How can I help?
What Can I Do to Help? Please take this anonymous survey:
I was contacted by someone who seems to need help, but is looking for a non-religious, non-AA, way to quit drinking. Wow. That is a really tough way to go, but completely possible.
It's going to take a lot of discipline upfront, a reason why to quit, and the ability to mentally put yourself through the test many times. Many alcoholics are very intelligent I found out.
So, challenge yourself. Use your mind to stop drinking. I talk about Mindset Reversion. It's in the book, but I'll share the core part right here:
Think back to a time when you didn't drink at all. Think how you felt then. Think about the problems that were not present at that time when you didn't drink. Now spend the day today alcohol-free. Repeat again tomorrow.
Break it down into little steps. Don't go where alcohol will be served. Don't hang out with drinkers. Don't have alcohol in the house. Find something else you've been meaning to do, but have put off, and now do it. Enjoy your project of choice whether it is reading a book, learning something new, cleaning out the attic, going through your clothes to get rid of some you don't use or need.
Once you go all day today without drinking, do it again tomorrow.
Caution: if you have the shakes and feel very sick and flu-like, see a doctor. You may need medical care to remove the physcial addiction, and to do so without having an alcohol withdrawal seizure.
Today's audio podcast is about How I Can Help You. I'm going to provide some ideas, and I would love feedback. It all depends on you, the readers and listeners, to tell me what would help you. I'll propose the 40-day SimpleChallenge at http://www.SimpleChallenge.com, and I'll propose a weekly audio release of one chapter of my book per week. I think I'll also propose an anonymous call that I'll set up for Fridays at 5.
Why Fridays at 5? That is a hard point in time to say, no thanks to a drink offer or invitation out after work. Like my "Fridays" are a great day to quit" post, it's a great day to start your weekend right with a sober call with others who want to get to a sober day, weekend, month, year, life.
Go for it!
Survey - it's short, really short!
I was contacted by someone who seems to need help, but is looking for a non-religious, non-AA, way to quit drinking. Wow. That is a really tough way to go, but completely possible.
It's going to take a lot of discipline upfront, a reason why to quit, and the ability to mentally put yourself through the test many times. Many alcoholics are very intelligent I found out.
So, challenge yourself. Use your mind to stop drinking. I talk about Mindset Reversion. It's in the book, but I'll share the core part right here:
Think back to a time when you didn't drink at all. Think how you felt then. Think about the problems that were not present at that time when you didn't drink. Now spend the day today alcohol-free. Repeat again tomorrow.
Break it down into little steps. Don't go where alcohol will be served. Don't hang out with drinkers. Don't have alcohol in the house. Find something else you've been meaning to do, but have put off, and now do it. Enjoy your project of choice whether it is reading a book, learning something new, cleaning out the attic, going through your clothes to get rid of some you don't use or need.
Once you go all day today without drinking, do it again tomorrow.
Caution: if you have the shakes and feel very sick and flu-like, see a doctor. You may need medical care to remove the physcial addiction, and to do so without having an alcohol withdrawal seizure.
Today's audio podcast is about How I Can Help You. I'm going to provide some ideas, and I would love feedback. It all depends on you, the readers and listeners, to tell me what would help you. I'll propose the 40-day SimpleChallenge at http://www.SimpleChallenge.com, and I'll propose a weekly audio release of one chapter of my book per week. I think I'll also propose an anonymous call that I'll set up for Fridays at 5.
Why Fridays at 5? That is a hard point in time to say, no thanks to a drink offer or invitation out after work. Like my "Fridays" are a great day to quit" post, it's a great day to start your weekend right with a sober call with others who want to get to a sober day, weekend, month, year, life.
Go for it!
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