Messy Middle

12/18/20 • 21 min

It takes time and patience to really do this work. The space between awareness you are indeed drinking too much alcohol for your life and figuring out how to make alcohol small and irrelevant in your life requires the skills of delaying gratification, leaning into discomfort, being OK with trying new things, and be ok with going against the grain.
In order to navigate all the way to success, the journey requires resilience.

IN TODAY’S EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

How to apply EXIT to help make the navigation less messy
Why more than 1 compelling reason is necessary
A simple process to create as many compelling reasons as you need.

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IN TODAY’S EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

How to apply EXIT to help make the navigation less messy
Why more than 1 compelling reason is necessary
A simple process to create as many compelling reasons as you need.

FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE:

The 2021 Annual Gift
Podcast review giveaway

agingflipped.com for more resources on aging with ease and more fulfillment.

Previous Episode

Q & A - How can I feel so “done” with drinking and then find myself drinking later that day?

First off, know that this happens to a lot of people. We wake up and feel terrible and think "that's it - no more hangovers. I'm done!" But, as the day goes on we start to feel better and the memory of how that hangover felt fades away. Then the usual cues hit and we start to falter. We start to think: "Maybe I can quit next week" or "One drink wouldn't be that bad" and we talk ourselves back into it.

This is very common and it has a lot to do with our perception of the cost vs the benefit of drinking. Early in the day we can feel the effects of drinking from the night before, and so the costs seem high and the benefits seem non-existent. However, as the day goes on the cost seems lower because we're feeling better and we're encountering all the things that trigger us to drink - stress, work, family - so the benefits of drinking seem higher. And when the benefits outweigh the costs, you guessed it, we decide to drink.

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