66 Days Sober Challenge - Day 35

This is a series of 66 mini podcasts - to support you through a 66 day alcohol free challenge.

The challenge lasts for 66 days because that's how long it takes to change a habit.  

We have published an e-book called "66 days to sobriety" (available on our website https://www.tribesober.com) - this book contains 66 pages of tips, tools and motivation so I will read a page a day for these mini podcasts.

I will also update you on the healing taking place in your body and mind as you progress through the 66 days.

Happy, happy, happy!

Going back to stone age times our ancestors were either in a state of "fight or flight" (when confronted with a wild animal) or (if they had eaten the wild animal) they were in the much more relaxed state of "rest and digest".

These days we don't have to worry about finding enough to eat but rarely are we in a truly relaxed "rest and digest" state either.

We have managed to create a world where many of us live in a constant state of anxiety, around our jobs, our kids and the state of the planet in general.

In addition we have magazines telling us that we need to be "happy" all the time - not to mention our friends on social media posting pictures of their perfect lives 24/7.

The wellness industry is packed with "feel good" ideas and "mood booster" juices to keep us in a constant state of elation.

When sadness, disappointment and/or loneliness do put in an appearance we just don't know how to cope.

When we were drinking it was easy - we just chased those feelings away with a glass or two of wine.

When we stop drinking (even for a while) we feel raw and exposed.

The trick is to realise that we were not put on this earth to be happy every single minute.

To be human is to experience the whole gamut of emotions and to learn to "sit with" whatever we are feeling in the knowledge that it will pass.
 
The upside of this is that when you do feel "happy" your feelings will be genuine and deep - not a result of a chemical substance.

 

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