177. A new plan
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Transcript
Hello darling heart and welcome to this episode of the Drink Less Live Better podcast.
-:This is the podcast that helps you to see that drinking less doesn't need to be stressful, lonely, or boring.
-:I'm your host, Sarah Williamson, and I decided to have a year alcohol free as a little life experiment and haven't looked back.
-:I'm a best selling author, expert speaker, corporate workshop facilitator, and life coach.
-:I'm here to support you with your alcohol free or drink less adventures.
-:Follow me on Instagram at drink less, live better.
-:Find resources on my website, drink less, live better.com, and buy my book, drink less, live better.
-:It's available in all the places you might purchase a book.
-:I hope you enjoy this podcast episode. Let's get straight to it. The new plan. This is the time of year. I get messages like this.
-:Sarah, summer hasn't gone how I expected.
-:I thought I was going to have a dry July and an alcohol free August, but life got in the way, and now I'm feeling worse about
-:my relationship with alcohol than I ever have.
-:I feel like giving up trying to be sober. I feel like I failed.
-:I feel like everyone else can do this and I will never be able to.
-:Should I forget the whole sober thing for now?
-:Mhmm. I am hearing every word you say. It's not what you expected.
-:You thought you were going to do this.
-:You feel rubbish about your relationship with alcohol. You don't feel good about yourself.
-:You feel like you are failing at this part of your life and it's having a huge impact on you.
-:It sounds like you've had a difficult time.
-:It sounds like you are angry, confused and deflated.
-:I think I can hear a tone of defeat in your message.
-:I don't know what happened over the summer for you that felt like life got in the way and I'm really sorry to hear that things
-:might have been less than ideal or hard to navigate for you. Life is lifey.
-:Sometimes it's lifey all at once and it is really overwhelming. There's no doubt about it.
-:It's difficult when you're navigating inconvenient life things at the same time as dealing with the inner turmoil around your relationship with alcohol. Here's a couple of truths first.
-:Alcohol will invariably make the tricky to deal with even trickier.
-:Alcohol will add fuel to the overthinking inner fire that is already burning.
-:And now, here's some softness, and if you can't be kind to yourself right now then borrow some of mine.
-:You're feeling worse about your relationship with alcohol now than you did a few months ago? Sure. Of course, you are.
-:You thought you were going to do something different, and you haven't. That is disappointing.
-:You said, I feel like giving up trying to be sober. I feel like I've failed.
-:I feel like everyone else can do this, and I will never be able to. Wow.
-:That must be some difficult inner talk to listen to on repeat.
-:How can you choose to be a bit more gentle with yourself?
-:How can you change that inner narrative? How about, I am navigating life.
-:I'm learning about what does and doesn't work for me.
-:I'm watching other people and being inspired by them.
-:I'm choosing to work on myself and that takes time and energy. You asked me a question.
-:Should I forget the whole sober thing for now? And here is my answer, no.
-:None of us can ever guarantee tomorrow, next week, month or year being convenient to do something. There is only ever today.
-:If what you have been doing up until now hasn't worked, though perhaps it's time to try something else.
-:What have you been doing that hasn't worked And what haven't you tried yet? Do start again today.
-:Any day on which you start, and also the length of time you choose to go for, is positive.
-:If you've drunk your way through the last season, now is the perfect moment to reconsider what you want next.
-:A break from alcohol is a physical, emotional, and spiritual gift to yourself, and that gift can be yours because you deserve
-:better quality sleep, because your mood and concentrate concentration levels will be improved, because your anxiety and low
-:level brain fog will lessen, because your energy levels will soar, because you know the harm alcohol is causing you, and perhaps
-:you've been denying or pushing away these feelings for a while now.
-:You deserve to live a life where you are true to yourself even if it makes others around you feel uncomfortable because we
-:only have one life, just this one precious time in this physical body.
-:You know you are worthy of the time, energy, and effort you're going to put in to this next sober bit.
-:You might have been alcohol free for a while or you might be brand new to this whole rodeo.
-:Either way, committing is a positive and powerful choice to make. Choose a sober September.
-:You might have been interested or curious in the past. Claim it now though. Claim it properly.
-:Move from interested to committed because you want to feel better about yourself for yourself and perhaps for those around you too.
-:That new term season feeling is a perfect moment to capitalise on your future, drink less or sober plans for the rest of 2024.
-:If you want sober support coaching or indeed coaching without any focus on alcohol and with attention and detail given to
-:your future plans, intentions, and goals, drop me a line.
-:Let's see what fits best for your next steps. Thank you for listening in today. Come back again next week.
-:Please subscribe, rate and review the podcast if you love it, and maybe just turn it off if you don't love it.
-:Check out the show notes for a link to a hidden podcast episode that will help you with your 5 PM cravings and details about
-:my 1 to 1 life coaching and sober coaching programs, and, PS, I believe in you.
