Trusting your nudge to Drink Less
I think that it is fascinating to learn about all of the different ways that people make their living or choose to spend their free time.
Literally everything under the sun.
Someone enjoys YouTube streaming so much that they live stream for a month long 24/7. Think about that - having a camera on or near you every single hour of every day for 30 days. So there are people who choose to do that AND better yet, there are people who watch it! (My son for example..)
I met a woman this week and she told me that her son wants to be a meteorologist in the military. It makes so much sense that there would be a need for this skill in the military and pretty cool that this young man wants to do it.
Not me.
And not because I am in the "let's make fun of meteorologists because they are never right" camp.
This is my point.
There are billions of things that you either haven't thought of doing or becoming or know for sure that you don't want to do.
But you DO have an interest in drinking less.
Note that there is a difference between a fleeting one-time interest in something, my interest in Keto which lasted less than 24 hours, and a nudge that keeps coming back.
Anything that keeps coming back warrants tuning into.
Think of it like tuning in a radio station. (Remember when you had to work for finding that station?)
Maybe you have tried some of the strategies that I recommend. Or you have listened to some podcasts or read some books or joined an online community.
You are making some progress. You can hear the station, but there is a lot of static so it certainly isn’t coming in clearly.
And that nudge is still there telling you to keep going.
I think that nudge is your inner wisdom trying to tell you something.
When you trust that your nudge is here for a reason, you will be motivated to continue to fine tune your practices until you figure out how to make it work for you.
What does this look like?
Commit to creating a drink plan for yourself every day. Even if you don't intend to drink the next day, do it. I designed the evaluation questions to help you gain some awareness around this habit because we can't change something that we refuse to look at.
Spend time actively thinking about how far you have come. You used to drink a bottle and a half of wine most nights of the week and now you are able to stick to your drink plan 6 out of 7 days. This is a huge improvement. When you celebrate this B, you will be more motivated to keep going.
Fill the vacuum of time and energy that will be created by drinking less with things that you LOVE. Make this about what you will gain from doing this. This is honestly the most exciting part of this work. There is a huge opportunity cost to feeling like you are operating with the emergency brake on all of the time.
These are just some of the things that I help my clients with every day.
You don't have to stay stuck listening to the staticky radio station. I have been where you are now, and I can definitely help you get where you want to be with your relationship with alcohol.
It starts with a conversation. We will talk about 3 things - where you are today with your drinking, where you want to be and what is in the way (and not to worry, I am trained in how to help you figure all of this out.)
Your inner wisdom is telling you that you want to drink less, it isn't telling you to become a meteorologist, among many other things. Trust that it is there for a reason for this nudge and your first step is to book your consult call today.
