Explore the core concepts of the Quit Drinking Plan, from understanding alcohol and building motivation to changing habits, strengthening support, transforming your thinking, creating a meaningful alcohol-free life, and protecting the progress you make.
Protecting Your Alcohol-Free Life You’ve worked hard to build a life without alcohol. Maybe you’re just getting started, or maybe it’s been months or even years since your last drink. Either way, you’ve accomplished something important. But here’s the thing. The world hasn’t stopped promoting alcohol just because you’ve stopped drinking it. The commercials are…
Becoming Who You Were Meant to Be Finding Yourself Beyond Alcohol – Your Life After Quitting Drinking Here’s something I didn’t fully appreciate when I decided to quit drinking. I wasn’t just giving up alcohol. I was about to find out who I was without it. And after spending so much of my life as…
Changing Your Mindset About Alcohol: The Key to Lasting Freedom Sometimes, I still wish I could drink. There. I said it. After all these years without alcohol, I haven’t reached some magical place where the idea of drinking has completely lost its appeal. But here’s what’s interesting. It’s not really the alcohol I want. It’s…
Correct Your Self-Talk: How to Answer the Drinking Voice Have you ever stopped to think about how much you talk to yourself? Not necessarily out loud. Although I do that, too! I’m talking about the constant conversation going on inside your head. The thoughts that tell you what you need, what you deserve, what you’re…
Getting Support From People Around You Building Relationships That Support Your Alcohol-Free Life When I first tried to quit drinking, I didn’t want anyone to know. I was embarrassed. I was afraid people would judge me. I didn’t want anyone thinking I had a drinking problem, and I certainly didn’t want anyone calling me an…
Kick the Habit of Drinking How to Break the Drinking Habit and Build New Habits When I think about how drinking became such a big part of my life, I realize it didn’t happen all at once. It happened one habit at a time. I was a drinker for many years, and my habits changed…
Finding the Motivation to Quit Drinking Discovering Your Real “Why” I wanted to quit drinking for thirteen years before I finally did. Thirteen years. That’s a long time to want something so badly and still struggle to make it happen. I had plenty of reasons to quit. My health was suffering. I was embarrassed by…
Alcohol Is the Problem, Not You “I’m Skye, and I’m an alcoholic.” I said those words nervously, with my shoulders slumped and my eyes downcast. It was 2008, and I was attending my first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. I was miserable. The room seemed depressing and dingy. The women sitting around me seemed depressing and dingy,…
