186. Old directions won't lead you to new places
The world is constantly changing and YOU are constantly changing and that's a good thing. Every now and again update your sat nav, your route map, your downloaded directions.
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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 dot com, and buy my book drink less live better.
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-:I hope you enjoy this podcast episode. Let's get straight to it.
-:Following old directions won't lead you to new places. The world is constantly changing.
-:The career advice your parents got 40 years ago, the relationship norms from your first boyfriend or girlfriend, the business
-:strategies from your university textbooks, they are all maps to places that might not exist anymore.
-:You're no fun if you don't drink.
-:I don't trust people who don't drink.
-:You must have a problem if you don't drink.
-:But, surely, you can have just one.
-:I don't have an issue with alcohol because I only drink at weekends. All directions to old locations.
-:For me, the old locations were waking up at 3 am in a cold and yet clammy sweat, calling the pub from the night before to
-:see if I'd left my phone there, lying on the sofa wishing someone would bring me a can of full fat coke and a fried egg sandwich,
-:getting up feeling low, discombobulated and anxious.
-:My new directions involve a positive and powerful choice made to no longer drink, to choose to not feel anxious, to choose
-:opportunities to socialise and connect that don't revolve around alcohol, to recognise that I am worth choosing a different
-:lifestyle to others, that I don't have a problem because I choose not to drink.
-:My new directions take me to no early morning low level anxiety, no brain fog, connections with like minded fun and funny
-:people, adventures I wouldn't have thought about a few years ago.
-:Yesterday I was invited to a reception at the House of Commons.
-:Not a sentence I'm going to get to say very often in my life, so maybe I'll just say it again.
-:Yesterday I was invited to a reception at the House of Commons for a recovery event, which was joyful and insightful.
-:And in the afternoon, I hung out in London with someone I'd never met before, and we worked together and chatted endlessly
-:about online business, safety in groups of people, dogs, autumn sunlight, creativity, and colour. It was good.
-:Today, my new directions lead me to new places, and I'm so to no longer be following my old directions or map. A thought, though. Old directions aren't inherently bad.
-:Perhaps they're like vintage versions we used to use, beautiful, full of history, and sometimes still vaguely useful.
-:But they shouldn't be your only navigation tool.
-:Innovation doesn't come from following well worn parts, it comes from daring to step off them.
-:We can make a new map or perhaps add in a bit of modern GPS.
-:Here are 3 quick things to consider. 1st, question your defaults.
-:Just because something worked before doesn't mean it's the best solution now. 2nd, embrace the discomfort. New territories feel strange.
-:That's how you know you're actually exploring.
-:And 3rd, keep your eyes open for alternative routes.
-:Sometimes the best opportunities aren't on any map at all.
-:Are you following your old drinking or thinking habits?
-:What might happen if you tried a different path?
-:Do you need an expedition leader or are you okay navigating by yourself? Pick up everything you need.
-:Perhaps it is a compass or perhaps it's this podcast, a book like drink less, live better, or a few one to one coaching sessions with a friendly expedition leader.
-:You can pop me an email, sarahdrinklesslivebetter.
-:No one else has access to my email inbox. I don't have a VA. I reply to every message myself. I'll see you there. Thank you for listening in today. Come back again next week.
-:Please subscribe, rate and review the podcast if you love it, and don't bother if you didn'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 one to 1 life coaching and sober coaching programmes. And, PS, I believe in you.
