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What are My Thoughts Today? Things that always bring me joy: game nights with family, watching movies with my husband, gardening, dancing, cooking a delicious meal (when it's my idea, haha), and going to the beach. In reality none of these events need alcohol to make them fun.
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What are My Thoughts Today? I fear missing out on the "special" days the most - like important holidays (to me, Christmas and New Year's) and the one big summer vacation my extended family takes each year. I find the idea of not drinking at those
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What are My Thoughts Today? The first notable peer pressure event that fueled my drinking was back between 2011 and 2016 — I have a group of friends in my town that used to meet up every Wednesday for half price wine night at a fancy restaurant. We would take over
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What are My Thoughts Today? I wish that I didn't notice any physical effects after drinking just one glass of wine. For so many years I fantasized about being able to have just one glass, and at least right now, armed with all this new information, I really
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What are My Thoughts Today? The friends and family who have cut back their alcohol consumption voluntarily in recent years were a lot like me, struggling with how much they drank and feeling the negative consequences of drinking too much or too often. I wouldn't say they'
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What are My Thoughts Today? Do I drink to fit in? That's a good question. I started drinking with my friends; it's just how we all felt compelled to socialize after high school. Especially when my high school friends and I were home from college on
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What are My Thoughts Today? Apparently there was a study that looked at people who only had 0.06 blood alcohol and yet their sleep was still disrupted. It makes me wonder if even just one drink is not a great plan! I have been allowing myself a glass of
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What are My Thoughts Today? I embody the traits commonly affiliated with having an addictive personality. In the past I have also blamed my ADHD-like tendencies on my propensity towards addictive behaviors. I still think that's true to an extent (yes, I think they are contributing factors), but
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What are My Thoughts Today? I think the biggest "aha" moment this week is realizing how basically EVERYTHING that causes me stress is made worse from being stuck in how I look at it, being unable to consider that maybe there's evidence that another way is
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What are My Thoughts Today? I think a lot of my stress comes from self-imposed expectations. Like deadlines that I give myself, or packing my schedule too tight and dealing with the aftermath. Obviously at the end of the day if I have been going non-stop, then drinking sounded like
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What are My Thoughts Today? Stress was probably my biggest drinking trigger outside of socializing. I don't know why, but at a certain stress threshold, my mind would turn automatically to drinking. I would start fantasizing about how good I would feel when I got to drink later
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What are My Thoughts Today? Although sadness wasn't my main trigger for drinking, I did occasionally drink when I was sad... And the later part of the night always ended up being less peaceful than it could have, and then the next day sucked. I think we try