tips to

[aldous]

Hello friends,

Here are some tips to quit drinking alcohol

# Change your attitude about quitting! Remember, you're not being forced to give up a good friend who has treated you well. Instead, you are finally ridding yourself of an awful enemy who has robbed you of many great pleasures in life.
# Constantly remind yourself of what a great thing you are doing and hold tightly to your quit. Remember that you are pardoning yourself from a life sentence in the prison of alcoholism and you will always hold the key.
# Try to pick some significant date to quit. Be ambitious, but reasonable. If you are very heavy drinker you must first slow down to avoid withdrawal symptoms (in this case it is best to have your doctor help you plan your quitting date).
# Get rid of all bottles, cans, etc.
# Revise recipes that call for wine so you do not have it in the kitchen.
# Buy a wallet and whenever you think about buying a bottle or a drink, put that amount of money in your sober wallet. It will shock you. Use this for healthier stress relief: massage, visit to a day spa, yoga class...
# Buy a small piece of inexpensive jewellery like a ring or bracelet, or henna your hand, or get a special manicure to remind you that these hands no longer buy or touch alcohol.
# Drink a lot of water.
# Consider joining a support group like Alcoholics Anonymous. These groups have helped millions of people to quit. There are also secular support groups as well such as SMART Recovery.
# Never take another sip.
# Deny yourself nothing except the alcohol - You can have anything you want, as long as it's not alcohol (so long as you're not replacing the alcohol with another addiction).
# Don't try to explain quitting or trying to quit to people -- if they themselves are not in this situation, they are unable to fathom what you're trying to do. Many people will try to enable you and convince you to drink so they can feel better about their own addiction.

thank you!!

[Butterfly Woman]

[kasia9752]

Quote:# Revise recipes that call for wine so you do not have it in the kitchen.

That gos for all alcohol

[Butterfly Woman]

Additional tip: Read ingredients when shopping....

[Coffeebreath]

I recently found an alcohol free vanilla extract made by Rodelle (and their facilities are 100% wind powered, to boot!)