Ready for some good news!? 🙌💕 Your body is BUILT to HEAL! ...all you need to do is give it a chance.

Within just a few days, your body is able to flush the toxins from drinking alcohol…

And within a few weeks, the impacted chemicals, hormones, and neurotransmitters [etc] in your systems start to rebalance.

It’s really common to start making “rules” for yourself around drinking…

👉 “I’ll only have two tonight.”

👉 “Only on weekends.”

👉 “No hard liquor, I’ll just drink wine…”

When our drinking starts to creep towards a higher frequency or number 🍷🍷 🍷.. .🍷

We start to think “Huh. 🧐 …maybe time to cut back.”

The problem we then face is that…

🍹 Mocktails are specially crafted mixed drinks made to be flavorful and festive using only non-alcoholic or “zero proof” ingredients.

Personally, I love sipping on mocktails while I’m cooking in the kitchen or socializing at parties...

Neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine are vital for mood regulation… and our gastrointestinal tract plays a key role in the production of both.

THE BAD NEWS?
👎 Alcohol disrupts our gut. Big time.

Learn how dopamine imbalances contribute to drinking habits and how compassionate behavior‑change strategies can help you break the craving cycle. (Or what I call: The Dopamine Teeter Totter.)

My wish for you in the New Year to come: ✨ May you be the guest of honor in your own skin.

In the words of Clare Pooley:

…now, with the benefit of six months of hindsight, I just want to grab them in a big bear hug and yell "Nooooo! You're doing the hardest part over and over, without ever making it to the good bits!"

And the problem is, the longer you spend wallowing around in those early dark days of despair, the more you manage to re-enforce the idea in your subconscious that that's what sobriety is all about.

So, if that's you, then think about it like this:

Imagine you're standing in a field which you've been in for a long, long time. Initially it was beautiful - filled with wild flowers, friends, sunshine and fluffy bunnies (maybe the bunnies are a bit too much? But, hell, I'm going with it).

The irony of posting this online is not lost on me.

And I have several meditation and health-focused apps that I love. 📱💕

But, honestly, I’m having to work harder than usual to maintain a “media balance” in my own life at the moment (aka keeping my mental health in check)

And have set some serious limits both for social media and “screens,” in general.

How are *you* feeling out there lately??

The irony of posting this online is not lost on me.

And I have several meditation and health-focused apps that I love. 📱💕

But, honestly, I’m having to work harder than usual to maintain a “media balance” in my own life at the moment (aka keeping my mental health in check)

And have set some serious limits both for social media and “screens,” in general.

How are *you* feeling out there lately??

Believe me. You won’t regret it. 💌