If you have done Dry Jan and boomeranged back to drinking or are flagging a bit in your motivation to keep going, I have some power mantras for you. These mental hooks can be used to circuit break the drinking thinking and help ground and solidify the decision to be alcohol free.
In my first year of sobriety back in 2013, I was white knuckling my way through the early habit change iron man challenge of changing my decades-long unhealthy relationship with alcohol. A few wise comments from others further along the path helped and I have listed some of my favourites below.
‘Trust the path and keep going’ Lucy Rocca, founder of Soberistas.
Although the first month is INTENSE, every two to three months I had an extra challenge'. I would ‘flat line’ and feel ‘meh’ about sobriety - I could cope with the challenge of it and the drama of the attacking my goal to be alcohol free, blogging posting, feeling righteous anger at alcohol marketing and cultural narrat…