Why do you like to drink and why it’s an important question to ask?

Last week I wrote about how powerful it was for me to write a list of all the reasons why I wanted to take back control of my drinking.

Why was it so important?

Because it confirmed to me that I needed to make a change to the way I was drinking.

It made me realise that I didn’t have to hit ‘rock bottom’ (whatever that is) to decide to take back control.

I also found the list helpful whenever I questioned whether my drinking really was ‘that bad’.

However, there was a second and equally important step in this ‘Why?’ exercise – listing all the reasons I liked to drink.

I was asking these questions because I had a love/hate relationship with alcohol – I liked a drink but I didn’t like what it was doing to me.

The reasons that I listed for why I liked to drink included:

In a nutshell I drank during the good, the bad and the ugly times!

Listing all the reasons that I liked to drink was important in helping me to dig into my thoughts and beliefs around alcohol.

Only then could I begin to change my mindset which was key to me getting to the stage where I now have a take-it-or-leave-it attitude to drinking.

After years of trying (and failing) to moderate it was the mindset shift, as well as educating myself on alcohol, that finally worked for me.

I now use that approach with my coaching clients and in my soon-to-be-launched online program.

I’ve had enquiries from people who couldn’t make that session so I’m hosting an encore presentation on Thursday 23 June at 7pm.

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