Promise RIGHT NOW... That You're NOT BEATING YOURSELF UP! There is no upside to beating yourself up. NONE, Nada! The best thing you can...

Tools to Make Thanksgiving and the Holidays Not So Challenging The Holidays are a time to throw caution into the wind. To say F*#@ It and...

What Have You Been Telling Yourself? I remember a long time ago when my drinking was probably at its hight, I would look for all sorts of...

When I first embarked on the journey of cutting back and stopping over drinking I thought it would be easier to just hide away and sort...

Do you keep promising yourself that you're not going to drink but then find yourself pouring a drink at the end of the day? Do you say...

A Guilty Pleasure The truth is that when we drink alcohol we not only numb out the feelings we don't want to feel we numb out of the...

Sometimes our own worst enemy lives between our own ears. We just have gotten used to it and think we should accept it. Stop B.S.ing...

What is your commitment? So you've downloaded the Weekdays Without Wine and you've started on your journey to take a break. How's your...

I used to think that my drinking habit would never change especially if I'd taken a long break and found myself back to drinking. I'd go...

In my opinion, one of the worst spaces to be in mentally is when you feel like there is no light at the end of the tunnel and you'll...

It's was like having two people living inside of me. When I was drinking daily I couldn't figure out how it could be that when I woke up...

Did you have a plan to drink less this weekend? Did you find yourself saying, "forget it", "I'll start tomorrow", "I guess I'll never...

How many times have you said to yourself that right now is not the time to take a break from drinking? Do you say you'll wait until the...

Boredom was a temporary symptom for me when I stopped over drinking. Why? Because for so many years drinking was my entertainment at the...

What are you making your mistakes mean? Make them simple. There's math and there's DRAMA. Math = drinking more than you planned. DRAMA =...

Imagine a ladder that you are trying to climb to reach your goal of stopping over drinking (or any goal for that matter). At the ground...

Why do we turn to a drink for relief? We turn to a drink for relief because we are feeling some sort of negative emotion: Restlessness...

I've taken many breaks from drinking over the years. 30 Days 100 Days 275 Days All I did was focus on saying no. I was good at it. Or so...

Doesn't it feel good to clean your house. Things are put away. There is little to no clutter. We need to do the same thing with our...

In that moment you decide to take a drink do you feel an overwhelming feeling of relief? Are you off the hook from making responsible...