. So many people reached out telling me that they resonated with what I wrote and […]
How fear of failure holds us back
This blog outlines 6 things you can do to overcome the fear of failure that comes up when you consider quitting alcohol. One of the biggest obstacles when it comes to making the decision to quit drinking (or any type of behaviour change for that matter) is overcoming our fear of failure. Fear of failure […]
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 […]
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
In this blog Jen shares four reasons why it’s harder for a grey-area drinker to quit drinking and stay stopped than it is for someone who has hit a dramatic rock bottom. I consume a lot of recovery material. I read all the Quit Lit, I listen to a tonne of recovery podcasts, and I […]
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 […]
Is my drinking bad enough to quit?
In this blog Jen shares what brought her to the realisation that she could choose to go alcohol-free despite not having a ‘bad’ drinking problem, and why sobriety is actually an option available to everyone. In March 2018 I decided to quit drinking for the first time. Prior to this, I had tried to make […]
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 […]
Jen’s Christmas Story: Drinking vs Alcohol-free
In this blog Jen compares her last Christmas drinking to her first Christmas alcohol-free. My last drinking-Christmas Before I went alcohol-free, pretty much every Christmas in my adult life was a free pass to day-drink and get drunk. My last drinking Christmas did not work out so well. It was 8pm on Christmas day. The […]