Ep. #84 Permission To Not Be Broken w/ Erin Vanderkooy

Although we are a culture obsessed with alcohol, an epidemic that has been normalized, the story that there is a "normal" way to drink and you will be shunned if you can't do it that way, is what needs to change.
Does anyone know what that is?
There is a trap of: if I don't drink I won't be normal.
Other people will wonder what's wrong with me.
I hear this from too many people.
There are now enough people who don't believe in : drinking is a normal story, so we can drop it.
Not to mention, peer pressure as an adult?
No thanks.
When you dismantle the beliefs around alcohol you have to go DEEPER.
You have to interrogate, with compassion, your own self and values.
WHO is everybody?
WHAT is normal?
WHEN is this happening and WHERE?
Are people really thinking this or is a just what you are creating in your head?
You're decision to drink or not drink will be interpreted differently by everyone.
Someone might think your a hero, someone might think your a buzzkill, but most people will be worried about themselves, not how much you are drinking.
Another persons enjoyment is NOT dependent on your actions.
It is dependent on THEIR thoughts and emotions about it.
Show up like the life of the party and no one can say a thing!
Show up like you and have your own back.
More power to you, Sister. It's time to throw a better party and take responsibility for your own health and livelyhood. Caring what other people think is no longer a necessary part of our survival.
When YOU do YOU, you will attract the same.
Be you, all the way.
If there is a collective STIGMA, it's well worn and out of date.
xxoo Mary
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