Alcohol Freedom
What are My Thoughts Today? I am not sure where I got the idea that alcohol relaxes me, because it wasn't a big part of my childhood. It may just have been from society, as the message is everywhere. In college, I had a really intense three-hour Wednesday
Alcohol Freedom
What are My Thoughts Today? Today's lesson on The Path was interesting. We were asked to think about how every moment of our lives we are experiencing the world through our senses. Through our sense of taste, sight, hearing, touch, and smell. Even though we don't
Alcohol Freedom
What are My Thoughts Today? Today's lesson on The Path was about how to deal with sugar cravings. Haha, I know I sound like the Alcohol-Free beverage salesperson, but I haven't felt a big craving for extra sugar because all the AF drinks I have been
Alcohol Freedom
What are My Thoughts Today? Today I spent a little time thinking about the taste of alcohol. Every type of alcohol I drank I had to acclimate to first. I didn't like red wine right away, so I started with super sweet Prosecco. I didn't like
Alcohol Freedom
What are My Thoughts Today? Today's lesson on The Path was about the importance of language. About the language we use around not drinking, and how we talk to ourselves in our own heads. How ridiculously serendipitous is that for timing? 😉 This was basically the theme of my
Alcohol Freedom
What are My Thoughts Today? It has been a roller coaster week in my head! I have done a lot of thinking and talking with trusted allies about where the negative self-talk comes from, and besides my Evangelical Christian upbringing (which is surely part of it), I had an emotionally
Alcohol Freedom
What are My Thoughts Today? Yesterday was tough. Maybe I was hormonal, I don't know. But I was on a coaching call where a fellow PATHer was sharing about feeling constantly overwhelmed and like she's failing at everything and not living up to her own high
Alcohol Freedom
What are My Thoughts Today? Recently I have been reading a book called "Set Boundaries, Find Peace" and I just cannot get over how many of the recurring problems in my life are really boundary issues in disguise. If I think about it, my mom was always overbooked
Alcohol Freedom
What are My Thoughts Today? Yesterday I saw a doctor about a lump in my breast, and they decided to operate. We are scheduling the surgery this week. It still should be benign (it's something I got biopsied back in 2022), but because it grew in the last
Alcohol Freedom
What are My Thoughts Today? Rather than making the point of this year all about not drinking or about achieving other wellness goals, The Path suggests setting an emotion-based goal that pulls you towards a positive feeling rather than repelling you from an unwanted action. This way you don'
Alcohol Freedom
What are My Thoughts Today? Yesterday was a big day for me because I bowed out of a massive, work-related creative project. It was a huge opportunity on one hand, but it simply never felt right in my gut. I generally ignore or suppress my gut feelings out of guilt,
Alcohol Freedom
What are My Thoughts Today? I always said that I hated day-drinking because it made me tired. I realize now that this is because when I was drinking during the day (which was pretty rare, like at a brunch or on vacation), I never planned to have more than one