Am I A Grey-Area Drinker? Find Out Now
This blog explains what grey-area drinking is and helps you find out for yourself if you are a grey-area drinker. Do you drink more than you planned and then feel guilty about it? Do you make rules for yourself to moderate? Do you intentionally take breaks from alcohol, only to convince yourself you’ve been too […]
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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 […]
Mummy Wine Time
In this blog Lucy explores Mummy Wine Culture and shares the contrast of her experience of motherhood while drinking versus being alcohol-free. I’m standing outside on a planter box peering through the living room window so that I can keep an eye on my 8-month old baby girl as she sits in front of the […]
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 […]
Best Quit Lit & Podcast List
This blog contains our personal recommendations of books and podcasts to help you along your journey of changing your relationship with alcohol. Quit Lit is a genre of books dedicated to the subject of quitting alcohol and other drugs. There is nothing more helpful and heartwarming than learning from others who have either taken the […]
How will I cope without alcohol?
I used alcohol as the panacea for all life’s difficulties. Overwhelmed? Wine slowed my racing thoughts and softened my shoulders down my back. Anxious? Wine released the death-hold grip I felt around my throat. Sad? Wine helped me forget for a little while. Lonely? Wine felt like a friend. Wine was my go-to after a […]
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 […]
