Do You Keep Failing to Quit Drinking?

keep failingIf you keep failing to quit drinking alcohol, the most important thing you can do is to use a DIFFERENT method of quitting than what you tried before (see: Overcome Alcoholism by Changing Your Strategy).

Did you try to quit cold turkey, and you were alright for a few days before giving in to temptation? Then try cutting back a little bit at a time. Oftentimes we fail because we’re trying to do too much at once, instead of simplifying the process by taking a baby step towards sobriety. Read more Do You Keep Failing to Quit Drinking? ›

Still Tired After Quitting Drinking?

still tiredAre you still tired despite having recently quit drinking? If so, please remember that you didn’t become addicted to alcohol overnight. So don’t expect that you will be free of its debilitating effects overnight, either.

You need to remember that your body converts alcohol to sugar, and in turn, this sugar becomes energy. Since you’re no longer drinking your body no longer has access to the sugar rush from alcohol, and you will likely experience a dramatic drop off in energy until your body becomes acclimated to an alcohol free lifestyle. Read more Still Tired After Quitting Drinking? ›

10 Tips to Stop Drinking Alcohol

tips to stop drinkingIf you’re looking for some common-sense and EFFECTIVE tips to stop drinking, you’ve come to the right place!

It’s not easy to quit drinking alcohol, and for many people it will be a lifelong struggle. However, there are several common-sense things you can do immediately that will make it a bit easier to quit than you might have suspected.

The following 10 tips to Stop Drinking Alcohol will go a long ways toward helping you overcome alcoholism and get your life back under control.

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How I Quit Drinking Alcohol

How I quit drinking alcohol I thought I’d write a bit about how I quit drinking alcohol. In another article I described why I stopped drinking alcohol, and how much my life has improved ever since then. To summarize, back in 2004 I was developing a list of new year’s resolutions, and I suddenly realized that my alcohol addiction was the main reason I hadn’t accomplished my goals years before. It had sapped my time, energy and money – and it did so morning, noon and night. Read more How I Quit Drinking Alcohol ›

Sobriety: 100 Days Later

sobriety feels goodSobriety can take time, and April 1st marked 100 days since I stopped drinking alcohol. I started thinking about the many good things – and a couple of not-so-good things – that have happened to me since then.

See, you didn’t expect me to list the not-so-good things, now did you? Sobriety isn’t all peaches and cream, you know! Please note: this article was originally written in 2004, when my sobriety adventure began.
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Stop Drinking on Your Own

stop drinking on your ownIf you truly want to stop drinking on your own you need to realize that your lifestyle will HAVE to change. You may have to lose friends whose company you have really grown to enjoy and welcome.

The friends you had in the past could be the ones who ended up encouraging you to drink. The people who were your friends during college – and all the drinking games that occurred back then – may not be a very good influence now.

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Beat Alcoholism by Recognizing Your Weaknesses

beat alcoholismIf you’re wondering how you can beat alcoholism, you first have to analyze your drinking habits.

There are many different kinds of alcohol, and many different circumstances under which we will drink it. Over the years you have probably gravitated toward one or two specific types of alcohol. And you tend to drink it most often in one or two specific environments. A lot of us may tend to drink the most when we are out with our friends on a Friday or Saturday night.

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