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Audio support every day to get you through 66 alcohol free days - that's long enough to build new and healthy habits! Tips, tools and motivation as well as regular updates on the healing taking place in your body and brain as you move through the challenge.
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Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
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.
Alcohol and Peer Pressure
Even though Taking a Break is fairly common these
days this doesn't mean that you won't be under pressure to drink.
Alcohol has become so normalised in our society that even quitting for a month can make you stand out - and the anxiety of worrying what other people think is not going to help you
succeed.
A few tips to get you through...
1. Don't feel self conscious about your decision - you are taking a break from drinking poison to let your body recover - you know it makes sense!
2. Don't act as if it’s a big deal - set the tone by saying something like "its no big deal - just giving my liver its annual holiday!"
3. Be assertive about your "no thanks" - the people who hassle you to drink are usually the ones with a "problem"
4. Be happy! - don't hide in a corner saying you would love to have a drink but you just can't - instead grab an alcohol free drink and smile
- fake it until you make it!
5. Always remember that what other people think of you is none of your business ;-)
If you're enjoying the challenge and would like to change your relationship with alcohol then please think about joining our community HERE
Monthly membership is just R85 (£4/$5)
Or just check out our website - https://www.tribesober.com
Any questions? - drop us a mail at membership@tribesober.com
The Sober Spring Challenge is sponsored by Drink Nil, South Africa's first store to specialize in alcohol-free drinks.
Browse their huge selection of non-alcoholic wines, bubblies, spirits, beers and mocktails online, at drinknil.co.za.
Delivery is available throughout South Africa.
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
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.
Ditch the drink for better sex
Of course we have been brainwashed into thinking that alcohol is the gasoline of fun and that means we need it for sex.
We rely on alcohol to remove our inhibitions and loosen us up.
In reality alcohol dulls our senses - including our sense of touch.
Drinking may well increase the urge but once the party gets started performance and pleasure actually decrease.
Alcohol is the main cause of sexual dysfunction in men.
Both men and women are more likely to remain aroused without alcohol.
Drinking alcohol before sex means that your brain receives information from your body more slowly.
Result is that instead of getting blissed out your brain hardly registers what is going on!
So don't close down your body's ability to feel pleasure.
Sober sex is great - just try it!
If you're enjoying the challenge and would like to change your relationship with alcohol then please think about joining our community HERE
Monthly membership is just R85 (£4/$5)
Or just check out our website - https://www.tribesober.com
Any questions? - drop us a mail at membership@tribesober.com
The Sober Spring Challenge is sponsored by Drink Nil, South Africa's first store to specialize in alcohol-free drinks.
Browse their huge selection of non-alcoholic wines, bubblies, spirits, beers and mocktails online, at drinknil.co.za.
Delivery is available throughout South Africa.
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
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.
Alcohol is a drug
Alcohol kills more people every year than all the hard drugs put together.
Yet somehow alcohol has become so normalised that we see it as an essential to a happy life!
We rarely call alcohol a drug - but alcohol absolutely IS a drug - I think the confusion arises because alcohol is legal
Not only is it legal but the hype is that a small amount is good for you - it's not!
Although alcohol is chemically designed to be addictive somehow people who drink too much are seen as "weak"
Whereas if someone starts taking heroin we expect them to become addicted!
Amy Winehouse used alcohol and drugs yet she struggled with alcohol the most.
Although the media liked to focus on her drug use alcohol was the only drug in her body when she died.
Having a "hangover" is seen as perfectly acceptable whereas "coming down" from a drug not so much.
All these contradictions prove that we treat alcohol differently from other drugs - when we really shouldn't.
If you're enjoying the challenge and would like to change your relationship with alcohol then please think about joining our community HERE
Monthly membership is just R85 (£4/$5)
Or just check out our website - https://www.tribesober.com
Any questions? - drop us a mail at membership@tribesober.com
The Sober Spring Challenge is sponsored by Drink Nil, South Africa's first store to specialize in alcohol-free drinks.
Browse their huge selection of non-alcoholic wines, bubblies, spirits, beers and mocktails online, at drinknil.co.za.
Delivery is available throughout South Africa.
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
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.
Feel the fear and do it anyway!
What are you afraid of?
No more fun?
Undoubtedly we have had plenty of fun filled nights when alcohol was involved - but there have also been those other nights which were just plain boring or even worse have descended into arguments and tears.. We have been conditioned by our social lives and by marketing to give alcohol far too much credit for "fun".
What really makes the fun is the people you are with, the mood you are in, the music etc.. Some of your sober nights out may be rubbish but others may be awesome. Just go with the flow - you are experimenting remember - and get it all down in that journal!
How will I cope?
We are under the illusion that alcohol helps us cope with stress - it doesn't. This was proved recently when a batch of mice were injected with alcohol for a month, the control group of mice stayed sober ;-) Then they were all put through a stressful obstacle race - and guess what - the sober mice coped much better.
Drinking does indeed numb the pain and is equivalent to putting your head in the sand for a few hours but the only way to reduce stress is to tackle the problem that is stressing you.
What if I fail?
One of the advantages of taking a break from alcohol is that it gives you a chance to "reset" your habits and to actually test how dependent you may have become on alcohol.
There is an ingrained belief in society that alcohol is an essential part of our lives and happiness. Ergo life without alcohol equals deprivation. Try turning those beliefs upside down - what about heroin, cigarettes - we don't normalise or romanticise these - we see them for exactly what they are.
Alcohol is a "sneaky bugger" and if it has got its claws into you then it's time to make a change. Come to a WORKSHOP and explore your relationship with alcohol.
If you're enjoying the challenge and would like to change your relationship with alcohol then please think about joining our community HERE
Monthly membership is just R85 (£4/$5)
Or just check out our website - https://www.tribesober.com
Any questions? - drop us a mail at membership@tribesober.com
The Sober Spring Challenge is sponsored by Drink Nil, South Africa's first store to specialize in alcohol-free drinks.
Browse their huge selection of non-alcoholic wines, bubblies, spirits, beers and mocktails online, at drinknil.co.za.
Delivery is available throughout South Africa.
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
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.
Alcohol sneaks up on you
Drinking has become so normalised that drinking everyday doesn't seem such a big deal - after all everybody else does it.
Getting home from work, opening a bottle of wine, getting the dinner on and then sip, sip throughout the evening - well what's wrong with that?
The thing about everyday drinking is that it will catch up with you.
It will lead to restless sleep, excess weight, premature ageing not to mention the risk of cancer, stroke and diabetes.
Another problem is that it saps away at your self discipline.
Why go to the gym with a hangover when you just want to knock back a Bloody Mary and eat a greasy meal.
All those things add up and lead to an unhealthy lifestyle.
That's why it makes so much sense to "reset" with (at least) a month off alcohol.
Get out of that daily drinking habit - and when (if) you start again make sure you have a few alcohol free days a week!
If you're enjoying the challenge and would like to change your relationship with alcohol then please think about joining our community HERE
Monthly membership is just R85 (£4/$5)
Or just check out our website - https://www.tribesober.com
Any questions? - drop us a mail at membership@tribesober.com
The Sober Spring Challenge is sponsored by Drink Nil, South Africa's first store to specialize in alcohol-free drinks.
Browse their huge selection of non-alcoholic wines, bubblies, spirits, beers and mocktails online, at drinknil.co.za.
Delivery is available throughout South Africa.
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
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 thats 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.
Newsflash: Alcohol is not a fun machine !
When we were children and then teenagers we laughed and giggled - a lot!
Then as we grew older and incorporated drinking into our lives we somehow started associating that laughter and fun with alcohol.
We look back and remember those fun "drinking sessions" - but in reality we are just remembering the laughter, the relationships and good conversations.
Those fond memories are more about the friends you are with than the alcohol you are drinking but we lose sight of that because the wine is always flowing.
Alcohol doesn't actually make any experience better - it just dulls your senses and emotions and makes you feel rubbish the next day.
I hope your alcohol free time is confirming that you can still have fun without even a sip of alcohol!
If you're enjoying the challenge and would like to change your relationship with alcohol then please think about joining our community HERE
Monthly membership is just R85 (£4/$5)
Or just check out our website - https://www.tribesober.com
Any questions? - drop us a mail at membership@tribesober.com
The Sober Spring Challenge is sponsored by Drink Nil, South Africa's first store to specialize in alcohol-free drinks.
Browse their huge selection of non-alcoholic wines, bubblies, spirits, beers and mocktails online, at drinknil.co.za.
Delivery is available throughout South Africa.
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
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.
Are drinkers just hedonists?
Bit of a serious one today...
A quote from Victor Frankl who spent time in Auschwitz where he observed that some people managed to survive in the face of appalling hardship...
Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her own life.
This made me wonder if us drinkers are people who focus too much on the quest for pleasure.
Perhaps the other side of addiction is actually philosophy - and when we emerge from addiction we can begin to look for meaning and purpose in our lives?
If you're enjoying the challenge and would like to change your relationship with alcohol then please think about joining our community HERE
Monthly membership is just R85 (£4/$5)
Or just check out our website - https://www.tribesober.com
Any questions? - drop us a mail at membership@tribesober.com
The Sober Spring Challenge is sponsored by Drink Nil, South Africa's first store to specialize in alcohol-free drinks.
Browse their huge selection of non-alcoholic wines, bubblies, spirits, beers and mocktails online, at drinknil.co.za.
Delivery is available throughout South Africa.
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
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.
Seven things I love about not drinking
1. No more Hangovers - nor more wasted days, no fear, anxiety or depression
2. Calmer - have sacrificed some (artificial) highs but no longer hit those deep, deep lows...
3. The Honesty - I am myself. Take it or leave it. I am not fitting in just to fit in. I am no longer pretending to be someone I am not.
4.The Relief - It is such an incredible relief to be free of alcohol.
5. The Attention - People are fascinated by non-drinkers, they are also curious, suspicious and just a little nervous of us ;-)
6. The Peace - so much peace and quiet - no more drama - no rows, no blackouts, no regrets, no shame, no guilt, no self-recrimination. Easy living.
7. The Joy - pure and utter joy of being free. I am so grateful it's over.
If you're enjoying the challenge and would like to change your relationship with alcohol then please think about joining our community HERE
Monthly membership is just R85 (£4/$5)
Or just check out our website -https://www.tribesober.com
Any questions? - drop us a mail at membership@tribesober.com
The Sober Spring Challenge is sponsored by Drink Nil, South Africa's first store to specialize in alcohol-free drinks.
Browse their huge selection of non-alcoholic wines, bubblies, spirits, beers and mocktails online, at drinknil.co.za.
Delivery is available throughout South Africa.
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
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.
Alcohol abuse
Just sending you a powerful quote today...
"When we say the words ‘alcohol abuse’ we tend to mean that we abuse alcohol. But alcohol abuses us. It takes and it takes, and it lies and it lies, and we give up everything rather than lose it.
There is nothing we need it for, and there is nothing it won’t take."
If you're enjoying the challenge and would like to change your relationship with alcohol then please think about joining our community HERE
Monthly membership is just R85 (£4/$5)
Or just check out our website - https://www.tribesober.com
Any questions? - drop us a mail at membership@tribesober.com
The Sober Spring Challenge is sponsored by Drink Nil, South Africa's first store to specialize in alcohol-free drinks.
Browse their huge selection of non-alcoholic wines, bubblies, spirits, beers and mocktails online, at drinknil.co.za.
Delivery is available throughout South Africa.
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
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 thats 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.
Alcohol is not a magic potion
Imagine if your child came home from school and told you
he's had a really bad day - would you open the fridge and get him a beer? - of course not!
As kids we didn't need drugs to make us happy or to cheer us up - we just instinctively knew how to have fun.
Yet as adults we have been brainwashed into thinking that we need alcohol to relax us, to de-stress and of course to socialise.
Alcohol has been given "magic powers" by the liquor industry who spend billions on marketing to create this illusion.
The truth is that alcohol is actually a depressant - which numbs our emotions - including happiness.
As you go through your alcohol free time try to continue with your "normal" activities.
You will be building valuable skills around how to socialise and de-stress without alcohol.
You may just find that you like it and decide to carry on ;-)
If you're enjoying the challenge and would like to change your relationship with alcohol then please think about joining our community HERE
Monthly membership is just R85 (£4/$5)
Or just check out our website - https://www.tribesober.com
Any questions? - drop us a mail at membership@tribesober.com
The Sober Spring Challenge is sponsored by Drink Nil, South Africa's first store to specialize in alcohol-free drinks.
Browse their huge selection of non-alcoholic wines, bubblies, spirits, beers and mocktails online, at drinknil.co.za.
Delivery is available throughout South Africa.